Blog posts are most pleasing when they give us simple answers, even if negative answers. Even if we disagree with a blog post, having it come out with a simple solution gives us a sense of control, even as we mock the proposed solution. It’s disturbingly similar to sporting events. As soon as the other [...]
Posts Tagged ‘transcendentalism’
With a Whimper
Someone told me that gay marriage has been accepted in New York. When I heard it I said it was just a matter of time anyway – soon the whole Western world will be ruled by hedonism. One might say that it’s not hedonism, that no-one can’t help it whether he loves boys or girls. But then [...]
Dig
As Brett Stevens wrote in his latest post: That would allow me to cut back on information overload a little bit by saying, “Here, here’s my reality. These are the things I read to stay informed. You don’t need the rest; it’s just repeating what these guys are telling you, but in a less accurate [...]
Sensibility and Intelligence
When we talk about intelligence, it is primarily the ability and inheritance of the individual, race, species that is able to deny short term sensuality and aim toward achieving a goal, to sacrifice pleasure in the present to achieve a greater reward in the future. The way nature configures this is through the promise of a reward, either [...]
Iron Will, Faith & Discipline
Long neglected, the west continues its miserable decline into absolute failure. Will we ever rise to rule ourselves again? What is our ability to organize ourselves and form a collective force, a social force, an Iron Will able to conquest back our nations from the disorientated weakness of convenience? What is needed is organization, strict [...]
In veneration of the artisans
Artisans are the creators of civilization, they are the driving force for the sustaining of culture and shaping the civil environment and community from a reflective expression of artistry. Artisans are not elites in whole but are elites in particular specializations. If there is any job you need, the artisans are those who know what [...]
A Guide to Cosmic Evolution – Part 1
Modern civilization and socialization, despite their glamour, are mortal; their death is assured in that they deny everything ‘absolutely’. People who are infected with social diseases refuse to internalize the natural world around them, and at that price, nature has a special place for them - Death by technology! If our democratic elections are anything to go by, the majority [...]
