Monthly Archives: April 2012
Human brain
Breakout Labs announces first grants to support radical scientific innovation Why do they think there is anything in the human brain that is unique? Sure it is big, What if their isn’t anything particularly unique about the brain, just about … Continue reading
Karma
Question of the Day April 21, 2012 – Karma Do we really have to learn through pain / suffering / sacrificing to go through Karma? Thank you Jeetika, With that introduction of yours, I was intrigued enough to do a … Continue reading
Parents
Question of the Day April 20, 2012 – Parents I was a single parent and , so ummm ….A question for parents ” Is it cool to be there , when your daughter asks you , and you are a … Continue reading
First felt grown up
Question of the Day April 19, 2012 – First felt Grown Up Nope Haven’t had that yet Still just a big kid ! [followed by] Hi Deb et al It seems to me that I have taken on many responsibilities … Continue reading
Desire and consciousness and causality
Question of the Day April 18, 2012 – Rid Oneself Of Desire The root of ALL suffering is desire. – Buddha How does one rid oneself of desire? Must be using a different definition of desire from me. It does … Continue reading
holism
A Letter to the Hopeful InhabItants of the Anthropocene Hi John I like the general thrust of you essay immensely, though disagree with most of the detail. There are some aspects of the notion of holism that seem to work, … Continue reading
Judgement
http://anewgaia.ning.com/group/questionoftheday/forum/topics/question-of-the-day-april-15-2012-discernment-and-judgement http://anewgaia.ning.com/group/questionoftheday/forum/topics/question-of-the-day-april-15-2012-discernment-and-judgement It seems to me that there is one sense of each that is the same, and other senses that are quite different. Looking at the differences, discernment seems to be about the ability to distinguish something. In most … Continue reading
Balance
Question of the Day April 14, 2012 – Balance How do you balance, or try to balance, all the arenas of activity and roles in your life? Sometimes more effectively than others. I am coming to the conclusion that I … Continue reading
Gifts
Question of the Day April 13, 2012 – Many People Seem To Have A ‘Gift’ Life is a process of learning, but many people seem to have a ‘gift’, an unlearned talent they were born with – mine is an … Continue reading
Life bearing meteorites
The amazing trajectories of life-bearing meteorites from Earth The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago (10 km in diameter, mass greater than 1 trillion tons) must have ejected billions of tons of life-bearing meteorites into space. … … Continue reading
