Monthly Archives: February 2017

These boots are made for walkin’

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Ted Howard NZ

These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ What type of tracks do you leave? My footprints look much like anyone else’s, they just sometimes go where few if any have gone before. Since realising 43 years ago that indefinite life extension … Continue reading →

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Sanity and Peace

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Ted Howard NZ

Feb. 23-25,’17 ~QofDay~ Sanity and Peace What bring you sanity and peace when everything seems to be falling apart around you? Possibility. A fundamental belief/acceptance/confidence in uncertainty, unknowability. Sure it might get worse, and it might also get better. It … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on Trump and politics

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Ted Howard NZ

How a Ruthless Network of Super-Rich Ideologues Killed Choice and Destroyed People’s Faith in Politics Neoliberalism: the deep story that lies beneath Donald Trump’s triumph NO! Trump is not hollow. No person is hollow. All people are complex beyond the … Continue reading →

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Religion and war

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Ted Howard NZ

Why Do Religions Teach Love and Yet Cause So Much War? Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/wellness/2004/06/why-do-religions-teach-love-and-yet-cause-so-much-war.aspx#W84mQ7qZzRhZ5yGg.99 Transcending the trauma to get to the truth of the world’s faiths. Kind of, sort of. It seems to me that it is much more … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Free Speech

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Ted Howard NZ

Free Speech I was following some ideas from Jordan Peterson recently, and followed a path through Jung to Stanley Overton’s ideas on free speech, which seem to me to be kind of heading in a useful direction, but also miss … Continue reading →

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Repairing binoculars

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Ted Howard NZ

We ended up yesterday with both of our good sets of birding binoculars out of action. The first set were rendered useless a little over a year ago, and the lens fell out of the second pair 2 days ago. … Continue reading →

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Spreading love

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Ted Howard NZ

Feb. 15-17,’17 ~QofDay~ Spreading Love/Valentines Day On this Valentine’s Day, how can we help Unconditional Love to spread across the planet? Just be really clear, that we can love the person even if we hate what that person is currently … Continue reading →

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Words Matter

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Ted Howard NZ

Our Words Matter Do you say what you want instead of what you don’t want? I long ago learned that the subconscious cannot work with negatives. It basically works on pictures, and you cannot paint a picture of not something. … Continue reading →

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Intolerance

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Ted Howard NZ

Feb. 11-13,’17 ~QofDay~ Intolerance Intolerance: What are your thoughts about it? For me, there are two core values – individual life, and individual liberty, in that order. The value of life demands a respect for the lives of all others, … Continue reading →

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Universal Basic Income (UBI)

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Ted Howard NZ

Universal Basic Income Accelerates Innovation by Reducing Our Fear of Failure Failure is not an option. Failure is the goal. And fear of failure is the enemy. UBI is a possible element in a transition strategy. Evolution is an amazing … Continue reading →

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