Evolution is a word we use to acknowledge and point to a process of change; the arc from one point, and form of expression to another. The expression can be anything; a person, place, or thing. It can span eons or an ephemeral moment. Common attributes to all evolutionary views, are beginning and end points. Our view of evolution is a static view of a process…
Read MoreCategory: Imagination
Thoughts on God: The Nature of Spirit
When I was a youngster growing up on Chicago’s south side, I got my fill of church. I still feel “young,” but today cannot really claim that description, unless I’m talking to someone 80 or 90 years of age. (I still feel young though.) I attended church regularly, for that’s what we did in our household. I joined the church…
Read MoreMagnesium: Food Your Body Needs
People are discovering, and talking about magnesium, and it’s no longer just about cool wheels for their cars. In fact, it hasn’t been about wheels for a long time. Many of the people who dug “mag wheels” are now discovering that their body needs trace amounts of this important metal more than their car ever did. Thanks to a number…
Read MoreTalk For Food Guest: Marion Meadows
I’ve just posted this week’s Talk for Food show. My guest is saxophonist Marion Meadows. What was originally planned to start around 7 or 8 pm, eventually started around 1:30 (am), and ended after 3 am. Yet, it was the perfect confluence of resonant interests; my love of, and connection to jazz, an evolving radio show, friendship with Marion, and…
Read MoreSun Ra Pathways Memories
Gallery Entrance, originally uploaded by phaelosopher. Last November, I spoke at the Traveling the Spaceways Exhibit and Symposium, at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago. This exhibit honored the work of Sun Ra, and my dad, Alton Abraham. For all the influence that Sun Ra had on music, and on human consciousness, through his music, Alton made it possible,…
Read More'Talk For Food' Radio Show Launches
It’s been a busy week, but that’s not unusual for me. However, after expressing an interest about this last year, I am entering the world of spoken thought, which we call “talk.” I’m not starting a talk show, I have already already produced the first one, which I’m calling Talk for Food. I’m part of a new internet-based radio network…
Read MoreThoughts On God: Nothingness
Barrel Cactus Kissing, originally uploaded by phaelosopher. Nothingness is something. Somethingness is not. Nothingness is real, Somethingness is illusion, for its existence could not be, without Nothingness. Nothingness exists Somethingness does not. Somethingness changes Nothingness does not. Somethingness is ephemeral Nothingness is eternal. Somethingness is finite Nothingness is Infinite. Nothingness exists within all Somethingness as the Space between protons neutrons,…
Read MoreFinding Harmony Through Turmoil
Some Lights Are Brighter Than Others, originally uploaded by phaelosopher. One awareness that generally manages to elude us as we go about the process of living, is the sense that we are creating our future from this present moment. When we reach that future point in time/space, this moment will be seen as history. As such, we are creating history…
Read MoreMaking a New Deal: Raising One’s Self from ‘the Dead’
Each time I sit down to write, my thoughts immediately move to the mind and heart; and where they are, for where your mind and heart is, is where you are. Every word that issues forth; indeed, every thought, is then given with the health and well-being of every human being in mind. The same intent is behind every natural…
Read MoreThoughts on God: Empowered in Oneness to Heal
Slot Canyon Contrasts, originally uploaded by phaelosopher. Bringing Heartfelt Results into Being What are your thoughts on healing? Do you ever think about them? It doesn’t matter what form the healing takes. It could be to heal your body, a financially stressing situation, or a relationship. How about healing racial tension, political or religious strife and war? Or it could…
Read More'Homing In' to Real Solutions
Everyone has problems… or what we think of as problems. If we think of a situation as problematic, then it is. That is, until we see it differently. “Problems” are perceptions of duality; our take on what’s “right or wrong”, “good or bad,” “acceptable or unacceptable,” “pleasurable or painful,” etc. If your head is aching, and is intensely painful, you’ve…
Read MoreOn 'Responding' with Fear, or with Spirit
I came of age during the turbulent 1960’s. It was a time of great social change where we went through the Cold War and the Cuban missile crisis, assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, civil rights protests that were then about equal treatment of all citizens instead of reversed preference for some. And then there was the war…
Read MoreThe Power of Meditation: The What, Why, and How
Apache Junction Afternoon, originally uploaded by phaelosopher. del.icio.us tags: meditation, philosophy, peace, change, continuum, universe, god ——- Meditation is one of those practices that I’ve observed over the years, and accepted as being beneficial, but didn’t really understand why. I didn’t understand what anyone could possibly get done by essentially sitting down, getting quiet, closing one’s eyes, and (apparently) doing…
Read MoreThoughts on Death: Fear and the 'Termination Factor'
Last night I watched Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which starred Arnold Schwarzeneggar, on the American Movie Classics (AMC) channel. Released in 2003, I wasn’t sure whether I had seen it before. The beginning looked familiar, but again, I wasn’t sure if I saw it all the way through to the end… until the climax, and I realized I…
Read MoreThoughts on God: Fear and the Matter of ET's
I’ve been quiet lately, but the mind has been racing. Actually, a high-speed mind race is normal for me. So this has been hyperspeed, faster than mind activity. It’s all been about me, and you… God, and “extra-terrestrials,” or ET’s. As an ideological protocol, if it ever was prudent for there to be a “separation” of church and state, there…
Read MoreThoughts on God: The Complementary Principles that Govern All Human Experience
Historic Maui Church, originally uploaded by phaelosopher. Our disconnectedness with self… is the same as our sense of separateness from God. It leads us to believe that nothing we do matters. It allows us to justify choices and actions that perpetuate discordancy. An extreme example of discordancy is war. War is one of the things we focus much of…
Read MoreThoughts on God: On Transforming Life's 'S%&t'
There is more to why the proverbial “s%&t” of life happens. For example, in relationships, it’s more than romance “wearing off” and then the real drama starts. It’s more so that when sincerely seeking a companion or mate, we tend to be our truer selves, without expressing our “darker” sides. Once the deal is sealed, then “the rest of the…
Read MoreA Nano Thought: The One
As we realize the oneness of everything, we’ll see that there is no “happenstance” to anything. Only the veil of duality gives plausibility to such concepts as “luck,” “chance,” and “fortune,” both “good” and “bad,” and the relative value that we place on each. Everything and everyone, is connected, in the full spectrum of possibility and actuality. Such is the nature of…
Read MoreThoughts on God: Why 'S%&t' Happens
Last December I published an essay titled, Thoughts on God: When ‘S%&t’ Happens. After reading a flurry of books (the flurry continues, because three more are on the way), let’s take a “behind the scenes” look why “S%&t” happens. While many of you know exactly what I’m talking about, some of you might be inclined to ask, “What is ‘S%&t?’”…
Read MoreThoughts on Beingness: Natural Human Energetic Flight
California Condor Overhead, originally uploaded by phaelosopher. A Question…. Since there is One Mind, One Intelligence, One Brain…. AND …Since humankind’s ability to travel via flying has always been there….yet…. just manifested successfully in the last century…. How Do You Think The Day Will Come About When All Of Us Can FLY With Our Own Natural Bodies At…
Read More