From my blog: http://gerrardpedersen.com/blog/2013/12/22/liberty-is-indivisible/ Liberty is indivisible; one cannot curtail part of it without killing all of it. This little part you are curtailing is the very essence of my liberty; it is all of it. Bakunin I am not...
Sometimes it's too crazy to not be true: A man just emerged from a bunker 14 years after the Y2K scare! Check it out!
As always, I'm interested in your thoughts, while I ask that people be kind in the process of being critical of what I articulated if they should feel the need to do so (which I certainly do welcome). Off the top of my head, I can think of three basic kinds of...
I'm posting this here because I feel safe asking these questions without people getting angry that I asked. A couple of the people I follow on Twitter are doing the usual "you're not advocating correctly tweets," but they are saying some stuff that's making me...
Hi TLSers! As of today all new members, upon joining, get a welcoming email. In this email is a free gift of a high-quality, printable download of my Sophia drawing, "Shelter"... a $40 value. It symbolizes for me the safe space TLS provides for us. So I wanted to make...
ALERT: The only things that upset me and call me to action are bullying, abusive language and misogynist/ractist/homophobic speech. I'm sorry I upset so many of you with a call to post to the new TLS site. That wasn't my intention. I don't care where you post. My hope...
Here is my problem with any religion claiming exclusive rights on objective truth. "Each of the great world religions--Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--is a braid woven from four strands: an originating experience, a mythic narrative, a theology,...
Ya that's not a joke. One time I came home to find Lisa sitting in her study in a comfy chair. She had a candle lit with smooth stones circled round it. She had very soft yoga music playing. There was a cup of tea on the nearby table. She was writing in her journal....
Okay TLSers! Our new site's LIVE!!!! Check it out! IMPORTANT: We've archived the old forums so that you can copy and paste any of the ones you want to the new format. To access them click on your profile pic and chose "archives". There are three categories: feelings...
The other day I saw someone's update on Facebook (not TLS!) that read something like this: "Thinking about feeling sad? Thinking about feeling discouraged? Instead, think about being happy and encouraged!" And there lies the problem! So many lives are lived through...
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