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Without intelligence no one and nothing lives. Without intelligence rain falls but never lands, eggs are brooded but never hatch, god is named but never worshipped. And without intelligence we…
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Was man uebertreibt braucht Ruhe; Kaefer, Muecken - Amseln holen sie alle. Betroffen steht der Mensch vor dem ausgezeichneten Universum und schneidet sich die Naegel. Mir will das Schlimme nicht…
Physiology is a science of bodies. But we cannot understand these unless, in conjunction with them, we understand the body. And for the sake of this conjunction we require perception…
As a gift, speech is whatever we say, in the interest, specifically, of our greater human being, which implies an ongoing change of heart, so that everything that makes a…
Volume V of V By church doctrine I mean a teaching that helps us realize ourselves as fulfilled human beings in community with one another and with the god who…
Volume IV of V By church doctrine I mean a teaching that helps us realize ourselves as fulfilled human beings in community with one another and with the god who…
Volume III of V By church doctrine I mean a teaching that helps us realize ourselves as fulfilled human beings in community with one another and with the god who…
Volume II of V By church doctrine I mean a teaching that helps us realize ourselves as fulfilled human beings in community with one another and with the god who…
Volume I of V By church doctrine I mean a teaching that helps us realize ourselves as fulfilled human beings in community with one another and with the god who…
First essay: The spirit that keeps us in bondage at a time when the preconditions for our freedom exist, (which time is now) may be recognized and banished on three…
These are two of the earliest sciences written by this author. It should be kept in mind that all these live Sciences precede in time all the author's other works…
A stroll in the light of day - What we see is recorded, Each vision leads to the next, A sequence of fifty-five.
I mean the law as completed by the truth as it rules and regulates our growth as human beings, as guidance upon which we can depend and as limits within…
Two essays which explore the truth that we have it within us to join in the making of contemporary community even while we get to know ourselves and one another…
Mostly one-page shapes of contemporary language, each written at the beginning of the day, as a way of preparation for the 'unknown' to come of that day. Being shapely, they…
A young woman says what she feels without thinking and takes pains to draw the consequences.
What counts is our relationship with one another and with good spirit. Today we are anxious to understand how we may come to terms with the end of the modern…
A pandemic is an ideal time for us to question our feelings and thoughts in terms of fear and pain, of faith and hope, even of medication and meditation. What…
These poems are intended specifically as enablements of faith, not by form or content but in shape. They succeed best if appreciated with that in mind.
Erasmus was conceived in a test tube and looks forward to his actual birth. Once born (borne) he takes upon himself the task of reordering his world in accordance with…
First essay: The spirit that keeps us in bondage at a time when the preconditions for our freedom exist (which time is now) may be recognized and banished on three…
Three essays that heighten our awareness of aspects of reality with which we may be all too familiar, so we lack the relationship that means more joy and greater strength.
Three friends let us know how they get on. We learn how their lives and deaths compare. We are invited, as we are in every true novel, to consider our…
Content The Procreative Urge and Sexuality The Spirit of Comfort and the Ailing Soul A Few Related Concepts ... Explanation What it Means to Know Oneself Minimalism Symbolic Vision Nature…
The teacher-pupil relation is examined here from various sides, with emphasis on the human growth and development of the pupil and consequently on the pupil's need to 'grow against', which…
Nothing more important in our personal relations than merciful spirit. Many of these verses document the struggle that is the love of man and woman, of wife and husband, directly…
What we mean by upbringing and education depends on what we mean by human being, by reality and by life. Do we place our emphasis on survival, on being 'good…
It's how we get on, if we amount to something and then something happens and we can show that we mean what we've been saying. All the same, we're changed…
Our parents give us a name at our birth but do we ever own it? Until we do, we walk around on the earth like orphans, unwilling to believe that…
We struggle to leave our modernity behind and as we enter the human community, we realize that ideas will no longer serve us. However the spirit that persuades us to…
Index of Essays: Atmosphere and Awareness An Essay Matter Notes on the Efficacy of Suffering Ontology Reading The Body and the Blood of Jesus the Christ
How do we view our human nature, once we have discovered it? Does it work for us or do we let it absorb us? Can we identify, within ourselves, that…
What is meant by global government here has nothing in common with international government. What is offered is a way to educate ourselves to the point where we in person…
These poems are mainly written in the folk spirit. I have discussed what I mean by 'folk spirit' in my essay: 'the Folk Nature, Folk Spirit and Folk Soul of…
Index of Titles in Eight Short Essays: Transition from Modern to Contemporary Ideal Love Culture of Earth Community The Quiet Acceptance of Merciful Spirit Instruction for Religion out of Everyday…
When we fear, we have access to creative potential. Whether we resist or react to the supposed cause of our fear, we may instead choose to be creative on the…
Index Compassion Out of Society, towards society Living on our Nerves Society (a fragment) Notes on the Efficacy of Suffering Suffering The Crowd and the Individual An Outrage Resurrection and…
Rather more serious verses, that saw the writer through a difficult period of transition. Why not read them one at a time when there's not much else going on.
Modern man comes up with halfway measures. That is what makes him modern. The so-called forces that tug at us are two kinds of inheritance: the carnal, conditional, conditioning one…
The very terms 'autism' and 'dementia' are liable to lead us into misunderstanding of how we might in fact benefit from those who challenge our societal preconceptions. Human beings, studied…
Suddenly we find ourselves touched by true being and then we have our work cut out for ourselves. When time no longer makes the same difference to us, why panic…
The essay 'Our Folk Soul' was conceived as an explo- ration of what had occurred to me for some time as one of two possible ways for us to cooperate…
Christ as our greater self - that, specifically, is what this little essay wishes to introduce, to those whose ambitions run in that direction. That we suffer our pain rather…
We moderns are reluctant to accept that a truly creative motivation affectively underlies our various deplorable aggressions and depressions. This sums up our tragic predicament. It is as if a…
Some of these poems were composed out of doors. Most are to some degree instructive. All are written with the intention of drawing us closer to our human-natural centre.
57 sonnets that would put us in touch with our creative centre.
