http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh Musings Of A Free Thinker Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:23:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The U.S.A. was founded on the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The materialistic approach to these three goals, by the world, not just America have caused things to go off course in the eyes of J.G.B. From " Needs.." "Our lives must serve some better purpose ... http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh/2008/11/29/on-serving-a-higher-cause/ The Gurdjieff Work is referred to as The Fourth Way. Mr. Bennett in 'Needs' explains it in the following way : "There is the intellectual way and the way of devotion and the way of ascetic withdrawal. The fourth way is the way of service and the way of shared effort. ... http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh/2008/11/27/on-the-fourth-way/ Is the empire about to fall ? This week will bring a few economic reports that could prove to be pessimistic. On Wednesday there will be a durable goods report that will show the increase or decrease in the sales of cars, refrigerators and other large appliances. This past ... http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh/2008/11/23/the-shape-of-things-to-come/ What other question than this could religion be most concerned with ? Once again, Mr. B. tackles this question with clarity. " What happens to ordinary good people? Our model suggests that merit as acquired during life takes the form of potential existence and therefore doesn't degenerate with time. Such ... http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh/2008/11/17/on-the-afterlife/ One of the subjects that I studied in school was Transpersonal Psychology. Part of this was the study of Peak Experiences, which involve a raising of conciousness into a state where the unity of things becomes apparent, as opposed to the seperateness of things as we usually experience them. J.G.B. ... http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh/2008/11/15/on-peak-experiences-and-sin/ Rebounding from the Dallas Taylor book, I have begun reading a more clean and cheerful book that Bennett Books sent me, called ' Needs of a New Age Community. This is the most readable of any of Mr. Bennetts books, using language that I can understand, most of the time. ... http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh/2008/11/14/on-community-organizing/ Have any of you ever read Dallas Taylor's book ' Prisoner of Woodstock?' Back in 1993 I was watching Nightline with Ted Koppel and Dallas was being interviewed on the release of his new book about his life as a professional musician in the late 60s / early 70s. ... http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh/2008/11/10/prisoner-of-woodstock/ There has been so much to experience lately that there has not been time to write; only experiencing. When I returned to Thomaston, my cat Suvy recognized me and acted as if I had never left. Last year when I returned from vacation, she did not know me. Ashley the ... http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh/2008/11/08/experiencing-not-writing/ When I left off, I had finally made it safely back to my hotel in Nice. It had occurred to me that I would need some extra cash for my trip back to the states the next morning. It was still daylight out, so I walked to the automatic cash ... http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh/2008/11/03/final-impressions/ Here is one more photo of the little village of horrors that I spent several tense hours in, as described in my last diary entry. In all fairness to this community, I feel obligated to tell the other side of the story as well. This village seems like a nice place ... http://blogs.krimson-news.com/maxh/2008/10/29/puget-theniers-redux/