Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
I've been selected to be interviewed for Eric Prescott's new video project, "I'm Vegan"!
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We are very excited here in little 'ole Carle Place to have the founder of the Boston Vegan Association, Eric Prescott, come to our home to create a short video profile or vignette of me to be included in his documentary, "I'm Vegan". It will feature vegans from all walks of life,and through his interviews, explore the preconceptions about vegans and veganism.
The footage will be distributed free over the web so that people can share the videos with family, friends, and visitors to their own sites.
Check out the documentary widget on the right!
Here's a link to the video statement of purpose given by Eric.
We are very excited here in little 'ole Carle Place to have the founder of the Boston Vegan Association, Eric Prescott, come to our home to create a short video profile or vignette of me to be included in his documentary, "I'm Vegan". It will feature vegans from all walks of life,and through his interviews, explore the preconceptions about vegans and veganism.
The footage will be distributed free over the web so that people can share the videos with family, friends, and visitors to their own sites.
Check out the documentary widget on the right!
Here's a link to the video statement of purpose given by Eric.
Friday, February 27, 2009
More on the Task of Knowing Thyself
As I posted on Feb.20, Patanjali stated that the resulting confident knowledge-of-self can motivate an individual to be that ethical step needed for the solution to Golding's warning about man's potential for brutality to his fellow man.
Coincidentally, there were a number of Greek philosophies talking the same rap. which were very important during New Testament times. Perhaps the greatest philosopher in the world's history was Socrates with his motto, "know thyself". Socrates tried to help people look inside themselves and search out the basic questions about life. But his searching questions, with no easy answers, made a lot of people irritated with him. They felt that he was corrupting the youth. He ought to stick with teaching the right ideas, and leave all those questions alone.
I say no, do not stop the questioning! What do you think?
Coincidentally, there were a number of Greek philosophies talking the same rap. which were very important during New Testament times. Perhaps the greatest philosopher in the world's history was Socrates with his motto, "know thyself". Socrates tried to help people look inside themselves and search out the basic questions about life. But his searching questions, with no easy answers, made a lot of people irritated with him. They felt that he was corrupting the youth. He ought to stick with teaching the right ideas, and leave all those questions alone.
I say no, do not stop the questioning! What do you think?
Friday, February 20, 2009
What William Golding Meant
If you remember the terrific movie Lord of the Flies you'll also remember shaking your head to hopefully sort it all out .
Golding says it best in a quote I recently came across:
"The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system, however apparently logical or respectable."
The story serves as a warning of man's potential for brutality to his fellow man.
The great Indian sage Patanjali, over 1500 years ago, composed a series of aphorisms, or Sutras, to explain Yoga to his contemporaries. They become, however, a practical aid to the spiritual life: an aid that can be used by the devotees of any religion or as an enhancement to the evolving of theories in psychology. The results of absorbing these "threads" of life, can shape a person's conduct profoundly. The resulting confident knowledge-of-self can motivate an individual to be that ethical step needed for the solution to Golding's warning.
...more to follow
Golding says it best in a quote I recently came across:
"The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system, however apparently logical or respectable."
The story serves as a warning of man's potential for brutality to his fellow man.
The great Indian sage Patanjali, over 1500 years ago, composed a series of aphorisms, or Sutras, to explain Yoga to his contemporaries. They become, however, a practical aid to the spiritual life: an aid that can be used by the devotees of any religion or as an enhancement to the evolving of theories in psychology. The results of absorbing these "threads" of life, can shape a person's conduct profoundly. The resulting confident knowledge-of-self can motivate an individual to be that ethical step needed for the solution to Golding's warning.
...more to follow
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
What Does it Mean to Live in the Desert?
Why would anybody do that?
Perhaps these are reasons to do it; to know exactly who you are, where you are going, and what is your purpose in life?
But can we go from total unawareness to full consciousness this way. Is it possible?
Okay, I think you can. But first you must create your own desert. The desert of the mind, isolated from the sprawl of other minds. This requires to live differently. To be your purpose, to be your message...to proclaim your message!
Of course what I'm getting at is the "vegan message". Having it heard is a constant struggle against the current tide of the times, culture and society we live in today. Let's face it, you won't see vegan Boca burgers being advertised during the Super Bowl!
What does it mean to live in this desert? Like it or not, it isn't always comfortable having to remind people to respect animal life. You have to be counter cultural, standing up against society
risking peace for a bout of arguing.
Tell me, why in the world must eating a plant be soooo much in need of defense over eating some chicken's knuckle, or pigs tongue?
All we ask is a life based on good conduct and reason. Yes, reason. C'mon...reasonable living already. Healthy living.
How far into the desert must we go to get away from the atrocities?
As Tolstoy says in his 1885 treatise called, My Religion:
"This life you can use by living in conformity to reason, or you can waste it by living in opposition to reason..."
I think it still holds true today.
I want more people to think about going vegan. It's not that hard. Really. I mean, ice skating is harder you know.
Join me. Join the many.
You are NOT incapable of reason!
Perhaps these are reasons to do it; to know exactly who you are, where you are going, and what is your purpose in life?
But can we go from total unawareness to full consciousness this way. Is it possible?
Okay, I think you can. But first you must create your own desert. The desert of the mind, isolated from the sprawl of other minds. This requires to live differently. To be your purpose, to be your message...to proclaim your message!
Of course what I'm getting at is the "vegan message". Having it heard is a constant struggle against the current tide of the times, culture and society we live in today. Let's face it, you won't see vegan Boca burgers being advertised during the Super Bowl!
What does it mean to live in this desert? Like it or not, it isn't always comfortable having to remind people to respect animal life. You have to be counter cultural, standing up against society
risking peace for a bout of arguing.
Tell me, why in the world must eating a plant be soooo much in need of defense over eating some chicken's knuckle, or pigs tongue?
All we ask is a life based on good conduct and reason. Yes, reason. C'mon...reasonable living already. Healthy living.
How far into the desert must we go to get away from the atrocities?
As Tolstoy says in his 1885 treatise called, My Religion:
"This life you can use by living in conformity to reason, or you can waste it by living in opposition to reason..."
I think it still holds true today.
I want more people to think about going vegan. It's not that hard. Really. I mean, ice skating is harder you know.
Join me. Join the many.
You are NOT incapable of reason!
Friday, January 23, 2009
You are the only answer
Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose.
To the question of your life, you are the only answer.
To the problems of your life, you are the only solution.
Jo Coudert
Advice from a Failure
Scroll down on right side, below Profile, to read more.
To the question of your life, you are the only answer.
To the problems of your life, you are the only solution.
Jo Coudert
Advice from a Failure
Scroll down on right side, below Profile, to read more.
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