Tag Archives: peace

Wounds on the Soul

Posted on July 28, 2013 by ehurst

Know yourself. There were times in my childhood when my parents willingly engaged in behavior they knew would hurt me. They found it entertaining, in part because my sensitivities were despicable to them. Nobody is perfect; I have no doubt … Continue reading →

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Ecclesiastes 12

Posted on July 27, 2013 by ehurst

Continuing where the previous chapter left off, Solomon reasserts the warning to his younger employees that they accountable first and foremost to their Creator. If you wait until you are older, the youthful habits of folly will blind you to … Continue reading →

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Invisible Divine Justice

Posted on July 26, 2013 by ehurst

The whole business of mysticism is receiving actionable knowledge from outside the normal human intellectual inputs. It requires a faculty missing from humans by default. The very nature of the thing eludes our grasp, but we can discuss it in … Continue reading →

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Ecclesiastes 11

Posted on July 20, 2013 by ehurst

Human wisdom works best when properly informed by revelation. Solomon proposes some lessons not obvious to human reasoning, but obviously useful when examined. It’s difficult to say whether Solomon suggests in this first verse that we should be charitable or … Continue reading →

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Moral Hazard in Our Times

Posted on July 19, 2013 by ehurst

The fundamental moral hazard is enticement away from safe grounds. The mythology of our day is a siren song. Out on the submerged rocks and ripping currents stands this glorious vision that if we fail to act, evil men will … Continue reading →

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Internet PsyOp

Posted on July 17, 2013 by ehurst

I’d post this on Facebook, but my friends there wouldn’t notice. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. — all of them are a subtle PsyOp. They are all carefully structured to cheapen and atomize our thoughts. The high emphasis on things quick … Continue reading →

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My Third Pillar

Posted on July 14, 2013 by ehurst

The title is a reference to my Christian Mysticism HOWTO (now part of a book). Most Westerners really fail to get the concept of a mystic’s disentanglement. Within Western mythology we are restricted to the false dichotomy that we either … Continue reading →

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A Prophet’s Angst

Posted on July 13, 2013 by ehurst

I don’t call myself a prophet so I can bludgeon people into listening and buying into my religion. I frequently say that I don’t take myself that seriously. I use the label as a way of warning readers I spend … Continue reading →

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ACBM: Forms of Logic

Posted on July 8, 2013 by ehurst

This is an exercise in drafting an explanation for the project. People who have taken courses in philosophy are familiar with at least the Aristotelian expressions of logic and so forth. They may be familiar with latter Western attempts to … Continue reading →

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Old Testament and Afterlife

Posted on July 7, 2013 by ehurst

There are a vast number of differing viewpoints; mine is just one more. Please note, a huge portion of scholarship is hostile. That is, the scholar goes into the question assuming the worst and isn’t surprised to find evidence supporting … Continue reading →

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