rbolmanadmin Although most of us have little direct experience of it, it is part & parcel of sentient consciousness that we all have a vast ocean of silence, clarity and peace lying deep inside of us. Put another way, when you take our consciousness and strip away all the words, emotions, thoughts, dreams, beliefs and feelings, … Read more
With the Pentagon finally admitting that UFO’s exist, it now seems that they’re falling back on a collective shoulder shrug claiming that they don’t know WHAT they are, or perhaps they are advanced technology from China or Russia. Meanwhile, many military and other witnesses claim that highly secretive branches of the government know perfectly well … Read more
Much Ado About the Laws of Physics There’s currently a great deal of controversy about the new film, Planet of the Humans produced by Michael Moore and directed by Jeff Gibbs. The film argues that solar and wind are poorly suited and insufficient to replace fossil fuels and that various major environmental organizations are beholden … Read more
Teasing Apart How People Think If we had a friend who was an abusive alcoholic, we would bring the full weight and vocabulary of modern psychology to discuss that person’s problem. The same degree of rigor should be brought to the people running the world. But the difficulty in teasing apart the psychological workings of … Read more
We Ignore the Physics at Our Peril I regret that my assessment of our energy situation sounds bleak. I don’t mean to malign renewable energy. We should be building as many solar panels and wind turbines as possible as well as pursuing new technologies. But we must understand the shortcomings of those energy sources. … Read more
Why Joe Rogan Should Have Me on His Podcast: I began doing Transcendental Meditation in 1973 (at age 17) and have been meditating twice daily ever since. While doing TM all these years has given me a some insights of what it means to change one’s consciousness, I also have misgivings about the TM movement: … Read more
We’re Not in Texas Anymore
To better understand our predicament with the depletion of fossil fuels, a little history is in order:
Is All That Stuff Really Making Us Happy? US style consumerism is serving as an example of a completely unsustainable lifestyle that other people around the world see on television and wish to emulate. Worse yet, many consumer products are poorly made out of finite, non-renewable resources and then sent to landfills a short time … Read more
Freedom & Democracy, Indeed….. The US claims to be admired the world over as a great champion of freedom and democracy. This is simply not true. Those making US foreign policy absolutely DO NOT want democracy in much of the world. The reason is very simple: If meaningfully democratic elections are held in a country … Read more
It’s Stupid! Robert Bolman With the end of the Soviet Union, those running the economy have conveniently embraced the idea that unbridled, global, free market capitalism is now the only choice we have. Excuse the following potty humor, but comparing Soviet style Communism with US style Capitalism is like comparing constipation with diarrhea. Any sane … Read more