Modern Slavery: Credit Card and Loan Debts
I can think of no better term for it than modern slavery. Over the past few years I have come to believe that the modern banking system is really modern slavery in disguise. Technically the bank doesn’t “own” you to the point of physically beating or abusing you, but just short of that, they definitely can “compel” you to work very long and hard hours to pay your bank debts. It was not so long ago that...
Gratitude
All my life I’ve been fairly good about saying “thank you” and verbally expressing appreciation for things others do for me. However, I think my verbal expression is mostly a sub conscience trained response that just happens because I’m deeply rooted in the formalities of social protocol in western culture. In other words, I’m very polite and good with manners. However, until recently, I don’t think...
The Good Guy Discount
I’ll confess right here at the beginning of this short article, the concept of the Good Guy Discount is not mine. A few months ago I was listening to National Public Radio (NPR) when a fascinating episode about the Good Guy Discount aired. During the show one staffer at NPR challenges another to try to get a Good Guy Discount at various retail stores. The concept is that if you have a positive, funny, and upbeat attitude while...
Time Acceleration Theory
Almost everyone I’ve ever talked to on the subject agrees—days are getting shorter and time is accelerating. People shake their heads trying to figure it out. What the heck? Is time really accelerating? Why does every day seem to pass by faster and faster? After pondering this for several years, I finally developed a theory to explain this strange phenomenon which I later dubbed simply the “Time Acceleration Theory.” Ok, here is what...
Four Theories of Origins of Life
There are currently four generally accepted theories as to how life came to exist here on our planet (or in the universe). Random chance God created it Anthropic principle Biocentric Random Chance Theory Some believe life and came to exist on our planet through sheer random chance, that is was a simple numbers game. Carl Segan popularized the Drake Equation which predicts the probability of life existing on a planet somewhere else in...
Reset Button Theory
Introduction I believe that almost everyone experiences pivotal events in their lives which act as a ‘reset button.’ These events cause us to question the reality which we believed to be true–and more often than not, this questioned reality is an adopted reality. The outcome after passing through a ‘reset button’ experience is we reject an adopted reality and replace it with a new belief based up personal...