The virtual world of Second Life has attracted interest from all circles – business, philosophical, academic, entertainment, and social.

Every civilization in the past has an Achilles heel. Rome poisoned itself with lead. Other civilizations had self-destructive agricultural practices.

To know is to bring light to a situation; to enlighten; to understand; to make visible. There are many ways to bring the light of knowledge to bear on something.

Humans as a whole have a simple blind faith in technology.

It's a joke!

Children see humor in everything.

"In our every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." - from the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy

The fuel that spilled from a container ship into San Francisco Bay on Wednesday is a "nasty" oil that breaks down slowly, is hard to clean up and could affect marine life for years, environmentalists and oil-spill experts say.

Meditation is like listening for Silence. Prayer is like talking to Silence. Contemplation attends to thoughts between Silences.

One day I was walking home from grade school. The thought came to mind “how long can I attend to every step I take?”

The way you can go isn’t the real Way. The name you can say isn’t the real Name Lao-Tzu Words take off like flocks of birds Mind follows them off the ground Come back to your senses!..

You cannot hold on to a cloud. But if you just watch a cloud it stays as is...

On the bus to work I read a passage from Krishnamurti, "Live the truth." That phrase exploded in my mind. I had to say "No!" to the falsehoods of life.

All the way from China, a friend of mine (Jeffery Beach) sent this article published in San Fransiciso. -AA Come see our giant toxic stew!..

One day, I took that clock apart to see the ticker. Such a wonderful invention! But, I couldn't put that clock back together.

A map tells the story.

Freeways ought to move quickly -- everyone gets on them during "rush hour". "Rush hour" could be renamed "running like snails" hour.

Our Senators and Congresswomen do not pay into Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it. You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable for persons of their rare elevation in society. They felt they should have a special plan for themselves. So, many years ago they voted in their own benefit plan.

Words of wisdom from a university professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, an eight year old grade school student, and a senior at the UC Berkeley.

"...we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater than human intelligence..." - Vernor Vinge