Word
Gems
What is a
man but the sum of his thoughts?
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- Here's a guide to some of the best "Word Gems"
on this site:
- Stephen
Covey's The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness
to Greatness -- I consider this book to be one of the most
influencial of my life. The author's insight into the human
condition is most profound (see under Person);
- Education of the Founding Fathers, a
study of the educational system of Colonial America, one supremely
successful, producing the stellar intellects of the American
Founding Fathers (under the Education
icon);
- Carl
Sagan's Pale Blue Dot (under the Wisdom icon);
- The
numerous short quotations under the Idea,
Thinking & Problem-Solving icon will likely change your
views regarding how we come to know anything at all;
- Enter the
amazing world of Light: learn why it has been called the "only
reality"; why Niels Bohr, referring to its quantum characteristics, claimed that if you don't
find this information shocking, you "cannot possibly have
understood it" (see under
Chem&Physics/Light);
- Library of Investment Articles, nearly 30
Editor-essays featuring the "world's greatest investors" (under
Wealth);
- Near-Death Experience research and what it
reveals about the Afterlife (Life &
Death icon); especially, the "Myer's Cross-Correspondences,"
substantive evidence for the AfterLife, of a quality admissible in
a court of law (under Life/Near-Death
Experience/Circumstantial Evidence);
- An
extensive collection of quotes, artwork, essays and song lyrics
featuring romantic love (see under Love/Eros);
- John
Adams's 1776 essay, Thoughts On
Government, the fruit of his many years of personal study of
history and human nature, became the philosophical basis of the
U.S. Constitution; indeed, as we now know, the basis of modern
free-world governmental framework (under Government);
- The
classic work, Economics in One
Lesson, a brimming-with-insight review of the murky,
hard-to-understand world of the "dismal science" (under Economics);
- Kenneth
Clark's Civilisation, a search for
meaning of that term by examining art and architecture; also, Will
Durant's The Story of Civilization
(under History);
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Jesus became God in 381
C.E. -
that's the year that the "church fathers," one group of them
at least, mafia-like, finally succeeded in excommunicating
and, whenever possible, murdering their
opposition. The process took close to 200 years with the
"Jesus as Man but not God" faction leading the
controversy much of the time. They eventually lost. The
circumstances surrounding the final doctrinal decision, one
that would frame and define ensuing Christianity for thousands
of years, were not pretty and, upon close inspection by an
objective reviewer, would not inspire confidence in the
truth-promotion process. Our knowledge of the details of that
ancient debate is fragmentary with information scattered over
a wide array of sources. Jewish historian, Dr. Richard E.
Rubenstein, invested 15 years or more tracking down these
various sources and piecing together a picture revealed
to be a tawdry state of corrupt church
politics.
The stakes were high.
Ecclesiastical demagogues knew full well that if they allowed the common
people to view Jesus as a Man who could grow and
develop and progress -- well then, this, of course, was a threat to
the church's power over people -- because if people can change
and grow by themselves and appeal to the Father directly for help
in life, why then, the people will surely conclude, do we
need the church to save us? This book is only for those
who are ready for the truth. Be prepared for
some cognitive dissonance as it will alter your view
of yourself, your view of Jesus, and how you fit into the
divine cosmic plan. I would also recommend a book by my old
professor, Sir Anthony Buzzard, The
Doctrine of the Trinity, Christianity's Self-Inflicted
Wound. Professor Buzzard reveals what the original
languages of the scripture actually say about the nature of
Jesus and why the early church, for the first few hundred
years, saw Jesus as a Man - not as
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- Eric Hoffer's True Believer and the nature of mass
movements (under Person);
- Mortimer
Adler's 102 Syntopicon essays on "The
Great Ideas" of history; also, my own "1-minute essays" on these
topics (under Philosophy);
- The Wisdom of Warren Buffett: Excerpts from
the Annual Reports (under Wealth). You will learn more about
business and investing from Mr. Buffett than from any other
source. He is simply a genius at his work;
- Leslie
Weatherhead's excellent work, Why Do Men
Suffer? (under Suffering);
- Robert Ringer's
humorous and wise account of 3 types of business people (under Leadership);
- Milton Friedman's Free To Choose -- many, including Churchill, have stated that
"a person who is not a socialist by the time he
is 20, he has no heart; but one who is not a conservative by the
time he is 40 has no brain.
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Milton Friedman, I think, has done the best job making plain the
power and efficacy of the free market economy as a basis for
individual liberty.
- Friedrich Hayek,
The Road
To Serfdom: One of the most influential books of the 20th
century, Hayek's The Road To Serfdom
is required reading of
every person who not only loves but seeks to understand the nature
of liberty. "Originally published in England in the spring
of 1944 -- when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin,
Albert Einstein subscribed to the socialist program... The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical
for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control."
The chapter, "Why The
Worst Get On Top," should be carefully considered regarding
some of today's aspirants to high office;
- John Ruskan, Emotional Clearing: "I understand
that my love for
myself is the greatest possession I will ever have. Love
for myself comes into being only when I accept and experience my
feelings as they are, at this very moment, both pleasant and
unpleasant. As I welcome my painful self, it heals. Loving myself provides
the power for transformation." read more;
- Leslie
Flint: "I think I can safely say that I am the most
tested medium this country has ever produced... I have been boxed
up, tied up, sealed up, gagged, bound and held, and still the
voices have come to speak their message of life eternal."
read more;
- Victor
Zammit: "A Lawyer Presents The
Case For The AfterLife
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There has never been more sensational
and unrebuttable evidence for the afterlife in history. Those who died decades
– even thousands of years ago – are walking and talking today!
... This is real! This is genuine! This is authentic!
This is revolutionary! ...
I am offering HALF A MILLION DOLLARS to any
debunker who thinks he can duplicate what we do in our
materialization experiments." read
more;
- How To Solve It, George Polya's important
work on problem-solving (under Idea/Problem-Solving);
- Flatland, a humorous, cleverly-written
little book from 1880, a mathematical speculation about life in
other dimensions (under Mathematics);
- Philosopher R. M. MacIver looks at The Deep Beauty of the Golden Rule, the
best explanation of this topic that I've encountered (see Morality & Goodness);
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Silver Birch,
AfterLife entity, offers advice on many subjects: "... there is
the love, the undeniable love, between man and woman who are
complementary to one another, that is, they are two in form, but
one in purpose... Now, where that love has found itself, there is
never any separation... the real love, that only comes once to
each man or woman, whether on earth or in the world of spirit, is
always reciprocal... in the fullness of time, each finds the half
of its own being."
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The Money Masters: How
Banks Create The World's Money
- "I have unwittingly ruined my country." -
President Woodrow Wilson, after having been tricked into
signing into law the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. The Federal
Reserve is neither "federal" nor does it have any "reserves."
Americans are generally wholly unaware that the central banks of
the world, including our own, are private corporations, operated
for the private interests of a small group of wealthy families.
Learn how for 150 years, beginning with the Founding Fathers and
then Jackson and Lincoln, leading American statesmen fought
European interests which sought to establish a central bank in the
New World.
Jim Garrison, American Hero
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JIM
GARRISON,
District
Attorney of New Orleans, October, 1967:
"A number of the men who killed the
President [Kennedy] were former employees of the CIA involved
in its anti-Castro underground activities in the New Orleans
area. The CIA knows their identity. So do I."
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