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How Your Brain Chooses Between Control and Love “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect…

THE DRAMA YOU'RE IN | THE SEPARATION | ACT I.3 The Algorithm of Exile and the Mercy of Scattering “Come,…

“Where are you?” — Book of Genesis 3:9 I’m writing a book. Not just any book. The story. Call it…

What Neuroscience and Genesis Reveal About the Five Who Live Inside You “Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in…

THE DRAMA YOU'RE IN | THE SEPARATION | ACT I, Part 2.2 "I am not fighting a bad habit. I…

THE DRAMA YOU'RE IN | THE SEPARATION | ACT I, Part 2.1 “I posted an offering from my heart. The…

“The heart is the battlefield of the gods.” — Heraclitus Two brothers walk the same fractured earth. Both bring an…

Why Both Sides Are Serving the Same Left-Brain God “The greatest trick the Builder ever pulled was convincing the world…

THE DRAMA YOU'RE IN | THE SEPARATION | ACT I.1 “We do not see things as they are, we see…

How the Genesis Story Maps Our Cultural War—And How to Step Out of It “Did God really say, ‘You must…

THE DRAMA YOU’RE IN | THE SEPARATION | BONUS “A culture that is locked into the left-hemisphere version of the…

THE DRAMA YOU'RE IN | ACT I.0 “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you…

Decoding the Source Code of the Western Mind "In the beginning was the Word..." — Not a religious claim. A…

THE LOST CENTER OF CIVILIZATION | PART 7 “What you are called to is not a new set of beliefs,…

“We have a tragic history of making tragic history, and then pretending it didn’t happen.” — James Howard Kunstler I’ve…

THE LOST CENTER OF CIVILIZATION | PART 6 “The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well…

THE LOST CENTER OF CIVILIZATION | PART 5 “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” —…

Consciousness, Love, and the Long Work of Becoming “Distance is the soul of beauty.” —Simone Weil Sometimes an idea arrives…

THE LOST CENTER OF CIVILIZATION | PART 4 "When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as…

A Civilization Built by Half a Brain Author’s Note: This essay is part of a seven-part work in progress examining…

THE LOST CENTER OF CIVILIZATION | PART 3 “The way up and the way down are one and the same.”…

Author’s Note: This essay is part of a seven-part work in progress examining the spiritual logic of modern civilization. When…

THE LOST CENTER OF CIVILIZATION | PART 2 “God is love.” — 1 John 4:8 “If God [Love] is not,…

THE LOST CENTER OF CIVILIZATION | PART 1 “When the center fails to hold, mere anarchy is loosed upon the…

“Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein My…

How a Trip to Uruguay Changed the Way I Think About Money “Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver,…

Lessons on chaos and emergence from the universe itself “The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is…

Parallels Between 1929 and Today’s Financial Fragility “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D.…

“Our intellect has created a new world that dominates nature, and has populated it with monstrous machines.” — C.G. Jung,…

How a forgotten economist foresaw the crises we’re repeating today “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where…

“In the end, money is just a belief system — and when that belief falters, people reach for what’s real.”…

Why 2025 Belongs to the Miners, Not the Machines “That which is exalted among men is abomination in the sight…

“It’s not what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t…

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” — George Orwell Over lunch with friends recently, I was…

“The way up and the way down are one and the same.” —Heraclitus Last week I went to see an…

“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value: zero.” — Voltaire Last week, I read Scott Bessent’s paper, “The Fed's ‘Gain…

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of reality.” — George Orwell…

“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.” —Aldous Huxley, Author of Brave New World…

“There is no theory of the spark. Only of the combustible material.” — Charles Kindleberger In March 2023, Silicon Valley…

“Gold is the only coin that never depreciates.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich With U.S. public debt now approaching $37 trillion…

“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they…

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." — Leonardo da Vinci Some call this the Age of AI. Others, the Age of…

On Tesla, Charisma, and the Illusion of Value in the Age of Narrative Capital “The more a society drifts from…

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." — Daniel J. Boorstin Turning Inward:…

“Nothing is permanent except change.” — Heraclitus For decades, the U.S. dollar was more than just currency—it was a passport…

“The most powerful forces in the world are invisible—debt, energy, and belief.” — Anonymous As I mentioned a few weeks…

“Politics is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.” —Frank Zappa In an era of livestreamed diplomacy and viral politics,…

“They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator.” —…

"While the crowd cheers the circus, the house of cards collapses unnoticed." — Adapted from Juvenal In a country obsessed…

“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” — E.O. Wilson…

“People don’t have ideas. Ideas have people.” — Carl Jung Most people believe they own their ideas—but Jung, one of…

"In the silence of the heart, God speaks. In the labor of the hands, the soul is restored." — adapted…

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”—Carl Jung Introduction: Jung’s…

“The president reigns for four years, and journalism governs forever and ever.” — Oscar Wilde Dang, I'm so ready to…

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” — Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor’s words hit hard…

"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without…

“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”—John 11:25 (ESV)…

"A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face." —Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag…

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple." —Oscar Wilde Last week, I made a call that one of Trump's…

“It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge…

"When confidence goes, the end is very near. It always comes faster than anyone expects and it always seems to…

“There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped…

"We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For…

"All warfare is based on deception" —Sun Tzu, The Art of War Last week, a strange video came out with…

“The future is ours, and our golden age has just begun.” —Donald Trump, Inaugural Address, January 20, 2025 The term…

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has…

"We are like sailors who on the open sea must reconstruct their ship but are never able to start afresh…

"I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our…

If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no need for tinkers. —Unknown So I'm binge watching The…

If you pass through life without an opponent, no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even…

"The largest opportunities arise out of the largest gaps between perception and reality, expectations and reality, like where we are…

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain I’ve started…

'Twas the night before Christmas, and no one was in the House. Not a politician was stirring, not a banker,…

"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth." —Albert Bartlett, a physicist On Friday,…

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."…

“Give me control over a nation's currency, and I care not who makes its laws.” — Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812) A…

"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval." —George Santayana We have more alternatives today…

"It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone."…

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old…

Last week, it was 70 degrees in Saint Joseph, Michigan. I ditched work and went for a walk through the…

"I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things." —Mother Teresa…

There are so many things happening right now, I don't know how much I'll be able to cover in this…

"A leader must inspire or his team will expire." —Orrin Woodward It is 3 o’clock in the morning, Sunday, and…

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." —Marcel Proust When I…

Less than a week after I was born, Nixon ended the Bretton Woods International Monetary System, whereby the dollar was…

My presentation went well, but not as well as I would have liked. I forgot to say certain things, and…

"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."---John F. Kennedy I'm back! My boys are…

"I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I…

"Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect…

"Our city—look around you, see with your own eyes—our ship pitches wildly, cannot lift her head from the depths, the…

"Parasites are not our enemies; they are reminders of our precarious place in the natural world." ---Carl Zimmer, author of…

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything…

"The world consists of Yin and Yang, and understanding this is crucial for anyone seeking to navigate life's complexities." Life…

“Old Heraclitus, who was indeed a very great sage, discovered the most marvelous of all psychological laws: the regulative function…

"It ain’t what you know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so."…

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." ---Henry David…

The global monetary system is a big blobby glob of sticky goo that somehow keeps on slugging along through endless…

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."---Albert Einstein [caption id="attachment_2621" align="alignnone" width="900"] Paul Ehrenfest on the…

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” --- Albert Einstein I have never been…

“Gold—what can it not do, and undo?” – William Shakespeare I grew up in the 1970s and 80s. My dad…