Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds..."- Bob Marley

Collective Unconscious Part 5 (version 2.0), "Would You Rather...?"

 In "Collective Unconscious (part 5)" we looked at the origin of "The Empire" from a physical, philosophical and political point of view.

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Do You Have A Google Plus Account?

The Google Plus Social Network is now open to everyone. While in it's Beta stage it was only open to a limited few and by invite only. I've already created my profile and was wondering how many of my Newsvine friends are already signed up or are planning to.

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Collective Unconscious (Part 5): A Mind Divided Against Itself Builds An Empire.

-- Introduction First I'd like to talk to the few people who have been following this little project of mine and to explain why the last installment of this Collective Unconscious series (part 4) was published on May 5 2011 and why it has taken me until September of thi …

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Sabastian's Playlist For The Mind, Body & Soul.

The tunes which are included in this play-list were especially selected for you. They are great mood lifters, attitude adjusters, pessimistic mind healers, meditation tools and just simply fun and entertaining... So plug in some high quality headphones or speakers and enjoy. :-)

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A Pox On Both Your Houses! Poll.

Has our two party system failed us? According to NPR... Americans appear increasingly frustrated with both political parties. Recent polls show that a majority of Americans say a third party is needed. But third-party candidates rarely do well at the polls. ( npr.org )

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Wired: The Last Airbender Will Return in Legend of Korra

It's a shame that M Night Shyamalan's version of this great American Anime Series was so disappointing.   

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Happy American Independence Day From Ben Franklin.

On the Federal Constitution   Benjamin Franklin (1706–90)   From a speech in Philadelphia before the Constitutional Convention of 1787.   I CONFESS that I do not entirely approve of this Constitution at present; but, sir, I am not sure I shall …

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Poll: A Soul, Is It In You?

I've been following a couple of Newsvine threads (nod to Soph0571), "...Is It Possible To Believe In God and Darwin?" and "Why Is There Only One Human Species?" After reading and writing comments on both of Soph's articles the idea of the Soul has been on my mind-grapes (yes tha …

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How To Debate Like A Republican

As I forced myself to sit through the entire CNN Republican debate from New Hampshire yesterday (June 13, 2011) it took every fiber of my being not to ram my head through the monitor which seemed to be purposefully insulting my intelligence.

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A "Supernatural" Mental Exercise.

Nature - c.1300, "essential qualities, innate disposition," also "creative power in the material world," from O.Fr. nature, from L. natura "course of things, natural character, the universe," lit. "birth," from natus "born," pp.

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Wow! I Just Googled "Santorum"....

Rick Santorum has taken the lead twice now for "most Googled". Why? Because of this AP interview...

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Collective Unconscious (Part 4): A Maturing Mind Learns How To Ask The Right Questions.

In "Collective Unconscious (part 3)" we explored the ancient city (Eridu) which was located in "the cradle of civilization" also known as Mesopotamia. We looked at a major creation myth from ancient Sumer and Babylon.

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Collective Unconscious (Part 3): A Newborn Mind Learns How To Interact With Forces Of Nature And The Elements.

In "Collective Unconscious (part 2)" we compared one of the first creation myths/stories from Africa (Amma and the "cosmic egg") with the widely accepted scientific standard model of cosmology (the big bang theory) along with the idea of the birth of our universe which was deliv …

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Collective Unconscious (Part 2). Witnessing The First Birth In Herstory.

In "Collective Unconscious (part 1)" we set the foundation for most of what we will explore in this series... ...and now part 2: Witnessing The First Birth In Her-Story: --What Is A Singularity?

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Collective Unconscious: Exploring Our Objective Psyche. Part 1

col·lec·tive unconscious(k-lktv)n. In Jungian psychology, a part of the unconscious mind that is shared by a society, a people, or all humankind. The product of ancestral experience, it contains such concepts as science, religion, and morality.

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Poll: Does President Barack Obama Know What He's Doing?

When the people of Egypt took to the streets of Cairo to demand that former President Hosni Mubarak leave immediately our American President Barak Obama told the world that our country supports freedom, democracy and human rights. President Obama told our former ally Mr.

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The View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck Gives the RNC Some Words Of Wisdom.

"I'd also make the argument that it might, it could be over for the entire Republican Party in this election. I think maybe they should consider saving their cash and wait until 2016, if I may so boldly put that out there." ( -Elisabeth Hasselbeck, ABC's The View)

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Plato's Key To Life Theory

As being is to becoming, so is truth to belief. (Plato) Plato, my favorite ancient philosopher, bases his argument of cosmology or the origin of the cosmos on a few simple core ideas.

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What Do You Think About This Family Guy Joke?

This past Sunday Family Guy (created by Seth MacFarlane), the animated comedy from Fox's "Animation Domination" prime-time line-up, included a scene involving Peter and Brian Griffin (Brian is the family dog and an atheist) at a court ordered AA meeting.

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