No

A few years ago, something happened in my mind which was not entirely available to conscious awareness. For most of my life I had been quite poor at managing money. Was never as bad as some as I became debt-free in 2002, but still not quite good enough by my own estimation – until recently.Continue reading “No”

Protection

The giant clamat the bottom of the oceannot looking outsidesunlight filtered through depths of water The giant clamignoring the universepacked snuggly insidesafe and sound But! Something wriggles alongflowing with colourssinewy and swiftflowing with the currents and sunlight The giant clam,how should he act?whatever he thinksno action can be taken Nothing apart from what he hasContinue reading “Protection”

Harmful Ideas

I’m curious as to how we define right and wrong, and good and bad. I’ve been coalescing on this idea of biology being the foundation of our moral, social, interpersonal and religious definitions of good and bad and what is ‘evil’… and I believe I’ve spotted a missing cog. I cannot understand how women andContinue reading “Harmful Ideas”

Learning

Several months into my Diploma of Counselling, one key point keeps poking me. It’s a pokey point from my language coaching days in Japan and one which, to me, reveals a vital element in our psychology. I’ve researched widely: occult practices, religion, socio-political ideology, education, and psychology. One key insight of sociology is that civilisationsContinue reading “Learning”

💕Teasing people I love and being teased by them💕

Litmus Test

A single, decisive indicator which reveals the true nature of a phenomenon. Can a gay man reasonably expect to survive unscathed in a particular country? Yes = administration of law and society is secular i.e. impartial and unbiased No = do no business with that country as secular values have not evolved. Biased, duplicitous andContinue reading “Litmus Test”

Woke

Identity politics replaces neutrality and universality with morality based on ethnic identity and emotive volatility. Identity politics has created new taboos, heresies, and rituals of exclusivity. Identity politics limits freedom of expression, neutral governance and reasoned disagreement. Identity politics ensures activists may silence any objection or criticism. 😱 So what is the difference between aContinue reading “Woke”

Silly, SILLY me!

I just had someone tell me that secular values are recent and fleeting, and that we will soon all be back under Christian jurisprudence. That is, unless, of course, we fail to protect ourselves from the current and more immediate forms of totalitarianism in our midst. I simply assumed that everyone knew what secularism isContinue reading “Silly, SILLY me!”

Freedom

We have had a lot of this for decades in the West and most western countries extend this to guests and visitors as the default position. But what does ‘freedom’ mean and how do we know what its limits are? And how do we defend it? Even though our freedom in Australia was just shotContinue reading “Freedom”

Bondi

So here we have a country without leadership. For decades as successive liberal politicians have neither led nor been passive, Australia has gradually become ‘the most successful multicultural nation on Earth’. What does this mean, exactly? 100 years ago, Australia was a Christian country. Gays were an easy target for assault and murder and QueenslandContinue reading “Bondi”