From Chaos

Whilst undeniably heterosexual, I have always been cognisant of my own sense of difference from my male peers. I dislike sports and ‘Page-Three’, have a disinclination for the proverbial ‘night out with the lads’ and I fail quite spectacularly to be fascinated by the workings of the internal combustion engine. I am youngest of seven children, born in the 1960’s to working class parents, on a suburban Leicester ‘council estate’. The culture within which I was raised depended for much of both...Read Full Story

Last time , I was talking about Phil Bolsta's book, Sixty Seconds , in which various people describe brief moments of spiritual awakening, and I asked if any of you have had similar experiences. Thanks to those of you who responded! Now perhaps it's time for me to share an experience of my own... There have been several occasions when such a thing has happened to me, and I consider myself very lucky to have been granted such revelations. I think it's happened several times because, set in my...Read Full Story

Bad is more interesting than Good.  This is an idea I came up with to highlight an apparently fundamental flaw of human nature: we seem more interested in learning about bad behavior than good.   As a canonical example, and a pun on “The Peter Principle,” I use the story of Peter Rabbit.   Why does this beloved children’s story focus almost exclusively on the the bad boy? Peter’s mother gives him the ultimate warning: “you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr...Read Full Story

So, I'm one of those people who really enjoyed the late-night philosophical discussions so cliched of college life.  Since that time many years ago, the questions have continued to nag at me, and I tend to them in quieter moments.  I've collected my ideas about philosophy, religion, spirituality, happiness, justice, ethics, suffering, utopia, etc. and want to see if there's any fresh discourse to be had.  Now, countless scholars and authors throughout history have spent their lives on these...Read Full Story

The other day, I asked my science teacher at what speed the universe was expanding at. In response, he asked me for the definition of speed, which I said was the amount of time it takes for an object to move between two points. My teacher then said that, if everything is inside of this universe, then what was the second point towards which the universe was traveling to, if there is no space anywhere but in the univers? Is the fact that the universe is expanding the reason for space? And what...Read Full Story