“We sent thee not, O! Muhammad, save as a mercy to all the people. Say, O! Muhammad: "It has but been revealed unto me that your God is the One and Only God: will you, then, surrender yourselves unto Him?"  (Qur’an: 21: 107-108)  There is only one “Absolute” form of... » read this article

Near midnight and I am making tortillas on an iron skillet over a gas flame. Some three thousand miles to the north, my wife and dog nestle in sleep in the wake of a 34-inch snowstorm, while the dogs of Ajijic are barking at the witching hour and roosters crow... » read this article

Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau (originally published as, "Resistance to Civil Government") PART ONE I HEARTILY ACCEPT the motto, — "That government is best which governs least";1 and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which... » read this article

The information age is a mere four decades old and is constantly changing our view of ourselves. This program is for those who are curious about this continously emerging portrait of our species. It is also for those who suspect that a lack of human portraits in our culture has... » read this article

"Yang Chien, the founding emperor of the Sui dynasty, came to power in 581 and though the dynasty itself lasted less than forty years, it's accomplishments, as Arthur Wright has written were 'prodigious and its effects on the later history of China were far reaching.' It was also a time... » read this article

A plainclothes cop walks into a diner and finds no less than five gun-wielding criminals holding up the crowded joint. “We’re not just going to let you walk out of here,” the cop says. “Who’s we, sucka?” says one of the criminals. “Smith and Wesson and me,” says the cop.... » read this article

As scholars who work on the centuries-old Islamic presence in Europe and the continent's first post-Holocaust genocide against, not coincidently, the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we were deeply disturbed but not surprised that an ostensibly tolerant and pluralistic Western democracy like Switzerland would vote by a margin of 57... » read this article

Don Alverto Taxo, a Quichua elder and Iachak (community leader/healer), speaks of the ancient prophecy of the eagle and the condor meeting to bring a new harmony into the world. Don Alverto invites us all to trust the universal human intuition to bring greater harmony into our lives, and to... » read this article

Namaste is pronounced "Namastay" with the first two "a's" as the first "a" in America. and the "ay" as in "stay". The "t" is pronounced softly with the area just behind the tip of the tongue pressing against the upper-front teeth with no air passing between. (Jai Maharaj) In Sanskrit... » read this article

(may require a minute or so to load and buffer) The Land Owns US   Bob Randall is a Yankunytjatjara Elder and a traditional owner of Uluru (Ayers Rock). Bob is one of the Stolen Generation of the Aboriginal people, taken from his family at the age of seven. Throughout... » read this article

IN ALL COUNTRIES HE IS LISTENING dry and warm and the white folk call it Indian Summer in Manhattan but there is a cat out in the dark night of rain, there is an Eskimo trudging through the snow of an analog TV, there is a man on the street... » read this article

Editor's Note: We received the following letter and interesting essay via e-mail at Axis of Logic from the author. - LMB   Dear Les,   Someone sent me your article "Capitalist Attacks on Tradition and Culture" this morning and it intrigued me to no end. Born and raised on a Mennonite... » read this article

The Zeitgeist Movement is not a political movement. It does not recognize nations, governments, races, religions, creeds or class. Our understandings conclude that these are false, outdated distinctions which are far from positive factors for true collective human growth and potential. Their basis is in power division and stratification, not... » read this article

Editor's Note:  Mazin Qumsiyeh has been sharing his first-hand experiences with our readers for years. Often his letters provide a careful accounting of the sad realities in which Palestinians live. His true stories are more powerful than any polemics, mental exercises and "peace plans" created by the Zionist entity and... » read this article

A SPIRITUAL "CONSPIRACY" On the surface of our world right now There is war, violence, and craziness And things may seem dark.   But calmly and quietly At the same time Something is happening underground.   An inner revolution is taking place And certain individuals Are being called to a... » read this article

Editor's comment: In 1969, I was a young Christian minister, guiding others before the spiritual organs of my own true self had matured. But my disillusionment was already underway. When the Apollo landed on the moon, I remember feeling something sad inside when the world around me seemed to be... » read this article

This beautiful picture should make us reflect on what humans are doing to planet Earth - our one and only home. Why are we bent on its destruction? - Vera Gottlieb Germany... » read this article

This Light   hollow mind of summer heat and mercurial responses, ginger-root soda to the rescue firing up the synapses   separation of church and state is a hoax, the divine within is real   false masculinity wears a mask of separation between brother and brother, nation and nation just... » read this article

The following excerpt is taken from an essay, "Michael Jackson and the Burqa", by Yamin Zakaria, a practicing Muslim in London: “Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit -- for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear.... » read this article

I am constantly amazed at how much cruelty and goodness there exists in humanity. On the internet, people now have a chance to see so many things previously difficult to see. For example, Israeli soldiers act like Nazi guards in various situations. These incidents, occurring everyday in Palestine, go unreported... » read this article