If, in a referendum, the majority vote that 2+2=5 this does no make 5 the correct answer.
Inspired by Socrates’s reply to Melesias in “Laches, or Courage” by Plato
Are the majority always right?
Author: John Bartels
Thrush getting breakfast for chicks?
Port Elizabeth 24 December 2021
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My Zipline Experience at 74 – Wow it was fun! Whew! Tsitsikamma – South Africa 2018
Two Pictures from Addo Elephant Park today – Port Elizabeth – South Africa – Please scroll down
Ha Dee Da chick cleaning mom – Port Elizabeth 18 December 2021
Two videos. The second is enlarged. Enjoy.
Action that causes lack of hearing – a Warning
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doormats and Long Term Goals
This magnificent rocket knows where it is going. Do you?
Are you clear in your mind about your long term goals? If you are not, you will end up working on someone else’s goals. If you don’t plan to go somewhere you will end up nowhere. Get clear about your long term goals – now.
It’s the secret to not continuing to be a doormat.*
- The doormat idea is from Jordan Peterson
Jewels in the garden this morning 16 December 2021 Port Elizabeth – South Africa
Shattered Glass and Blind Belief
What happens when blind belief is surrendered?
“Having once surrendered blind belief, it is impossible to return to it, for the essence of such belief is to be unconscious of itself. As soon as this unconsciousness ceases it is shattered like a glass whose fragments can not be again reunited except by being cast again into the furnace and refashioned.”
Abu Hgamid min al-Ghazali 1058-1111CE Please scroll down
Also: Is it ok to be disillusioned? Click here
The Path to the Sacred
There is a sacred path deep in the forests of Southern Africa. It leads to an ancient river. The path is sacred because if you are privileged to walk along it and pause a while you sense there is a reality way beyond what your limited senses can even remotely imagine. Suddenly you ask: Where else have I felt like this? The memories come flooding in: The ancient granite Matobo Hills in Zimbabwe; a deserted cove in Corfu; the Redwoods in California; the grove at the top of Alta Plaza in San Francisco. Connections. Connections. Connections. Connections to the great beyond. Please scroll down.
Below is a small song with words that I have written as a tribute to the Sacred Path. I have also played it for you.
The Path to the Sacred
The path to the sacred Is calling me home The path to the sacred Where worlds become one I answer the call A door opens wide My friends are there waiting There's no more divide John Bartels - December 2021 The sheet music is on page 2 Page 2 Sheet Music for "The Sacred Path"
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