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EQUAL Views for October 5, 2008

Posted on Oct 7th, 2008 by wolfspirit : i wanna be a cowboy wolfspirit

"EQUAL Views" is my new Web-only column. Here you'll find a quick multi-perspectival take on the whole universe of developments in the realms of self, culture, nature, and spirituality.

EQUAL Views: Every Quadrant Under a Lense
By Joe Perez

Inquiry: What's Going On?

I agree with Steve Pavlina: as people grow in consciousness, they tend to change their investment habits. ... Do women have a different creative process than men? They may struggle with the fear of giving too much to their art. ... Dan Ariely: People oppose the bailout, in part, because they want revenge. So an emotive response trumps reason. Why did a baseball player put a penny in his jock strap after each win? It has to do with feeling powerless.Chemical engineers have succeeded in turning vegetable oil into jet fuel. It seems some brave pilot flew a plane for more than 30 minutes. ... High-caloric diets may inflame the brain, preventing the activity of IKKß/NF-κB to protect animals from obesity. ... Senseless in Australia: A seven-year-old boy bludgeoned many well-loved animals and fed some of them to a crocodile. Zookeeper: "We're horrified!" 
 Arthur Versluis on the history of mystical sexuality from Bacchic revelry through Christian repression and esoteric schools reappearing in the modern era; but draws no clear line between pre-rational egocentric eroticism and trans-rational Kosmocentric eroticism. ... Marc Ambinder sniffs the new McCain/Palin meme: "He's culturally foreign. He doesn't share your values. He's dangerous.""Flat" in the title of Thomas Friedman's new book refers to the rise of the middle class, not a monological view of consciousness. ... New York Times: Barack Obama and Bill Ayers didn't share ideas; they merely "crossed paths." ... Scientific American: Mounting evidence that polygyny was the norm for sexual behavior throughout human prehistory and history. Was?
Holon of the Day: The Map
"What do the colors mean?" (See Joe-Perez.com sidebar.)

"What are the four quadrants?" (See Holons.)

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