Essene Review

We shouldn't mistake a description of "what" for an explanation of "why"!

One person's signal is another person's noise, which is why...

Many people labour under the delusion that there is a force opposing their own

Those most susceptible to conventional thinking are those without a coherent philosophy of their own!

Student-driven, instructer guided education is the new direction in schooling

Great knowledge is not enough, we need the right knowledge...

People naively think science made medicine what it is today, but it was more about economics and greed...

There are a lot of "crimes" that should be allowed, because they are just filling a void in the market!

People whose faith in the establishment has never been seriously shaken will tend to...

It's important we have Google, Wikipedia and the nightly news to tell us what the truth is...

99.5% of the people working in an industry can have high moral standards, and yet...

I think it's important to realise the fossil fuel industry is quite willing to see the earth destroyed...

"Enjoy, but do not cling" seems to be the most effective approach to life!

The easiest way to create good karma is to treat other people well...

Cognitists would say: "choose the medicine you believe in", that way you'll be getting the benefit...

It's a cult... And if you don't believe, you don't belong!

If you want to understand humans study humans, not mice or apes!

We require full disclosure if we are to make an informed choice!

"True believers" think there is very little deception in public life, and what they see and hear...

If someone fully believes something they know nothing about... then they are...

People are in disagreement about whether we are reaching the end of THE world, or...

I urge moderation, except when booking overseas travel!

Many things that seem unlikely are true, such as the existence of this world...

Person A (to Person B): "The way you look at the world is unreasonable"

Is anything unnaturally made ever truly wholesome and good?

Some people's decision rubric is very simple: if it isn't natural...

Please, don't go to war with any person, for any reason!

Every "great, new thing" is a draw on your energy and attention...

Are there really no realities, beyond what is here, now?

Agree to disagree... But please don't force things on other people!

The reward or punishment for our belief system is having to live with it!

Clear-eyed people who answer only to God are very dangerous to the power elite!

Whether the existence of a phenomena seems to be supported by statistics or not...

If the truth is labelled a "paranoid conspiracy theory", then most people...

One of my current gripes is with people who speak with absolute certainty about things they couldn't possibly know for sure!

The favouring of source material over statistics to understand life

Debates and theories about what happens after death will have no impact on the reality...

Wild Jimi. Lived fast, died young. And now can be found...

Do people take the "Star Wars" movies too seriously?

Any current practice which requires the population to put their collective heads in the sand...

To understand this world, you need to understand the Power Brokers behind it!

If a person dies prematurely because of an unhealthy lifestyle...

Is someone who questions vaccines, or any other conventional medical treatment, a quack?

When people say "trust science" they usually mean "trust the government agencies that oversee it"

I take the rational, global view on the issues, something I find very rare...