Two interesting articles, on a very interesting site:

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/articles/utility_of_god.html

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/articles/The_Riddle_of_Fate_and_Free.htm

Original site:

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/

News:

Israeli scientist invents cure for death

January 31, 2005
El-Shaddai News Services

GAZA CITY, ISRAEL (ESNS) - The remarkable announcement was made
today that yet again, modern science has triumphed over nature, and
this time conquering an age-old fear: Israeli National University
scientist Haim Vorenberg has invented a cure for death. The cure,
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What is friendship?

Modern day’s answer: a cool buddy to hang out with (someone to laugh at our petty jokes, get drunk with, to acknowledge the sound of our own voice via the self-interested stories we tell about ourselves) or someone who is “there for us” (less frequent, and more personally connected here, through the sharing of more intimate ( Read more... )

[ http://www.burzum.com/sirius2.htm ]

Sirius Explained; Part II

An Ancient Culture

The evidence brought to you in Part I, paints an abstract but nonetheless compelling picture of what may have been an ancient seagoing culture who travelled the globe somewhere around 10,000BC, and whose advanced mathematics, astrology and architecture was either ( Read more... )

Sirius Explained; Part I

[ Originally found at: http://www.burzum.com/sirius1.htm ]

One.

A July day in 1960. Lt Colonel Harold Ohlmeyer, a United States Airforce Commander, sends a reply to Professor Charles Hapgood who had requested his opinion on a map of 1513 AD, called the Piri Reis Map. Lt Colonel Ohlmeyer's reply was remarkable; the map, ( Read more... )

I just don’t have the energy anymore. It’s too hard to fight this any longer, and my feet are tired of running. I couldn’t avoid this confrontation anymore, no matter how much alcohol I poured down that well of deepening despair at the state of things. Now, as I stand here soberly appraising the situation, I find myself and my abilities wanting, ( Read more... )