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Baboon Utopia
2020-02-11
Baboons live in small troops that are hierarchical and patriarchal. Such a social organisation has served the baboons well for their two million year history. Nevertheless, this concerns Sapolsky as he claims…
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Stealth Religions and Atheism
2016-02-11
If, as a scientist, he realizes that a religion promotes group identity and mutual cooperation, not to mention individual benefits, then is he morally obliged to remain silent about its real (according…
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Living the Dream
2013-02-11
Your life is what remains after you die and that life is eternal. That, then, is the life you are creating and there can be no doubt about it. Truth resides in…
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Caste and Social Order
2011-02-11
Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power As was shown in the Doctrine of Castes, a person’s caste is the reflection of his nature, hence of his function in society. These functions, then, form…
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Spiritual waterboarding

Posted on 2007-12-20 by Cologero

When the desire in you to realise Brahman becomes as intense and deep as how you were just driven to reassert your physical life—only then will you achieve satisfaction. Continue reading →

The Appeal of Tradition

Posted on 2007-11-27 by Cologero

Once the miasma hovering over Western society is blown away and there is an opening through which one can see a little more clearly, the emotional attachment to the shallow type of person so admired today — politicians, movie and rock stars, professional athletes, emaciated models, industrial magnates, self-help gurus, and all the so-called experts — suddenly loses all its lustre and appeal. Continue reading →

Science and Wisdom

Posted on 2007-11-19 by Cologero

Despite is lofty but overrated reputation in our day, science is actually a rather low form of knowledge. First of all, it is a product of the rational, discursive mind, the “soul” or “mind”, whereas authentic spiritual understanding comes from the intellect, the nous, the “spirit”. This is exemplified by … Continue reading →

Natural and Supernatural Happiness

Posted on 2007-09-07 by Cologero

In any case, the important thing is to make the distinction, well known to traditional teachings, between the happiness or pleasure that is ardent, and that which is heroic … The distinction corresponds to that between two opposite attitudes and two opposite human types. The first type of happiness or … Continue reading →

Homage

Posted on 2006-10-15 by Cologero

It seems appropriate to pay homage to some esotericists and mythologists of the XXth century for their erudition and the examples they set. René Guénon was an early student of Theosophy as well as Gnostic and Masonic teachings. He eventually turned to the traditional spiritual paths, discerning the Primordial Tradition … Continue reading →

Some men return to their past, so that new forces may arise for the reconquest ~ J. Evola
Par l'espace, l'univers me comprend et m'engloutit comme un point ; par la penseé, je le comprends.~ Pascal
A common man marvels at uncommon things; a wise man marvels at the commonplace. ~ Confucius
Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi: in interiore hominis habitat veritas. ~ St. Augustine
A man of talent is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot hit, but the man of genius is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot see. ~ Schopenhauer
To live is to change, to be perfect is to have changed often. ~ John Henry Cardinal Newman
I believe in being free, acquiring knowledge, and telling the truth. ~ H. L. Mencken
On se lasse de penser, et même d'agir; jamais on ne se lasse d'aimer. ~ Auguste Comte
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. ~ Henri Bergson
The divine sleeps in the rock, breathes in the plant, dreams in the animal, and wakes in man. ~ old Nordic adage
The strong man strikes only when it is absolutely necessary, and then nothing stops him. ~ Vilfredo Pareto
Pour l’homme de droite, être libre ne consiste pas à faire ce que l’on veut, mais à faire ce qui est conforme à l’ordre naturel voulu par Dieu.
Very few battles are lost physically. Battles are lost almost always morally; the real victor like the real loser is the one who believes he is. ~ Joseph de Maistre