Selective quotes from Mushashi’s famous book written in the 1600s. The Book of Five Rings. It is not a simple “Martial Arts Manual” It is a book on how to lead a life of success, written from the deep perspective of Zen. Such advice is a cure to the sort of simplistic wishful thinking type […]
Month: August 2009
Bad Weather Hysteria
What is climate change? “Bad Weather” – doesn’t sound quite as fancy now, does it? Look, the author of the piece I’m linking to is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Which makes him rather competent on matters of weather. Far more so than al Gore At least […]
Islam’s Illuminati. Afghanistan, The Rawshaniyya and Bayazid Ansari, the Dark Elder
This is a re-write of an original article I did back in 2003, previously featured at http://www.kali-yuga.org/esoterica/roshaniyya.html The Rawshaniyya – Islam’s Illuminati, and Bayazid Ansari – the Dark Elder By Kamal S. (Revisions: June 2003, June 3 2006, August 2 2009) At the close of the 18th century, and the dawn of the first few […]
Observations on Obama and “Change”
So, I was sitting around chatting with Baruti Muhammadu D.S. Kamau, Black media entrepreneur and man about town. Reflecting on Obama and growing discontent with him. Turned out, he and I had the same basic perspective on why some people are disappointed that the “change they can believe in” never manifested. I’m not disappointed. For […]