jamie_macnab wrote a new post, Global warming, on the site Adventures of Ideas
At nine o' clock I will be watching Ice cold in Alex. Yes, it's fifty years since I fell in love with Sylvia Syms - in the Flea Pit at RAF Bassingbourn. It was in 1973 that I last had occasion to...
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With infinity beyond yet in its sight, the I seeks ever to be free from the contradictions of Self and be bound to the One ; the blessings of forgetfulness. Comments: 0
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, Meditation VIII, on the site Adventures of Ideas
The I contemplates its own intelligence as a reality ; emerging from the growing soul it espies the bright disc of origins and, despite the pain, longs to make further inquiry, courage willing....
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I was saddened to learn that the lovely Deanna Durbin has passed away. A truly gifted young singer, she escaped the rats of Hollywood while young enough to enjoy a good life. Click, Listen and...
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, Just a quickie, on the site Adventures of Ideas
I have just read the most astonishing (and probably profound) statement of the day : "There is far more evidence against a God than there is for it. Science for example." Ahem ... let's have it then,...
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, Poor Mr Cameron, on the site Adventures of Ideas
I pity Mr Cameron. He is trying to lead and serve a country that is filled, nearly to the brim, with people who seem not to know what they are or who they are. The people of this great country have...
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jamie_macnab wrote a new post, All shall be well, on the site Adventures of...
If you make even a modestly diligent study of our history, the name of Lady Julian of Norwich should always thereafter ring a bell in your memory ; for our religion is a constant backdrop to our...
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, Brendan again...., on the site Adventures of...
Today we remember Saint Brendan, who left this vale of tears in the year 577. He was a bit of a sailor. Comments: 0
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, The summons, on the site Adventures of Ideas
It is heartening to see signs of change in the debates here. The sight of the wilderness still looms ; but hope lives yet. Will the legacy of our Christian past see us through? There can be few now...
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, The Industrial Revolution re-visited, on the...
I'm really rather cross with our atheist contingent here on MyT. Because they are such suckers, they have greatly spoiled the wonderful heritage bequeathed by our ancestors. I ask myself, 'Why should...
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, Someone you might meet one day...., on the...
Nearly every day a name crops up which reminds us of our history, and of the energetic and courageous men and women who did most to drag us out of the Dark Ages. Today it is the turn of Saint Dunstan....
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, Thought for the day, on the site Adventures of...
Those who wish to make peace with sinners must practise love to the utmost. They may not, however, excuse evil or barter the rights of the downtrodden for a false peace. For there can be no peace...
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, All change, on the site Adventures of Ideas
What is the worth of freedom if it does not include the freedom to change one's mind? What is the worth of a mind if one never changes it? Comments: 1
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, Death by any means, on the site Adventures of...
When a nation abandons its culture, it has no reference by which to judge any other culture. (James MacNab, 2006) Why is everyone making such a fuss? They got what they asked for, didn't they?...
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Today is the day when we all remember Saint Kevin. According to the Catholic Encyclopaedia, "Many extravagant miracles were attributed to Kevin, and he was reputed to be 120 years old at his death."...
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, Full many a gem, on the site Adventures of Ideas
We all of us have our heroes. But, more than that, each of us has certain personal favourites ; men and women who really live in our memories, and not as abstractions under a category somewhere....
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jamie_macnab wrote a new post, Ignore Julian at your peril., on the site...
I am writing to let the world know that there was a gathering of Very Important People at Norwich University, for the purpose of making sweet speeches and for the pouring of a bottle of beer. As you...
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, I'm not a Freudian, but he was right., on the...
What is debilitating Western society is a generalised neurosis that is potentially very serious. It has the potential to develop into a psychosis. The big question is, how to treat it? Comments: 0
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, Why is everyone so unhappy these days?, on the...
Unhappiness is often a sign of anger. And anger is the unique emotion, because it results in passivity. It is the emotion that people have when something is preventing them from doing something that...
View Articlejamie_macnab wrote a new post, Watch your back, Gaz, on the site Adventures...
Be afraid .... Be very afraid. WATCH THIS Comments: 0
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