Tickets on sale Now! www.brownpapertickets.com Through music, poetry, and images this video presents information about an upcoming show called Law of Life: A Pathwalker’s Journey. The show itself will contain dance, spoken word, and live music. The character in the show called “The Seeker” goes through a journey of discovery and learns about her true relationship to the world around her. You can find out more about this production as it unfolds on our Facebook page at tinyurl.com If you would like more information about the show or if you would like to pre-order the book of poetry for the show you can also email us at lawoflife@live.com.
The meaning of life constitutes a philosophical question concerning the purpose and significance of human existence. The concept can be expressed through a variety of related questions, such as Why are we here?, What’s life all about? and What is the meaning of it all? It has been the subject of much philosophical, scientific, and theological speculation throughout history and there have been a large number of answers from many different cultural and ideological backgrounds. Albert Camus observed, we humans are creatures who spend our lives trying to convince ourselves that our existence is not absurd. What is the meaning of life and why are we here? That’s a question that has been asked for many years. The meaning of life is deeply mixed with the philosophical and religious conceptions of existence, consciousness, and happiness, and touches on many other issues, such as symbolic meaning, ontology, value, purpose, ethics, good and evil, free will, conceptions of God, the existence of God, the soul and the afterlife. Scientific contributions are more indirect; by describing the empirical facts about the universe, science provides some context and sets parameters for conversations on related topics. An alternative, human-centric, and not a cosmic/religious approach is the question “What is the meaning of my life?” The value of the question pertaining to the purpose of life may be considered to be coincidal with the achievement of ultimate reality, if that is believed by one …
(an English translation follows this text)KOKO, UN GORILLA CHE PARLA è uno straordinario documentario che mostra inequivocabilmente che non vi è nessun salto ontologico fra la specie umana e le altre specie viventi, ma una continuità. Ad un gorilla di montagna tuttora vivente – dagli anni 70 in poi è stato insegnato il linguaggio dei gesti dei sordomuti; Koko riesce tramite esso ad esprimere sentimenti, stati danimo, a dire bugie, fare congetture, riferirsi ad avvenimenti del passato ed a proposte per il futuro; riesce in altre parole a comunicare efficacemente ed in maniera continua con una specie diversa dalla sua, lessere umano. Ricombina inoltre i segni imparati in maniera autonoma, forgiando nuove parole e combinazioni di parole per significare nuovi oggetti e nuove realtà, anche esistenziali, in cui si imbatte, fino al punto d insegnarli ad altri Gorilla e perfino agli Scimpanzé. La teoria dellevoluzione, a duecento anni dalla nascita del suo primo fondatore, sottoposta in Italia come nel mondo a continui attacchi in nome della politica teocon-teodem e delle confessioni religiose, trova in questo incredibile esperimento una conferma ed un avvallo; Continuamente vengono fatti attacchi al Darwinismo da ambienti insospettabili e da una delle radio più diffuse in Italia, Radio Maria. Ma Koko rimane una pietra dinciampo: lultimo baluardo dellunicità umana in nome del linguaggio o di pseudo principi extranaturali come anima ed inanimazione, e dicotomie del tutto fittizie …
May 28, 2009 – Dr. Stephen Kellert speaks at the Summit on the Future of Missouri Outdoors held in Columbia. (Part 1 of 5) He delivered the keynote address on the subject “What need is there for outdoor experience in the lives of 21st century Americans.” He is professor of social ecology at Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. www.confedmo.org blogs.mdc.mo.gov missouriconservationnews.blogspot.com