Author: Stephen Pickering
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The Current Fed Mandate Doesn’t Allow For Prosperity
What we need is not necessarily a gold standard, but rather a “de facto” gold standard where the fed keeps the price of gold within a tight range. That way there’s plenty of liquidity for growth, and excess liquidity during recessions is “sopped up” so that it can’t cause inflation. What’s interesting is that the…
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Sonnet #2 in Iambic Tetrameter: “Moon Day”
Sonnet #2 – “Moon Day” I let the moonbeams be my guide. I look into the night for you. I must go down to see your eyes But somehow keep on passing through. The earth I roll around my lips. There seems to be some kind of fire. It’s coming from your dancing hips. Sweet…
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A New Sonnet in Iambic Tetrameter
I’m here with you up in the Sun. We’ve come together, shadow soul. Today the mountain’s song’s begun. Those guarding clouds have let us go. We’re born from rays that blossom light, when he appeared and took her hand.. The jewel of our mind shines bright. The space ahead is diamond land. Where once we…
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Chords and Lyrics for Julie (Come Out of the Rain) by Josh Rouse
You capo the 4th fret to play these chords. Here’s a diagram of the chord voicings in this photo to the right. I included, at the bottom of the page, a video of him playing it live where I was able to catch the chords. For whatever reason, I couldn’t get them right by ear,…
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The Metaphorical Meaning of Sacrifice and Bliss in Mythology
The soul is the arrow. Brahman is the target. AUM is the bow. — Ancient Hindu I.e., meditation, sacrifice is the “bow” or the mechanism to get the soul to God. Aaaah, ooooh, mmmmm is Being. Being, Consciousness, Bliss or in ancient Hindu: Sat, Chit, Ananda. In some iterations it’s Being, Sacrifice, Bliss. Consciousness and…