Tag Archives: harmony

kissing a frog, revisited

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Michael Patton

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the symbol lives again

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Michael Patton

In the late 1960s, my generation suddenly “discovered” the yin-yang symbol… Many of us were looking East, because those religions and philosophies seemed to jibe with who we truly were, with who we wanted to be… We liked the Eastern … Continue reading →

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a painfully obvious truth

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Michael Patton

  We watch as a police officer clubs a protestor during a street demonstration… We’ve seen such news footage a thousand times.  But in this case, it’s part of a political commercial. While the protestor lies on the city street, … Continue reading →

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Harmony from the Cacophony

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Michael Patton

  Blame it on the printing press. When the ideas, beliefs, and stories of our major religions were first written down, they lost a certain flexibility.  But with the advent of the printing press, I believe these texts became even … Continue reading →

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