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Musings of a Middle Aged Man

David Olson

Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch"intrate (Abandon hope all ye who enter here)

society & culture

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00:01:45

Owl Whispers

Musings of a Middle Aged Man ·

2024/10/15

Humans dream when the sun sets and the moon rises. Because Owls are denizens of the night, it is believed they carry messages between the physical and spiritual realms, similar to the diminutive hummingbird...--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:03:04

A Great Miracle

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2024/10/11

We operate under the assumption, the delusion, that everyone experiences life the same as we do. That assumption is as unprovable as the existence of a Supreme Being. Oh, we can speculate on the nature of another person as we speculate on the nature of God but there is no knowing with absolute, provable certainty... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:03:29

The Cusp of Empathy

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2024/10/08

It takes a special kind of evil to vilify the empathy necessary to live with understanding and harmonious coexistence. Neither political party desires harmony. It is by sowing the seeds of dissension they divide We the People to draw a majority to their side with the sole aim of winning elections allowing the elected to maintain power so they can control the laws that subjugate the electorate including their constituents. --- Support this podcast:

00:03:15

As for Me and My House

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2024/10/04

How do I worship thee? Let me pray the ways? No. Let me meditate the ways. I choose to sit naked on slickrock ensuring direct, physical connection with the beloved. Better, I lay prostrate, arms extended, toes pointed maximizing connection points to absorb Earth energy, to mingle my essence with Nature's marrow. For are Nature and Humans not one? Two seeds in the same gullet dovetailing with a red-crested oratorio flitting between cactus thorns, acting out the imperatives required for daily

00:03:13

Male Ego Fragility

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2024/10/01

Fundamentally, creativity is at the core of becoming and being human. I do find it fascinating that the oldest religious figurines, the Venus', are all representations of the feminine divine, a truth that offends the patriarchy as evidenced by the male god religions that downplay the female contributions with some going so far as to label women unclean and inferior and objects to be subjugated to male desires. The Abrahamic cults took this one further when they classified mother nature as

00:03:10

Freedom or Prison? Your Choice.

Musings of a Middle Aged Man ·

2024/10/01

There is a sadly humorous subReddit called "Shit Americans Say" containing a host of stupid utterances said by Americans in various posts both inside and outside of the Reddit platform. It is funny in the abject stupidity uttered by supposedly educated human beings. It becomes sad, very sad when you realize people actually believe the nonsense. Many show a complete lack of knowledge regarding other countries, geographical, political, and geopolitics. What an indictment of our educational

00:03:31

Dead Gods

Musings of a Middle Aged Man ·

2024/09/27

A favorite Bible quote of the Christo-fascists seeking to undermine the essence of the American Republic, a constitutional Democracy prone to exploitation by a powerful minority, is: "God is the same yesterday and today and forever." For some reason, they believe a stagnant deity is something worth bragging about, as if it makes their deity superior to one capable of learning and growing and, dare I say, evolving...--- Support this podcast:

00:03:03

Containing the Infinite?

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2024/09/24

Any rendering of the infinite requires reductionism, trimming, and paraphrasing eliminating much of what makes the immeasurable unique so that the finite human mind can grasp at the whiskers of the entire entity. Hell, most humans have a difficult enough time understanding themselves, their acutely finite selves, let alone a boundless, eternal Master residing in the skies above... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:03:30

Circles Are Greater Than Squares

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2024/09/20

My upbringing was decidedly European...perhaps...Western is the better descriptor. I am prone to categorizing and subcategorizing until everything fits into their nice little boxes of my own definition. Linear thinking. Box philosophy. Strictly illogical logic. One online troll I have encountered assumes I fit into the Dickocrat box because I am appalled by the words and actions of the Repricklican tRump. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:03:37

Wonderous Awe

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2024/09/17

I am perfectly content to travel through life knowing there are gaps in my knowledge. I relish those gaps because they agitate my sense of wonder. Once the awe induced by wonder subsides, I am driven to explore and increase my knowledge toward understanding. To learn. Learning, rather than decreasing my sense of wonder, actually increases it... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:02:39

True Freedom

Musings of a Middle Aged Man ·

2024/09/13

The problem I have with holy books, scripture if you will, is not with the book itself. Much can be gleaned from the allegorical nature of the content. My problem lies with the people who elevate the human contrived works as absolute, inviolable truth despite the inherent errancy and inaccuracies in the text that are glossed over or rationalized... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:03:26

Many Truths are Lies

Musings of a Middle Aged Man ·

2024/09/10

We also assume Van Gogh took artistic liberty in his incredible painting, "The Starry Night" when he depicted the sky with curling and swirling light trails. We assume Isaac Asimov created a fantastical universe from his imagination rather than writing the reality of his Earthly experiences... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:04:00

Art Saves Lives

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2024/09/06

This morning I woke to the distressing news that the Governor of Florida has vetoed funds allocated to the arts in the latest budget. The surest evidence that art has the power to open minds to new realities comes when politicians defund art programs, especially in schools where young minds should be exploring possibilities rather than being constrained by political agendas... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:03:17

The Courage to Change

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2024/09/03

According to 2015 Pew Research, 42% of Americans, up from 28% in 2007, have changed their religious affiliation from the one they were born and raised in. This includes switching to a different religion and crossing between affiliation and no affiliation. A University of Chicago study found that 35.7% changed affiliation to either another faith or no faith... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:04:43

Experiencing Outside of Thought

Musings of a Middle Aged Man ·

2024/08/30

I prefer to experience life as a series of thoughts verified by direct interaction. I guess that makes me an empiricist where knowledge is derived from sensory experiences emphasizing observation and experimentation. I also fall into the Rationalist category believing logical reason and critical thinking are essential to evaluating empiricist experimentation when forming conclusions... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:01:43

A Conundrum

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2024/08/27

Conundrum: To be a big fish in a small pond lording your size to dominate the environment. Or to be a small fish in an ocean so expansive every day has the potential for new exploration while watching over your shoulder for bigger fish seeking to dominate you... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:03:21

Evolving Truth

Musings of a Middle Aged Man ·

2024/08/23

There are times I wish my mind acted like a prim, proper, pinecone, perfectly symmetrical housing a compact set of ideas perfectly encased waiting for the heat of knowledge to help the seeds burst forth then land in lush soil where they will germinate into a near perfect replica...--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:05:16

Worshipping Life

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2024/08/20

In 1972, I was a preteen and beholden to budding hormones, hero worship, and other vagaries that can be attributed to a mind and body in development. In that year and the two following, a radically different TV show crashed through network barriers to enthrall the TV watching public. The show eventually became #1 in the country. It was set in the beloved Old West, a mythologized era Americans tend to wistfully revere...--- Support this podcast:

00:03:56

A Misguided Predilection

Musings of a Middle Aged Man ·

2024/08/16

I am utterly fascinated with the myriad ways humanity attempts to connect with the perceived spirit in the sky, the spirit of the Earth, or the universal spirit that interconnects the universe and all its beings, especially the concept of deities, either humanoid or animal or nature herself... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

00:02:49

Hearing the Universe

Musings of a Middle Aged Man ·

2024/08/06

One of my favorite quotes says we learn by listening, not speaking. I also like the adage that proclaims we have two ears and one mouth so that we listen twice as much as we speak. In my experience, prayer is not so much listening to the still small voice of God and learning as it is requesting intercession in a challenging situation so that learning from the challenge is not necessary...--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-olson6/support

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