Published inpangelium·PinnedMember-onlyUsing our mind to its full capacityHave you had time to think about how you came to your understanding of the world within which we live? What it was like coming into the world as a baby? How you accumulated knowledge as you grew up? This journey is the focus of this article, particularly how we…Philosophy8 min readPhilosophy8 min read
Published inmatthew bottomley·PinnedMember-onlyA personal journey through insanity to sanity in today’s ‘mad’ world.An alternative index to many of my poems and thoughts — each of which is linked to the story I tell here. — There are days when I think I maybe losing the battle, a battle I have no desire to fight, not by life’s current rules: he who dares wins, I don’t care to win, I dare not pay that price, my soul. Sanity has become my insanity, and I will continue…Philosophy9 min readPhilosophy9 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyWhy viruses and bacteria should have a right to life, our lives may depend on itIn time we may regret our desire to eradicate viruses, even those as apparently deadly as Covid-19. — Introduction Human beings are far more than simply ‘human’. Our bodies consist of not just ‘human cells’, we play host to billions, trillions of micro organisms. Indeed, these micro-organisms (bacteria and viruses) significantly outnumber ‘human’ cells, and we are only just beginning to quantify them, let alone understand what they do…Health16 min readHealth16 min read
Dec 31, 2021Member-onlyCivilitysuch sugar coated vulgarity it sickens my soulHaiku Poetry1 min readHaiku Poetry1 min read
Dec 25, 2021Member-onlyPerpetuityMy life, turns to dust, ashes; my remains, lost; without thought: Forever, DefiantPoem1 min readPoem1 min read
Sep 9, 2021Member-onlyPurgatoryIs that you, God? Or the Devil, my own? I’ll meet you both gladly and treat you the same does that pass the test? I wonder, will I be…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Sep 7, 2021Member-onlythe questionthe triffid strikes the mob blind do you see?Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
Aug 21, 2021Member-onlythe sinner; the cross; the curse of lifeto have the eyes to see the world for what it is the desire to change it but not the meansPoetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Aug 17, 2021Member-onlyUnvaccinatedYour Brothers and Sisters Fathers and Mothers Sons and Daughters Friends and Neighbours Samaritans?Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
Jul 25, 2021the voice in the crowd, in the mobthrough the raging storm in the eye a human sigh whispering on the wind unheard by all above the braying mob by all but you such a sigh begging the question, of you the listener God, or something simply human thoughtPoetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
