November 2010

India’s Past, a Mirror of America’s Future

Following up on the thread concerning security and liberty in the context of the TSA airport security, it is good to recall the protections guaranteed by America’s founding documents, notably “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…” This […]

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India’s past: A mirror for America’s Future

  Following up on the thread concerning security and liberty in the context of the TSA airport security, it is good to recall the protections guaranteed by America’s founding documents, notably “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…” […]

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Security Versus Personal Liberty

The latest public upset over recent TSA security implementations underscores the inherent tension between the need of the individual for freedom and the state for absolute control. At the founding of the United States, our security was at an all time low with Britain, the world’s superpower of the time, still desiring to hold the […]

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A Stronger Spiritual Caravan

A caravan crossing the trackless wastes is stronger when the company is many although each may have a separate mission, an individual interest, and at the end of the journey each may pursue a different course. -Morya:  Letter of April 1, 1952 to Mrs. Ballard of I AM Activity and to the heads of the Theosophical Society, […]

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