http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog Travel the Inner World Fri, 11 May 2007 01:08:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to World Public Opinion.org, Americans support an increase in taxes to support developing nations, but only if other countries are doing their part. It turns out that most Americans believe that as a country we do more than other developed nations. However, the fact is that the United States ... http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog/2007/05/10/why-cant-the-us-give-based-on-gdp-regardless-of-what-other-countries-do/ Highly worth the time and very interesting This "new way of thinking about time and space" is not the traditional position of mainstream science (which says that time is not a full dimension, but rather a quality that is overlaid on the other three dimensions of space to create "spacetime"). Still, ... http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog/2007/05/09/imagining-the-tenth-dimension/ No One Was Cracking the Koans Tukaram No one was cracking the koans He had tattooed everywhere So God changed His tactics--He developed a sweet tooth and started chatting about love He knew that really would not work and sure enough things got worse--for a fine rebellious bunch we are. This time people started stockpiling nukes, and lawsuits plagued ... http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog/2007/05/08/poem-of-the-week-2/ I watched the movie Bobby this weekend. It was a fictional account of what happened the day Robert Kennedy was assassinated. More than anything it provided an insightful glance at what was happening in the 60’s. The revolution of equality (Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated), Vietnam, and the political ... http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog/2007/05/07/movie-review-bobby/ The speed and intensity in which we live in this world is out of control. Things are going at hyper speed and the more we get accomplished in a day is regarded with high esteem. Maximizing our human potential would in itself create tremendous results, but when does that step ... http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog/2007/05/04/bottomless-pit/ Regina Spektor Begin to Hope Amazing vocals with catchy rhythms and a powerful feminine vibe Refreshing mix of maturity and creativity Makes me want to write and paint http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog/2007/05/03/music-of-week/ It is like a war in our minds We build forts around our hearts We send daggers and bullets Into places that are already tender We are bleeding from our self inflicted wounds It is time to surrender Em-Slice http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog/2007/05/02/it-is-time-to-surrender/ The question of the day: Is there a way to know truth? What is truth? How does one know what is truth? Aren’t we as humans a manifestation as truth? • There is a way to know different levels of truth. Biologists study biology, psychologists study psychology, and mystics study the ... http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog/2007/05/01/questions-of-the-day/ Since I returned from two months of silent meditation, several things have been screaming for integration. With each day something else falls into place. Integration comes in several different stages and can be frustrating from a personal standpoint. Especially since my worldview changed radically while on retreat. However, it is ... http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog/2007/04/30/congeals-like-jell-o/ The world is full of sleeping children Dreaming dreams of untruth Caught in a nightmare that will not end There is another dream Where those children are infinity Trust me when I tell you Unworthiness, Fear, Greed, Hatred those aren't your nature Rebel little ones. Choose not to trust those thoughts Dare to DREAM another dream Em-Slice http://www.emilyhorn.com/blog/2007/04/23/dare-to-dream-another-dream/