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…AND HAVE A GOOD LIFE! By Odete Martins Bigote ATTACK ON AMERICA? Our life experiences have taught us that we all come to earth with an ego. Fear, hate, anger, guilt, separation, false love are some of the components of…

ADAM IS STILL SLEEPINGByOdete Martins Bigote The story of creation is described in Genesis, the 1st book of the Bible. Besides creating heaven and earth, God also created a man out of the dust of the ground. But the man…

ARTIST OF LIFE By Odete Martins Bigote The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist. Ananda Coomaraswamy 1877-1947 Transformation of Nature in Art (1934) Do you think only famous people…

BEASTS AND MONSTERSByOdete Martins Bigote Throughout history we have heard about tales and visions of beasts and monsters in all kinds of forms from tigers, to lions, to dragons, to a combination of all of these, and others. But the…

BEFORE THE WORLD BEGANByOdete Martins Bigote Heaven and earth will disappear,but my words will never disappear. Matthew 24:35 A lot has been written about the origin of the world. But, in the end, we confess they are all just theories,…

CIVILIZATION:WHAT IS IT? By Odete Martins Bigote Civilization will begin when the power of love replaces the love of power. A journalist asked, " Mr. Gandhi, what do you think of modern civilization?" And Mr.Gandhi said, "That would be a…

DO NOT CLONE ME, PLEASE. By Odete Martins Bigote (Part One) Minds are like parachutes.They only function when they are open. James Dewar The lights floating in the sky seemed too bright to be just an airplane. I kept admiring…

"DREAMS AND RNG" ByOdete Martins Bigote "We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded up with a sleep." Shakespeare - The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1, Line 148 He smiled. He laughed. He…

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIALWE NEED YOU!ByOdete Martins Bigote How can a fatherless boy be comforted by a wrinkled puppet? At the first sight, there was nothing physically attractive in this puppet. As a matter of fact, his appearance scared everyone, including…

FREE WILL AND FREE WILLIE By Odete Martins Bigote "Man proposes, but God disposes." Thomas A. Kempis It was winter in New York. I was working for a major corporation on Wall St. I found it necessary to take a…

IT IS STILL BURNING! By Odete Martins Bigote Today, the 3rd of November 2001, I visited Ground Zero for the third time. Ground Zero is the World Trade Center area in New York City which was attacked on Sept. 11,…

KINGS AND DONKEYSByOdete Martins Bigote God uses interesting symbols to help us understand his powers and our weakness. For example, in most cultures, a donkey is considered a stubborn and stupid animal. In the English language, a donkey is also…

MASKS AND COMPUTERSByOdete Martins Bigote Do you know that there is a computer, still in the early stages of development, that will change the way we think? In the near future, anyone who owns this computer can place it, for…

ODETE THE SAVIORByOdete Martins Bigote Salvation is not putting a man into Heaven, but putting Heaven into man.Maltbie D. Babcock,Thoughts for Everyday Living, 1901 When I was a teenager, and living in Portugal, my greatest dream was to save the…

"REST IN PEACE" By Odete Martins Bigote "Peace, Rest and Bliss dwell only where there is no where and no when." Arthur Schopenhauer When I was a child, my mother took me to visit my grandfather's graveyard. "Grandpa is not…

REVERSINGTHE BLAME GAMEByOdete Martins Bigote For most of us, reversing, simply means seeing the other side of the coin. In the Bible, reversing, means going back to our original unified state of mind. We may think that we can see…

SHIVA AND THE DANCE OF LIFEByOdete Martins Bigote "What does not kill me makes me stronger." Friedrich Nietzche My friend Mary, the name has been changed because of privacy, is having a hard time trying to reconcile the good, the…

SLAVERY THEN, SLAVERY NOW By Odete Martins Bigote Do you believe that slavery has ended? I do not. I think slavery, in some respects, has simply been modernized just like our clothes: the form changes once in a while. But,…

THE APESBy Odete Martins Bigote I always wanted to visit Gibraltar. I was intrigued by the pictures of this big Rock surrounded by water and flat land in the Southern tip of Spain. I was surprised to find a lot…

THE PASSION OF THE CHRISTIN USA AND IN EUROPEByOdete M. Bigote "And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed." Genesis 2:25 This Bible quote is a reminder of our age if innocence. Nakedness is…

THE SOUND OF MUSIC THEN AND NOW By Odete Martins Bigote What is music? Music is your own experiences, Your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. Charlie Parker 1920-55 In the…

THE TAXI DRIVERByOdete Martins Bigote It was raining. It was snowing. I wanted to get home. I was tired. My usual peaceful state of mind was shattered. I waited for a cab for a long time. Finally, a gypsy cab…

THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN Albert Einstein must be turning in his grave,By Odete Martins Bigote Is there anything new under the sun? Those of us in the spiritual quest know that there isn't. Indeed, we are learning…

TIMEBy Odete Martins Bigote That which is, has been; that which is to be, has already been; and God seeks what has been driven away. Holy Bible, Ecclesiastics 3.15 Imagine a universe so hot that nothing moved. All was still.…

Time TravelandCannibalismByOdete Martins Bigote Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be into the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own species. William…

TO KILL A BODYByOdete Martins Bigote "We're all guinea pigs in the in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress." Tennessee Williams: Camino Real (1953) To kill is to destroy life. Can life really be destroyed?…

TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVEByOdete Martins Bigote When I was a child, and living in Portugal, my father took me to see a movie about the life of Jesus Christ. Sometime, during the movie, I started to think that…

TOUCHING - PART ONEByOdete Martins Bigote Have you touched anyone today? A few weeks ago, I started to think that I'd like to write an article entitled "Touching". At that time, I had no idea how to go about it,…

TOUCHING - PART TWOByOdete Martins Bigote There are many ways you can "touch" somebody. How does your "touching" others affect you? In my April 2001 article, entitled "Touching Part l," I referred to someone who was able to help her…

WAR, PEACEANDPOTATOESByOdete Martins Bigote "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." Ralph Waldo Emerson One of the most interesting events in my life was to volunteer at Covenant House, in New York City, an institution to help run away teenagers.…

WE, THE VAGABONDS!ByOdete Martins Bigote A vagabond is an individual who wanders in a haze from place to place. We are all vagabonds, as we dream of running away from our Source, our True Home. After Adam and Eve's son,…

WORDS ARE NOT NEUTRAL ARE WE THE VICTIMS?ByOdete Martins Bigote The English novelist, Rudyard Kipling, once said that "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." Indeed, words can make you cry, can make you laugh, and…