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The Battle Within the Mind
Crisis in Consciousness by Robert Powell. This work follows logically upon Powell’s previous book Zen and Reality, in which he explained how Reality can only be discovered through self-knowledge, but how certain pointers to this Truth are to be found in the essence of Zen Buddhism, and in the Talks of J. Krishnamurti. The author…
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Short Story Reading Group
The quality of stories in our short story reading group has caused me to re-focus my direction in life. I have a lot of books that I consider much more worth of my time and attention. Therefore I don’t think that I will be attending our group at the Culver City Senior Center for a…
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On Death and Dying: July 2024 Movie Reviews
Dick Johnson is Dead Faces Death Squarely in the Face in an Entertaining Format Click here for Dick Johnson is Dead on Netflix, is the funniest movie that I have seen this year. It also happens to be the best movie about death among the four that I am reviewing here and so it is…
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Culver City Senior Center
The Dean’s List June 2024 This special art exhibition issue of The Dean’s List June 2024 was created as a WordPress blog at LegalNoodle.com in order to provide a better graphic email experience. You cannot paste photographs directly into an email body unless you use some type of advanced application. This edition I wanted to…
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I am a lifelong Democrat becoming disillusioned with my own party
Governor Newsome Lost My Vote Today I have finally seen this old 2004 Harper’s Bazaar feature photograph of his pretty face laying in the lap of luxury and as a result California Governor Gavin Newsom has lost my vote. What other politician has allowed himself to be photographed in such a blatantly elitist pose? If you can…
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Write a Blog and You’re Sittin’ on Top of the World
LegalNoodle Has Returned LegalNoodle has returned because I cannot live without blogging. I deeply regret intentionally letting the old LegalNoodle.com website die. I decided I didn’t want the financial expense or time involved in blogging. I was wrong. Now I am back. So welcome to the new LegalNoodle.com site also known as Culver City –…
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Transformation
I Am No Longer Joe Btfsplk. No longer do I walk around with a rain cloud perpetually hanging over my head like Joe Btfsplk, the character from the Lil’ Abner comic series. In photos of me as a child I always look kind of sad and depressed. My siblings and I have a look of…
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Change of Heart
LegalNoodle Has Had A Change Of Heart The featured image of the heart on this post was created by AI but the text was written by a human. After some technical difficulties the old Legalnoodle.com website now forwards to this CulverWestLA.com website. This is because LegalNoodle has had a change of heart. I wrote a…
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A Course In Miracles Practitioner
Maria Felipe at Unity of the Westside On Sunday April 14, 2024 we had guest speaker Maria Felipe at Unity of the Westside in Culver City. Ms. Felipe is certified by third-party vendors as A Course In Miracles practitioner. The main thing that I learned from her talk is that you can just say no.…
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Orthodox vs. Metaphysical vs. Mystical
Metaphysical Bible Study at Unity of the Westside The last session of the five session Metaphysical Bible Study at Unity of the Westside in Culver City is tomorrow, Wednesday April 17, 2024 at 5:30 pm. I have been to the first four sessions however I am doubting that I will attend the last one. The…