It took me a long time to learn, frustratingly brutal trial and error, fighting presumptions and misconceptions, but eventually I realized that all of my writing leads to this work: Maciolekism. My very own philosophy.

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  • Porch Sitting

    Sitting on the porch and enjoying this beautiful afternoon. Contemplating the fact that, despite all the rhetoric, my life has not changed all that much over the past twenty years. I am quite certain that no politician tomorrow or over… Continue reading

  • The Death of Accuracy

    For a long time exit polling was an excellent way to both predict the outcome of the election, and check the accuracy of the election. There were always multiple institutions and interest groups doing their own exit polling, and the… Continue reading

  • The Need For A Religion Story

    Ants, bees, and termites communicate using electro-chemical signals. It is through this communication that they build and maintain their hives and colonies. We humans are also capable of communicating through electro-chemical signals. From two individuals that find themselves attracted to… Continue reading

  • To Build a Modern Society

    Recently, I read the book “Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain.” by Maryanne Wolf. A very good book that made me think of a piece of my philosophy (Maciolekism) I developed long ago. If… Continue reading

  • Shifting From Dream To Religion

    Most of us have seen the video of the N.Y. Yankee fan trying to pry the ball from the glove of the L.A. Dodger player in game four of baseball’s World Series. Fortunately, the player wasn’t hurt. Unfortunately, no one… Continue reading

  • The Energy of Intention

    Another would-be comedian was in the news recently. Some people took offense to a joke. Whether people were truly offended, or simply looking for an opportunity to complain, it is a good example of how the energy of intention works… Continue reading

  • Weaponizing The Youth

    Today, we live in a society where the young have no hope for the future. There is nothing they can count on, or to plan for as part of a community. Thus, they are forced to fend for themselves. It… Continue reading

  • A Life of Practice

    One. Connecting to the Earth. Extending down through our feet and feeling the return come back into us. Learning what it means to be solid, and that such absolute solid can still be fluid. Two. Connecting to Nature and Wilderness.… Continue reading

  • Creating Conflict

    My parents divorced when I was just a tot. Like most entering marriage, they were very immature. From my perspective, what caused the failure was that they both valued the image of what marriage should look like, rather than the… Continue reading

  • Lifelong Projects

    We all fall into a lifelong project of one sort or another. Most commonly, people will wake up one day and find that they are parents,..  with a mortgage. Becoming parents, raising children, then grandparents, and great grandparents. It is… Continue reading