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Costa Rica and Meeting Up with the Accidental Tourist
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), the French philosopher and Jesuit priest once said “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” I’ve often pondered this quotation when extraordinary circumstances appear...
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¡Revolución!¡Revolución!
One of the core elements of the rational conservative’s worldview is that traditions developed over the centuries should carry greater weight than insights awakened in the present. But since humanity is in the midst of an unprecedented global crisis,...
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Paranormal Activity – Carlos Duran Sanatorium Costa Rica
This building is located 11 miles away from Irazú Volcano, in a place called Prusia. This place is characterized by fog and cold weather.It owes its name to the surgeon that created this center, Dr. Carlos Duran Cartin. He...
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Art, Imagination, and Insight
Art derives from the power of imagination, whereas evil derives from the imagination of power. Both have imagination at the center. In one direction, imagination enlightens, educates, and elevates the human spirit; in the other, it degrades, darkens, and...
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Imagining the United States without the Military, Costa Rica Style
Costa Rica abolished its military in 1948 after a rugged civil war. It is difficult to even begin to describe how such a change affects a country, but seeing the country today offers a glimpse at how society could...
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Don’t Sell Humanity Short
A great religious teacher once said, “No teacher, however illumined, has changed the basic course of man.” After hearing this statement, I began asking (foolishly I now feel): What is required to change the course of humankind?Of course, the...
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Celebrate Super Bowl XLVI, 2012 Texas Style in Costa Rica
If you are looking for a place in Costa Rica to watch Super Bowl XLVI, and see the New England Patriot take on the New York Giants, Tom Brady vesus Eli Manning in the house that Peyton Manning built...
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Costa Rica’s Franklin Chang into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
A spacewalker who tied the record for the most space missions, the military's highest-ranking astronaut, and a former chief of the NASA astronaut corps will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this May.Retired astronauts Franklin Chang-Diaz,...
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Costa Rica Makes U.S. Sweat it out in Semis
U.S. earns berth to 2012 Olympics with 3-0 win, but underdog refused to lose without a fightThe powerhouse United States women's soccer team booked a spot in the 2012 Olympics on Friday but a gutsy Costa Rican side made...
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Meditation and Man
In my last column, I talked about an experience of agnosia (the loss of the ability to recognize people and objects) that occurred during an especially intense meditation along the Merced River. In this piece, I’d like to convey...
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Coopenae and Public Alliance Create La Angostura Natural Corridor to Mitigate Forest Loss in Puntarenas
According to a report by Global Forest Watch, a forest monitoring platform that provides data, maps, and analysis tools...