Willie Maartens
I am a qualified Topo-cadastral, Engineering, and Geodetic Surveyor (Geodetic Engineering) and have a doctorate in Business Economics and Management. I have retired in 2002 because of a very serious heart condition and I keep myself busy now by writing about science, mathematics, philosophy, and religion. Now, I am also a 'qualified' Type 1 Diabetic too! I was born in South Africa, and I grew up on the gold mines of the Transvaal, and worked as a land surveyor, geodetic engineer, business economist, consultant, entrepreneur, university lecturer, and freelance researcher. Both my father and paternal grandfather were mining engineers and I subsequently grew up in a house stacked with topographical, topo-cadastral, and geological maps. In fact, they were my main toys as a child and I love maps to this day. My first encounter with science was with astronomy and geology as a child. A love that also has lasted throughout my life. When you travel through the African bush a first-class knowledge of astronomy and geology is essential – especially if you look for minerals. In those days, there was no GPS, and most times even maps, or roads, were non-existent. We navigated by the use of the Sun and the stars like mariners through the African landscape. Accompanying my father on exploration surveys all over Africa whenever possible were the highlights of my childhood years. My father had a huge respect and reverence for the Earth and that made a huge impression on me. We would sit around camp-fires in the African bush discussing life, philosophy, science, religion, and the meaning of it all – trying to figure out Spirit and mind’s relation to matter/energy; and of course the inherent consciousness of our Mother Earth ('Gaia'). It was our own private church, but anyone was welcome. Huge numbers of mosquitoes usually attended and saw us as their communion bread. Please visit my website: http://www.authorsden.com/williemaartensVisit Author's Website
EUGÈNE MARAIS: BABOONS, TERMITES, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE
EUGÈNE MARAIS: BABOONS, TERMITES, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE
Where is the soul of a termite, or that of a man?
“Someone once said that all behaviourism in nature could be referred to as hunger. This saying has been repeated thousands of times yet is false. Hunger itself is pain – the most severe pain […]
THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL
Basically, human development is concerned with working out inwardly our experiences of the external world and thereby developing the inner qualities that makes us human.
While the external world provides the initial experiences, it is within our inner nature that the work that carries us forward has to be done.
We have to wrestle with our problems […]
CONSIDER THE PARADOXES AND IRONIES OF LIFE
A proposition: I finally figured it out that the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
The doctrine: I wish to propose for the reader’s favourable consideration a doctrine, which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there […]
