An appeal for all of us to use the light of reason to expose falsehoods and act accordingly.
The Light of Truth: Sharpening Our Focus
April 16th, 2022 Comments Off on The Light of Truth: Sharpening Our Focus
Tags: falsehood · information · light of truth · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · technology · truth
In Search of the Truth: The Professor Porter Method
May 8th, 2021 Comments Off on In Search of the Truth: The Professor Porter Method
Paying homage to Professor Porter and paying forward the invaluable lesson he taught me – how to be an independent thinker.
Tags: metaphor · method of inquiry · Michael Robert Dyet · nesting dolls · Professor Porter · truth · York University
Recalibrating Our Truth Meter
April 3rd, 2021 Comments Off on Recalibrating Our Truth Meter
Turning the virus metaphor back on itself and urging that we keep our truth meters calibrated.
Tags: brain · COVID-19 · deceit · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · truth · virus
Airbrushing the Facts: Time to Fight Back
October 18th, 2020 Comments Off on Airbrushing the Facts: Time to Fight Back
A call for all of us to dig a little deeper to fight back against the practice of distorting the truth for personal gain.
Tags: airbrushing · fact · fake · half-truth · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · truth
Cultivating Our Own Garden Where Truth Blooms
August 9th, 2020 Comments Off on Cultivating Our Own Garden Where Truth Blooms
African proverb: Knowledge is like a garden, if it cannot be cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
Tags: COVID-19 · knowledge is like a garden · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · truth
The Fable of the Marsh Gnome and the Fearless Dragonfly
July 11th, 2020 Comments Off on The Fable of the Marsh Gnome and the Fearless Dragonfly
A fable to encourage us all to seek the truth for ourselves and stop living in fear.
Tags: COVID-19 · fear · marsh gnome · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · truth · Twelve-Spotted Skimmer
Truth: A Blinding Flash or a Glittering String of Beads?
February 12th, 2012 Comments Off on Truth: A Blinding Flash or a Glittering String of Beads?
Surrending the hope for a blinding flash of illumination in favour of gathering truth along the way.
Tags: Anais Nin · Emily Dickinson · Learned Hand · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · phoenix · Robert Frost · truth
LOOKING INTO THE ECLIPSE
October 20th, 2009 Comments Off on LOOKING INTO THE ECLIPSE
What would happen if we shifted our perspective sideways for a moment and focused on the intervals between the ticks of the clock? The pauses between the words. The silence between the footsteps. Would we find moments of extraordinary perception?
Tags: consciousness · fireflies · metaphor · secrets · SUDDEN LIGHT: Moments of Realization and Inspiration · truth