So, these are some people whose writings about their experiences have helped me to understand my human condition.
Excerpt from the kinfonet home page: "Jiddu Krishnamurti was undoubtedly one of the greatest philosophical minds of the 20th century. His entire adult life was spent giving passionate discourses on the myriad ways the human mind turns to self-delusion in its never-ending search for psychological fulfillment"
Alan Watts was an American academic who's work helped me understand some important ideas from Eastern Philosophy about how the world is as experienced by us humans. I understand that he has been widely credited with bringing Eastern Philosophy to the west.
A site about Alan Watts that explains who he was and gives you a chance to buy his work.
Information and discussion site about the late philosopher Alan Watts.
http://www.integralscience.org/gsc/
Franklin Merrell-Wolff was an American academic (Philosopher and Mathematician) who lived between 1887 and 1985. He writes about his experiences as he develops understanding of transcendental states of consciousness.
A site that explains all kinds of objects and phenomenon of our modern world in a way that complete beginners can understand.
I find this program good for
understanding the roots of English words, prefixes and suffixes. "An
Etymological Dictionary*
by Prof. Eugene Cotter, Seton Hall University. Roots of English is a
free software package developed by Dr. Cotter
at Seton Hall University."
http://pirate.shu.edu/~cottereu/rootsof.htm
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Shows historic people and events in a timeline format.
A simple and effective search engine. Search from here or click on the multicoloured "Google" to go to the Google Home Page.
Kartoo
Kartoo has an interesting graphical way of presenting the results of your search
