Eric Arnow

Deepseek gives ther eal reason for the Ukraine war: A pyramid of dollars on Wall Street. People watch anxiously as it appears to be shaky.

Ukraine: Dragging the 1 Painful Truth about Ukraine Out of Deepseek–The Real Cause of the War

Introduction What does the Ukraine war have to do with Zen? A Chinese Zen Poem, which we recite, is called the Song of the Jewel Mirror Awareness, which discusses the true nature of Reality. One of its key phrases is, “The meaning is not in the words, but it responds the inquiring impulse. Hence the title of my humble blog, Inquiry and Thinking. How can we understand the cause and solution to the Ukraine crisis? So maybe all those years of sweat and tears as a Zen student weren’t in vain. We have to learn to ask the right questions, …

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Nietzsche meets Samantabhadra| Beyond Good and Evil–Envisioning Universal Good

Nietzsche Meets Samantabhadra–The Way Forward Recently, a group of us were sharing thoughts, observations and feelings about the current world situation, which any normal person would recognize as a crisis. And a crisis that seems to be deepening. So it got me to thinking about two approaches to understanding and hopefully, finding a way out of the crisis. To this end, I referred to my earlier reading and inspiration of the German 19th Century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, whose book, Beyond Good and Evil shaped my thinking as a 20 year old.  Nietzsche introduced the idea of the “Superman”, with the …

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The Ukraine Scam Finally Exposed—Zelensky Sees the Light

What Was the US War in Ukraine All About?   Zelensky Finally Sees the Light   Russia Also Sees the Light   The Dogs Bark and the Caravan Moves On   The Happy/Sad Ending of the Ukraine Misadventure   https://ericarnow.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-scam-finally-exposedhttps://ericarnow.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-scam-finally-exposed

A street filled with people walking aimlessly in a state of historical denial and nihilistic thinking

Nihilism: The Roots of Historical Denial–2 Serious Mistakes That People Make

Nihilism: The Roots of Historical Denial Billions of People. Just Living Out Their Lives. Oblivious. You Can Learn a Lot by Talking with People and Listening to What They Say   Willful Avoidance of Reality   I was staying at a resort in 2022, and had a short discussion with an Israeli, regarding pursuit of truth. He said, that he preferred ignorance, because he wants to be happy, and truth is painful. Two years later, after experiencing ethnic cleansing, constant attacks, blockading food and other essential supplies.   Palestinian militants broke out of what has been called ‘the world’s largest open …

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cease fire between American and Russian soldiers

The Trump (non) Cease Fire Meets Putin’s (non) Agreement

The  Trump (non) Cease Fire Meets Putin’s (non)  Cease Fire Agreement Eric Arnow Mar 14, 2025 New Developments   Lavrov: the US is ‘returning to normalcy’.       Nope, just swinging from one psychotic, schizophrenic Woke fake human rights personality, and swinging to the Christian fascist mentality, which it is far more upfront about. Historical….Woo hoo. Onward Christian soldiers. “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition”. Manifest Destiny—the socalled God given right to rule the planet is a value that’s caused millions of deaths and misery world wide, starting with North America.   US Militarism IS ‘the Normal’ Condition …

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The Grand Chessboard. Putin has Trump in Check and Trump doesn't know what to do about it.

I Ain’t No Militiary Strategist: The Grand Chessboard and the Future of Ukraine Peace Talks

  It looks like the American version of The Grand Chessboard is not going as planned. Rather than Russia being defeated and dismembered, it’s winning, to the chagrin of the West. And they don’t know what to do.   The Grand Chessboard and The Real Objective of the Ukraine War   The whole objective of the Ukraine war has been to weaken Russia, sow division within Russian society, and eventually create regime change. The West’s whole history and its strength has been its ability to infiltrate and invade countries, to steal their resources and enslave their people, if not in …

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LA fire with man and bicycle

The Los Angeles Fires and Death of the Liberal Class

A Fitting Comment on the LA Fires My Personal Interest in the LA Fires, Even Though I Don’t Live There The recent horrific fire that’s occurred in the Los Angeles area has some significance for me personally because of my cousin, whom I grew up with, we’re talking about 70 years ago. She was my childhood playmate, who is one year older than me. She grew up, she got married. She and her husband had a successful careers, they raised two kids, and they lived basically the American dream.  She retired from her job, he sold his business, and they moved …

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4 Persistent Myths about Russia and Ukraine

Old Myths Die Hard Recently I posted something on Facebook about former Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders. His main point has been that the United States is not a functioning democracy, it is an oligarchy. However, in response to his short talk on Youtube, someone pointed out that ‘Russia invaded Ukraine’ in 2022. The fact that this person had no idea of the context behind the 2022 intervention by Russia shows just how persistent and pernicious Western Mainstream Media lies actually are. They become taken for granted as myths often have done in the past. In ancient Greece and Rome, and …

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The US proxy war againt Russia

The US Proxy War Against Russia: After 80 Years–No More Games, No More Delusions

The US Proxy War Against Russia in Ukraine: No More Games, No More Delusions The US Proxy War Against Russia: Most of the People in the US After 4 years Still Don’t Understand It! Update, December, 2025 I originally wrote this article on my blog in 2022. I posted it on substack in December, 2024. It has documentary material going back to 2014, when the regime that the US installed was waging war on the people of Eastern Ukraine. It shows actual war footage of attacks on people in Eastern Ukraine. It shows the President of Ukraine at that time, …

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syrian society shattered by years of sanctions and war

The Horror and Tragedy of Syria: Yet Another Episode in a Century of Western Imperialism

  The Horror and Tragedy of Syria: Yet Another Episode in a Century of Western Imperialism Sykes Picot 2.0? A Century of Treachery and Betrayal   How Did Syria, After Resisting Western Backed Terrorists Since 2011, Suddenly Collapse? I myself was shocked that Russia and Iran had not alerted Syrian President Al-Assad about a buildup of forces to take him down. It’s paradoxical, to say the least, that Erdogan, Putin’s ‘friend’, who shot down a Russian jet and went groveling back to apologize, then killed the Russian ambassador in Istanbul, then mediated a truce between Ukraine and Russia, promising not …

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