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Faith, the Key to the Divine Dimension
Paul Bock, 2026 Motto: “The kingdom of God is within you,” said Jesus — not absent, but undetected. We live in a three-dimensional world, and we take it for granted. We easily understand the concept of three dimensions: length, width and heigh; our brains are...
The Ghost of Injury: Aurelian Stoicism vs. The Modern Cult of Offense
Paul Bock, 2026 The Stoic tradition began in the early 3rd century BC with Zeno of Citium, who taught on the "Stoa Poikile" (Painted Porch) in Athens. The Stoics were not men who suppressed emotion out of coldness, but rather architects of the soul who sought to align...
Why did the Cat Lose its Head
Why did the Cat Lose its Head Paul Bock, 2025 There is an old folk story, short enough to be told in a breath and sharp enough to be remembered for a lifetime. A cat crosses a railway track, carefully watching his tail so that nothing might happen to it. He is so...
The Essence of Time
The Essence of Time Paul Bock, November 2025 According to Harvey MacKey[1]: “Time is free, but it’s priceless.You can’t own it, but you can use it.You can’t keep it, but you can spend it.Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back.”Time is the great equalizer; it...
Frigyes Karinthy: A novella about the electric death
Frigyes Karinthy: A novella about the electric death Frigyes Karinthy At the beginning of February, 19..., I was ordered by telegram to Melbourne, as head of the bacteriological institute of the Philadelphia college, to collect the data and report on the new and...
Frigyes Karinthy: Barabbás
Frigyes Karinthy: Barabbás Karinthy Frigyes And at dusk on the third day, he stepped out of the narrow door of the shop and quietly made his way down the road. The ruins smoked on either side. Down at the bottom of the dried-up ditch he found the first of those who...
Friends Don’t Let Friends Pay Cash
The Truth About Financial Arbitrage Paul Bock, 2025 The conventional wisdom championed by personal finance experts—"Pay cash for everything"—is excellent advice for financial discipline, stability, and risk aversion. For anyone with high consumer debt, uncertain...
Capital Structure of Closed End Funds
Downloadable Chart: CEF Capital Structure Flow This downloadable chart is a graphical illustration of the Capital Structure of Closed End Funds, tracing the financial flow from conception through IPO to the final distribution of dividends. The chart is based on the...
The Geometry of the Soul: What Your Freeway Lane Says About You
The Geometry of the Soul: What Your Freeway Lane Says About You Paul Bock, 2025 The freeway. That long, asphalt ribbon, a modern river carrying a hurried civilization from Point A to the next point of urgency. To the uninitiated, it’s just traffic. But to the amateur...
The Sovereign and the Father
The Sovereign and the Father: A Comparison of Fear and Love in Islam and Christianity Paul Bock, 2025 At the heart of any faith lies the fundamental relationship between the divine and the mortal. While both Islam and Christianity are Abrahamic religions sharing a...