Society’s worst actors aren’t necessarily beyond redemption. Continue reading Loving the psychopath
This Ancient Philosophy Is What We Desperately Need In Our Modern Lives
Another link from Brian Williard:
This Ancient Philosophy Is What We Desperately Need In Our Modern Lives
Growing up, all the word “Stoic” meant to me was keeping a stiff upper lip in the face of adversity.
Not until 1989, when I was taking the Synoptics course at St. Mary’s Seminary, did I learn — from Sean Freyne’s The World of the New Testament, which I highly recommend for many reasons — that there is a great deal more to it, including much to like.
Stoicism is a life of ordered joy.
As you read this article, please note the many similarities between the approach to life described there, and the things I have said here about presence.
Carolyn Gregoire also wrote the first article I mentioned about emotional intelligence, “How emotionally intelligent are you?”
And yet another link from Brian Williard:
Google’s ‘Jolly Good Fellow’ On The Power Of Emotional Intelligence
Looks like links to Carolyn Gregoire are becoming pretty common on this blog.
Don’t scoff at the headline. From the gentleman in question here, Chade-Meng Tan, comes another ringing endorsement of meditation and presence as I have discussed them. I note that the first exercise described in the article is tantamount to what I call prayer, and practically the same as I proposed in “You don’t need an invitation to love people.”
(Originally posted 2014-06-21.)
The Bogeyman
The fact that you’re afraid of it
doesn’t mean it exists.
This guy is a career criminal, and other news
(Originally published 06/15/13 at Trojan Horse Productions. Reblogged 06/18/14.)
3 Years Is Just Desserts for Man Who Refused to Pay Dinner Bill
No comment. Read the story.
Fatherhood programs teach men to be dads
This is a good thing. Many young men are eager to step up to the plate and, in these circumstances, overcome the disadvantages of their own background.
Give ’em a chance.
With exposure to babies, rodent dads’ brains, like moms’, become wired for nurture
We mammals aren’t reptiles.
Do you lie?
How do you feel when someone calls you a liar?
It’s best to assume people are honest — that they really believe what they say. You have no need to believe the same things, but you do best to believe they do. Continue reading Do you lie?
The Ukraine crisis: A chronological listing of news reports
A previous similar collection of links to news items appeared here.
2014-05-19
Putin says Russian troops on Ukrainian border are coming home
They said this before, and the U.S. and NATO found no evidence that it had happened. We’ll see. But it does sound as if Russia is distancing itself — literally — from the separatists.
Continue reading The Ukraine crisis: A chronological listing of news reports
Ed Mazza
Stephen Colbert Trolls ‘Old White Guy’ Bernie Sanders Over Tone-Deaf Diversity Comments
So skin color is the only thing that matters, and yours had better not be white.
Watch the video.
My life as Chiron
In short, I believe my past lives include that of Chiron, a centaur who lived, if he did live, ca. 1400 B.C.E., the same era as Moses.
My preoccupation with race dates from that and similar lives. Continue reading My life as Chiron
Marty Cobb murder, etc.
What can I do for myself today?
Notice how I avoid the question.
The Homeless Blogger 