CALL ME MAGGIE

Keith “Maggie” Brown

  • Dreaming Action, Risking Curiosity

    “The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers” — William S. Burroughs “Exasperation with the threefold frustration of action — the unpredictability of its outcome, the irreversibility of the process, and the… Continue reading

  • Report: More American Students Going to China for Higher Ed | Education News

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions The Ford Foundation’s 2012 Open Doors report, released on January 30, says that an increasing number of American students are going to China to study for credit, as well as for many other study… Continue reading

  • Controlled Accident

    At the heart of perennial philosophizing is an always developing mastery that we can, following Alan Watts, call “controlled accident.” Others have done far better than I could in really detailing what is meant by this oxymoronic usage. But if… Continue reading

  • Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal: 83 Problems: A Buddhist Sutra/Parable

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions   What’s the problem?   A koan goes this way? See on wisdomquarterly.blogspot.com Continue reading

  • Soul Spelunker: Beyond The Mountain Of Qaf

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions In his classic essay, Mundus Imaginalis, Henry Corbin attempts to articulate the distinction between the imaginal and the imaginary. This distinction has been necessary for discussion since Western scholars took a turn towards Averroism… Continue reading

  • Handling this Very Moment

    The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment. Thich Nhat Hanh, Understanding Our Mind A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to… Continue reading

  • Yes, even cops will lie under oath… surprise!

      THOUSANDS of people plead guilty to crimes every year in the United States because they know that the odds of a jury’s believing their word over a police officer’s are slim to none. As a juror, whom are you… Continue reading

  • Brand Marketing and Existentialism by Randall Rozin

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Brand marketing and branding philosophy certainly isn’t a new topic to the Brainzooming blog, but branding and Philosophy? Well, that’s a new combination around these parts. Here’… Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Certainly not what… Continue reading

  • The Hermetic Deleuze Book Event « An und für sich

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Posts about The Hermetic Deleuze Book Event written by Anthony Paul Smith, beatrice marovich, and danbarber (RT @adamkotsko: We’re at about the halfway point of the Hermetic Deleuze discussion: http://t.co/tZXDnYPD)… See on itself.wordpress.com Continue reading

  • History of Philosophy 113 – Sarah Byers on Augustine’s Ethics (Podcast)

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Peter speaks with Sarah Byers about the Stoic influence on Augustine’s ethics and theory of action.   Source : historyofphilosophy.net See on www.historyofphilosophy.net Continue reading

  • Squeezing

    “The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.” Mazu Daoyi Source: facebook.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles Letting-go Hateful Circumstance by the Naming of the World (keithwaynebrown.com) ‘Squeezed middle’ struggle to save – Confused.com (confused.com) Arts already being… Continue reading

  • Textimony 20130202

    Friendship cannot revolve around indebtedness & be a relation of excellence. Choose your companionships well: shall it be veiled vicious slavery or clear virtuous solidarity? Source: fineartamerica.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles Letting-go Hateful Circumstance by the Naming… Continue reading

  • There’s More to Life Than Being Happy

      See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions   Meaning comes from the pursuit of more complex things than happiness   Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Happiness as we understand it today is little more than a drive to achieve temporary pleasures.… Continue reading

  • Why Geeks Get Bullied (It’s Not Necessarily for Being Geeks)

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Privilege, class, and gender are bigger factors than some want to admit. See on www.theatlantic.com Continue reading

  • Indebted to Capital

    “If in times past we were indebted to the community, to the gods, to our ancestors, we are henceforth indebted to the “god” Capital.” Maurizio Lazzarato, The Making of the Indebted Man Source: collectorscorner.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles… Continue reading

  • Awesomeness down under… great pics! Continue reading

  • Dissent and Punishment in the Book of Life: Introduction to Henry Giroux’s “Youth in Revolt”

    Young people are demonstrating all over the world against a variety of issues ranging from economic injustice and massive inequality to drastic cuts in education and public services.1 In the fall of 2011, on the tenth anniversary of September 11,… Continue reading

  • How do #Millennials Define #Happiness? | Breathe and Smile

    Very good take on the situation from a GenY perspective with a link to the important notion of  “Betterness.” There used to be a ladder to success. It was the college→good job→marriage→house→family→cushy retirement. Sure, not everyone made it, there were… Continue reading