CALL ME MAGGIE

Keith “Maggie” Brown

  • 4 Kinds of Sophists and the Hope of Philosophizing

    Philosophy is a way of life. It is not a trade nor is it a profession. The closest term would be vocation, a calling to live a certain way via profound commitment to an open (free) discovery of the world.… Continue reading

    4 Kinds of Sophists and the Hope of Philosophizing

  • Textimony 20120214

    Neither busy curiosity nor reactive reflection, MINDFUL CONTEMPLATION discloses immediately how now/here renders the ENCOMPASSING GOOD in a fractal glance. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120212b

    All life is slavery as none has full liberty yet struggles always already via incessant alteration between hope’s possibility & fear’s actuality. Let-go & LOVE. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120212a

    “I fancy that many people would arrive one day at wisdom if they did not believe themselves wise already.” ~Seneca Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120211a

    Contemplate the ENCOMPASSING GOOD in the mind’s eye, envision the Graceful Gateway of This Beautiful Order: Abandonment to a thankful thinking of things, Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120204b

    Let those unfamiliar with MINDFULNESS imagine, on the basis of all you hold dear to heart, what it must be like to encounter the Great Love, the ENCOMPASSING. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120204a

    The decisive soul of philosophizing: a resolute Don Quixote always already storming the Windmills of Possibility Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120202

    Existing where certainty is habitual rather than necessary, IF hides every next step. Yet leap, friend, into Life by this great Belief: Love & do as thou will! Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120129

    Latent & patent misogyny corrupts our society. Misandrony is no equalizing solution. Overcome the accident of your genitalia. Seek an androgynous MINDFULNESS.   Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120128

    Self absorption is our dark path. Philosophizing either opens us to each other, or it becomes viciousness. Our freedom is communication. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120123

    Love is a living care of others & a careful belief in the possibility of their excellence. None earns your love like wages. Such would be mere approval. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120122

    EXCELLENCE or VIRTUE is our origin not something extraordinary, not how we end up in a nowhere future but how we begin now/here to LIVE. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120120

    In mindless fear hatred is pierced by dread of another, a longing by misperception to eradicate otherness, a care that can only annihilate. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120116

    “Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” ~The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120114

    Opening up to a Master requires Docility toward instruction, Fortitude toward critique, Temperance toward praise & Prudence toward decision. Opening up to an apprentice requires Engagement thru instruction, Justice thru critique, Generosity thru praise & Wisdom thru decision. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120110

    “At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law & justice he is the worst.” ~Aristotle Continue reading

  • Textimony 20111229

    “Revenge is not always sweet… once it is consummated, we feel inferior to our victim.” ~Emile M. Cioran Continue reading

  • Textimony 20111225

    I pray that you have a merry day of newborn love and a prosperous year of rich friendship. Thanks for the gift of your companionship. HUGZ Continue reading