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  • Freedom & the Loving Struggle

    “Liberation is thus a childbirth, and a painful one.” Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed Source: etsy.com via Joni on Pinterest   Continue reading

  • What is Interdisciplinary Communication?

    How can we make sense of different perspectives on the same subject? How does what I learn about, say, environmental problems in my science class relate to what I learn about them in my philosophy class? Can professors from different… Continue reading

  • Thinking Beyond Yourself

    “The time [being 36 yrs old] is a critical one, for it marks the beginning of the second half of life, when a metanoia, a mental transformation, not infrequently occurs. ― C.G. Jung, Symbols of Transformation Continue reading

  • 6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person | Cracked.com

    LET’S DO THIS. “Do what?” you ask. I DON’T KNOW. LET’S FIGURE THAT OUT TOGETHER, MOTHERFUCKERS. Feel free to stop reading this if your career is going great, you’re thrilled with your life and you’re happy with your relationships. Enjoy… Continue reading

  • Howard Gardner: Digital Technology and A Well-Rounded Education | DMLcentral

    As digital technologies become daily staples in both our personal and professional lives, there’s been much discussion among educators and community leaders as to whether these devices and innovations could in some way be accountable for shifts in the ethical… Continue reading

  • Part or Particle of God

    Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being… Continue reading

  • The Socratic Sign

    There comes a time when you notice that a good swathe of your contemporaries are only worth engaging in order to sharpen your rhetorical weapons. To improve your mindful practice, you must turn to those much younger who recover within… Continue reading

  • How Brewing Coffee Can Up Cognitive Dexterity « SolsticeSon’s Celebrational Servings

    A really nice meditation on the need to change the routine using an everyday example to drive home the notion. Kudos! Start seeing your actions from an outside perspective and questioning why you do what you do. In many cases,… Continue reading

  • Recalling This Beautiful Order

    In attempting to philosophize as a way of life, I have often “translated” many terms/concepts into a single notion that would comprehend the nuances of diverse sages across time & cultures. Whether I succeed is another story entirely. A particularly… Continue reading

  • A Wide World of Compassion

    I contemplate a great deal how the Great Sages & Ancestors all say so many of the same things. Comparative philosophy leads to an open embrace of all peoples. Compassion is a wide road, even if not the easiest one… Continue reading

  • Creating Oneself Endlessly

    “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” ― Henri Bergson Continue reading

  • A Slow, Graceful Pace

    “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: flickr.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Continue reading

  • More than One Direction in which Millennials Can Thrive

    Yestereve, I contemplated so much how today’s youth can survive the world wrought by their parents and grandparents, that I dreamed about it. I especially want to thank my friend Matthew for asking for further clarification. Below you will see… Continue reading

    More than One Direction in which Millennials Can Thrive