Category: Method or META HODOS
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Knowledgable Compassion
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Compassion’s beauty arises in the moment you give a crying child a hug or sit down for a candid conversation with a friend about their recent struggles. Compassion proves our humanity, showing our… Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: “…compassion left uniformed by empathy (the understanding…
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Don’t Look Down!
The next time you go rock climbing or scrambling up a peak, someone may give you some clichéd but good advice: “Don’t look down.” This is not just a recommendation that works with struggling up a physical height. Often, you will need to remember these words when communicating with someone…
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Letting-go Hateful Circumstance by the Naming of the World
The oppressed, the put-upon, the dejected–all sink into an existence where the oppressor counts on never being challenged because the ones who are afflicted would do anything to be something other than the down-trodden. Those who grow in such power cannot conceive that very many would ever break the chains…
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Jeopardized and Jeopardizing
“As we attempt to analyze dialogue as a human phenomenon, we discover something which is the essence of dialogue itself: the word. But the word is more than just an instrument which makes dialogue possible; accordingly, we must seek its constitutive elements. Within the word we find two dimensions, reflection…
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Without a Teacher
Having awakened to Encompassing Mindfulness, what master can make of you a mere disciple? Let-go seeking after authority: liberate this being, this self! Source: Uploaded by user via Keith Wayne on Pinterest
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The Banking Conception of Education
“In the banking concept of education, knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing.” Paulo Freire, The Pedagogy of the Oppressed …
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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
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Casino Capitalism vs. Educated Hope
As always, thanks to John F. for reminding me of an article that I put on my to-read list and forgot about. Very well worth the read. …Against the dystopian visions that drive the new extremism, there is a need for teachers, workers, artists, students, young people, academics and others…
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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 disciplines even understand each other? How are students supposed to…
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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
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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 the rest of your day, friend, this article is not…
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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 and moral make-up of contemporary society. For the last two…
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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 circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.…
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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 you the dynamics of faith and to those much older…
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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, there is no reason to the rhyme, and that realization…
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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 important phrase for me is “This Beautiful Order.” The term…
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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 for us to follow. Source: google.com via Katharina on Pinterest Thanks to the Commonzense of St.…
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