Category: Perennial Philosophy
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Textimony 20120729
Wander not in paranoid conspiracies for position nor trample others in phantasms of privilege. Sow universal misery; reap the whirlwind.
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Condemning Inhospitable Attempts to Resurrect the House Un-American Activities Inquisition
It is imperative that the People of these United States not follow down the path that has historically led us astray and caused us to turn on our neighbors as well as strangers. As a colleague of mine–diminutive in stature but great in spirit–once told me, “Fear is the path…
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Reading Suggestion: Peter Kingsley
One of the nice things about being an amateur philosopher is that I can recommend publicly to folks things that my professional philosopher friends would never recommend in an open forum even if it is something they happen to enjoy reading. [Peter] Kingsley’s work argues that the writings of the presocratic philosophers…
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Mentorship
The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in the love and pursuit of knowledge. To know how to suggest is the art of teaching. Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (1821-1881) What qualifies being a mentor? If the term…
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All and None
Get-over unnecessary bias. Esteem one: hate the rest. Esteem NONE: esteem ALL. No human position is so absolute that there is no counter-position available. With ALL, certainty melts into insecurity. With NONE, security slips into uncertainty. Let go one: gain NONE. Grasp one: lose ALL. Increasing exchange: Opens-up & closes-down;…
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gospel music
I am from a family that likes to sing. I started as a young boy in the mid-60’s singing along with my mom and aunts and my brother. Lots of religious music infuses my way of looking at the world. I am most attracted to the kind of gospel songs…
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Serving the Masses
When the titanic apparatus of the mass-order has been consolidated, the individual has to serve it, and must from time to time combine with his fellows in order to renovate it. If he wants to make his livelihood by intellectual activity, he will find it very difficult to do this…
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