Philosophy as a Way of Life
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Meet your new professor: Transient, poorly paid
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions By Barbara Raab, Senior Producer, NBC News This is the time of year many high school seniors are getting their long-awaited, highly anticipated college acceptance letters. See on inplainsight.nbcnews.com Related articles Organizing Adjunct Faculty… Continue reading
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Radiant Living
My good brother, Andrew J. Taggart, continues his series of meditations on Radiant Living. I highly recommend Andrew’s work. He is a diligent, insightful counselor who is committed to reinvigorating the notion of philosophy as a way of life. Related… Continue reading
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Can We Rethink the World?
I know that we can rethink the world; moreover, I believe that we should. Henry Giroux and Brad Evans are both public intellectuals very well worth engaging. Please let me know what you think. I also recommend learning about the… Continue reading
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Daodejing 24
#24* A show-off never learns A know-it-all never shines A braggart never achieves A boaster never gets ahead All of this is most unnecessary Seen from the viewpoint of the Way The person on the Way avoids all of this… Continue reading
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unMonastery :: EdgeRyders
This is something I would like to experiment with doing here in the States. I have often thought that something based along the lines of a monastery, ashram, or sangha would do more good for locales than colleges or universities… Continue reading
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Whatever, Etc. 00025: Alteration
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Whatever, Etc. 00024
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Whatever, Etc. 00023
If you have a spare 25 minutes, I continue forward with thinking about the Loving Struggle. The text that I quote at length in this talk: I cannot accomplish this communicative struggle by the rational force of argument, but neither can… Continue reading
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How does Vandana Shiva do it?
Reading Freire‘s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and other works that are transforming my anarchocynicism, my thoughts keep returning to Vandana Shiva. “[How do I do it?] Well, it’s always a mystery, because you don’t know why you get depleted or recharged.… Continue reading
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Originally posted on Earthling Opinion: –by Sharon Salzberg (Mar 15, 2013) A friend of mine, at the end of a retreat, offered a provocative reflection that intrigued and inspired me. After looking intensively at her inner experience for nine days of meditation… Continue reading
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Originally posted on Some anarchist reviews of stuff: Noir & Rouge n°17 (January/February 1961) The Difficulty Of Being An Anarchist By Christian Lagant “We are not presenting a grand-sounding manifesto because we do not believe in revealed and immutable Bibles.… Continue reading
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SMTV: AMERICA’S MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN
Originally posted on lookinbeyondthereal: The former National Educational Television (1952–1970) PBS has published a remarkable documentary on the life of Emma Goldman. They’ve also created a special museum like website, featuring an entire volume of Goldman’s anarchist magazin Mother Earth,… Continue reading
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A Frank Prayer
Oh thou endless Great Way, broad and flowing in profound tranquility, Where hatred happens, let there now be love; Where weakness occurs, fortitude; Where doubt arises, faithfulness; Where despair crushes, hopefulness; Where darkness encroaches, enlightenment; Where sadness lingers, joyfulness. Encompassing… Continue reading
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Overcoming Sectarianism
Sectarianism, fed by fanaticism, is always castrating. Radicaliza-tion, nourished by a critical spirit, is always creative. Sectarianism mythicizes and thereby alienates; radicalization criticizes and thereby liberates. Radicalization involves increased commitment to the position one has chosen, and thus ever greater… Continue reading
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Originally posted on The MOOC Experience: Social media and digital learning environments are now combined. As part of the MOOC experience, students are requested to join debates and course’s topics on social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter or Google +.… Continue reading
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Originally posted on stuffgradslike: If your eyes jumped to the title of this post, then this is probably for you. The natural trajectory of most jobs for college grads (well, really all, in a sense) is that you will leave… Continue reading
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A nice run through of the precepts on the way to no-thinking. Namaste. Related articles Absolutely Awake to the Encompassing (keithwaynebrown.com) AI, or Awakened Intelligence (keithwaynebrown.com) Meaning of Namaste (andreadurham.wordpress.com) The Path to the Fearless (evolutionsangha.wordpress.com) Continue reading
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Inspiring Blogger Award
I started doing this blog to have an outlet for all of the things that pop into my head. It has proved a very rewarding endeavor, not the least because I keep running across folks that are doing some great… Continue reading
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