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Category: Philosophy as a Way of Life

• AnarchoCynicism Art/Skill/Techne Perennial Philosophy

  Dreaming Action, Risking Curiosity

  “The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers” — William S. Burroughs “Exasperation with the threefold frustration of action — the unpredictability of its outcome, the irreversibility of the process, and the anonymity of its authors — is almost as old as…

  February 5, 2013
• Art/Skill/Techne Method or META HODOS Perennial Philosophy Philosophy as a Way of Life

  Controlled Accident

  At the heart of perennial philosophizing is an always developing mastery that we can, following Alan Watts, call “controlled accident.” Others have done far better than I could in really detailing what is meant by this oxymoronic usage. But if I might give it short attempt: Let-go of this desire…

  February 5, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Perennial Philosophy

  Handling this Very Moment

  The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment. Thich Nhat Hanh, Understanding Our Mind A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to a deeply mysterious understanding; and by this understanding you will…

  February 4, 2013
• Perennial Philosophy Philosophy as a Way of Life

  Squeezing

  “The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.” Mazu Daoyi Source: facebook.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles Letting-go Hateful Circumstance by the Naming of the World (keithwaynebrown.com) ‘Squeezed middle’ struggle to save – Confused.com (confused.com) Arts already being ‘squeezed out’ by EBacc (independent.co.uk)  

  February 3, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Perennial Philosophy

  Textimony 20130202

  Friendship cannot revolve around indebtedness & be a relation of excellence. Choose your companionships well: shall it be veiled vicious slavery or clear virtuous solidarity? Source: fineartamerica.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles Letting-go Hateful Circumstance by the Naming of the World (keithwaynebrown.com) Textimony 20130120 (keithwaynebrown.com) There’s More to…

  February 2, 2013
• Method or META HODOS Perennial Philosophy Philosophy as a Way of Life

  There’s More to Life Than Being Happy

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions   Meaning comes from the pursuit of more complex things than happiness   Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Happiness as we understand it today is little more than a drive to achieve temporary pleasures. Among the great sages, it was finding meaning… sense &…

  February 2, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Control

  Indebted to Capital

  “If in times past we were indebted to the community, to the gods, to our ancestors, we are henceforth indebted to the “god” Capital.” Maurizio Lazzarato, The Making of the Indebted Man Source: collectorscorner.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles Letting-go Hateful Circumstance by the Naming of the World (keithwaynebrown.com)…

  February 1, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism

  Dissent and Punishment in the Book of Life: Introduction to Henry Giroux’s “Youth in Revolt”

  Young people are demonstrating all over the world against a variety of issues ranging from economic injustice and massive inequality to drastic cuts in education and public services.1 In the fall of 2011, on the tenth anniversary of September 11, as the United States revisited the tragic loss and celebrated…

  January 31, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism

  From Marx to Ratzinger. The Turning Point Manifesto

  See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions It’s not just the Courtyard of the Gentiles. In the borderland between faith and lack of faith, the season of conversions has returned. And of Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: “…In the Catholic Church, famous converts played a role of the greatest importance between the…

  January 30, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Method or META HODOS Philosophy as a Way of Life

  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…

  January 29, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Dao de Jing Method or META HODOS Perennial Philosophy Philosophy as a Way of Life

  

  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…

  January 28, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Method or META HODOS Perennial Philosophy Philosophy as a Way of Life

  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…

  January 28, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Art/Skill/Techne Method or META HODOS Perennial Philosophy

  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  

  January 28, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Control Method or META HODOS

  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                                    …

  January 28, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Method or META HODOS

  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  

  January 28, 2013
• Control Demonax23 Perennial Philosophy Philosophy as a Way of Life

  Welcoming Generation Y

  Some of you probably have noticed that the posts over the last few days have appeared to be the journals of a high school student. That is because they are. It has long been an intention of mine to open up the page for folks from the Millennial generation to…

  January 26, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Method or META HODOS Philosophy as a Way of Life

  

  Breaking Free of Disappointment

  January 23, 2013
• AnarchoCynicism Method or META HODOS Perennial Philosophy

  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

  January 23, 2013