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Philosophy as a Way of Life

  • 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

  • Turn a life around

    “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” — Leo Buscaglia Source:… 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

  • Jumping to Judgment, Shipwrecked by Laughter

     “Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.” -Albert Einstein Source: flickr.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest 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

  • The NRA & the Black Panthers “in dialog”: The Secret History of Guns

    Whether we are Christians or Muslims or nationalists or agnostics or atheists, we must first learn to forget our differences. If we have differences, let us differ in the closet; when we come out in front, let us not have… 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

  • Young people are screwed… Here’s how to survive

    Wow. This is a really good piece that is totally worth a read. And then a reread. And then maybe a further read. If you are someone who entered adulthood in the last few years, you are a Generation Y… Continue reading

    Young people are screwed… Here’s how to survive

  • Mixing Quotes Like DJ Anarchocynic: Einstein, Gandhi, MLK & Thoreau

    Philosophizing can be stupidly long winded. I know from personal experience: I can blather with the best of them (just watch some of my earliest podcasts). Here, I begin collecting some of my favorite short but sweet quotes so you,… Continue reading