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  • Originally posted on WYRD ATTRACTIONS: “Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to “die before you die” — and find that there is no death.”  ― Eckhart Tolle Source: alongtimealone.tumblr.com via Claudia on Pinterest Related articles 11 Ways to Have Fun with…

  • “The Straight Agenda”: an e-toon from thebigslice.org

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  • Originally posted on Evolutionary Landscapes: By and large, Talat’s story shares with the reader two distinct possibilities for our contemporary culture: transformation and healing. The two coincide: one wave piles over the other as it recedes, unveiling the shadows, traumas, and shifting world views necessary to cross the gulf of Dark Night…

  • Tip Your Server and Save the World / Truthout

    Want to help the workers? The economy? The whole country? Tip your server, don’t be a jackass about it, and worry about the rest of the world after you do what is right within reach of your arm. Maybe, if you’re really interested in helping your community, work towards establishing…

  • Originally posted on WYRD ATTRACTIONS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vr_vKsk_h8 Commemorating Black History Month

  • Originally posted on sittinginthewoods: Last Saturday was the first substantial snowfall that we’ve had all season.  To herald the occasion, I was out of bed by 5AM, shoveling the sidewalk by 5:20 or so, and on the road by 6:30.  I would have left much earlier, but you can’t get…

  • Soul Spelunker: Musings On Metaphor And Allegory

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions These primeval symbolic images are best presented, not as allegories, but as metaphors. Metaphorical language is the language of Soul. Thus, there is a correlation between imaginal reality and metaphor, just as there is a correlation between imaginary reality and allegory. The imaginal, presented…

  • Why You’re Not A Leader – Forbes

    Ten items to help identify the leader from the manager. Pretty helpful. Everybody thinks they’re a leader – most are far from it. The harsh reality is that we live in a world awash with wannabe leaders. As much as some don’t want to admit it, not everyone can or…

  • Originally posted on philosophia: Looking back over the centuries, philosophy has often served society as the proto-discipline par excellance.  It was the name given to the community of the wise, before that wisdom become specialized enough or technological enough to become some professionalized academic discipline.  But sometimes, those professionalized offspring…

  • Report: More American Students Going to China for Higher Ed | Education News

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions The Ford Foundation’s 2012 Open Doors report, released on January 30, says that an increasing number of American students are going to China to study for credit, as well as for many other study opportunities. The …… See on www.educationnews.org

  • Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal: 83 Problems: A Buddhist Sutra/Parable

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions   What’s the problem?   A koan goes this way? See on wisdomquarterly.blogspot.com

  • Soul Spelunker: Beyond The Mountain Of Qaf

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions In his classic essay, Mundus Imaginalis, Henry Corbin attempts to articulate the distinction between the imaginal and the imaginary. This distinction has been necessary for discussion since Western scholars took a turn towards Averroism in the twelfth century. At this fork in the Western…

  • The Hermetic Deleuze Book Event « An und für sich

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Posts about The Hermetic Deleuze Book Event written by Anthony Paul Smith, beatrice marovich, and danbarber (RT @adamkotsko: We’re at about the halfway point of the Hermetic Deleuze discussion: http://t.co/tZXDnYPD)… See on itself.wordpress.com

  • History of Philosophy 113 – Sarah Byers on Augustine’s Ethics (Podcast)

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Peter speaks with Sarah Byers about the Stoic influence on Augustine’s ethics and theory of action.   Source : historyofphilosophy.net See on www.historyofphilosophy.net

  • Why Geeks Get Bullied (It’s Not Necessarily for Being Geeks)

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Privilege, class, and gender are bigger factors than some want to admit. See on www.theatlantic.com

  • Awesomeness down under… great pics!

  • How do #Millennials Define #Happiness? | Breathe and Smile

    Very good take on the situation from a GenY perspective with a link to the important notion of  “Betterness.” There used to be a ladder to success. It was the college→good job→marriage→house→family→cushy retirement. Sure, not everyone made it, there were a few broken rungs near the bottom but that was…

  • 1/30/13 – Late Night, Brown Couch

    I live in perpetual darkness. On occasion, I feel the warm glow of another. That gentle, unmistakable heat. I reach for it, and I am cast into a desert with a spotlight above. I am flooded with sensation, feeling, emotion. My cold, outer shell melts like a chocolate candy, and…