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  • #MAHATMA – Life of Gandhi (abridged)

    This is the abridged version (2hrs 15min) of a 5hrs 10min documentary biography of Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi. All events and principles of Gandhi’s life and thought are viewed as integrated parts of his truth-intoxicated life depicting permanent and universal values.The… Continue reading

    #MAHATMA – Life of Gandhi (abridged)

  • Three Articles, One Post, One BEING

    Like many classes these days, my graduate courses have an online discussion component that encourages students to respond to the week’s readings in a central location so they can come to class already interacting on the topic. My Indian Religion… Continue reading

  • forgetful, forgotten control

    There are no first or third worlds. No developed or underdeveloped nations. There is only convergence to and divergence from the Society of Control. The Society of Control is a series of Alpha-Cities–New York, Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, Paris, etc.–interconnected… Continue reading

    forgetful, forgotten control

  • Daodejing 22

    #22* Sacrifice the part & save the whole. Bend that to make this straight. Hollow that to make this full. That withers, this blooms. Lose that, gain this. Determined then, confused now. Thus the sages insist on the one as… Continue reading

  • The RSA Animate Revolution: Ideas in the age of information overload – YouTube

    Acclaimed popular psychologist Richard Wiseman joins celebrated RSA Animate illustrator Andrew Park to unveil new evidence that shows that RSA Animate videos not only entertain, but educate in a surprisingly effective way. via The RSA Animate Revolution: Ideas in the… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

    Letting-go Hateful Circumstance by the Naming of the World

  • 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   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

  • Textimony 20120105

    Everywhere we consume & partake, seeking satisfaction. Yet only in abandoning this quest to be full do we ever achieve true abundance. Source: thevelardes.blogspot.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Continue reading

  • 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

  • Textimony 20121223

    In this loving struggle, death though certain has no sting; chance, no power; guilt, no blame; pain, no duration. Let-go violent force & obtain fortitude. Continue reading

  • Shake It Up « Lateral Love Australia

    Thanks to Lateral Love Australia for posting this wonderful quote from Ghandi.  Shake It Up « Lateral Love Australia. Continue reading

  • Philosophizing & Inspiration

    Because I spend so much time being concerned that philosophizing as a way of life is about helping folks figure out how to live better lives, many professional philosophers do not think I am a “philosopher.” I am cool with… Continue reading