Mindful Contemplation
-
Mindfulness or Fearfulness
“Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly.” -William Shakespeare There is a great deal of viciousness & dis-ease in the United States of America: poverty; mental disorders; drug addiction; bigotry; compulsive obsessive consumption of sex, violence, food, celebrity, television, etc… 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
-
Alchemy in Jacob Boehme’s Theosophy | Down the Rabbit Hole
During the Early Modern Period the world was undergoing a major transition from a geocentric to a heliocentric cosmogony; from an occult and animistic landscape to a mechanistic and reductionist one defined by mechanistic processes that operated independently of any… Continue reading
-
Textimony 20130103
Always the whispers of sages slip into oblivion. Loving struggle, ever adventuring to say the as yet unsaid, finds refreshment by raising up the forgotten. Continue reading
-
Textimony 20130101
New year, new worldview: Let-go of violent resentments that hide your best possibility; embrace Loving Struggle & prosper by Open Exchange. Continue reading
-
Textimony 20121222
Loving struggle lets-go the long labor of being recognized by others for what you can do & embraces the Great Work of being-open to another as who you can be. Continue reading
-
Meditatio
You can listen to a piece that I put together called Meditatio by clicking here. Continue reading
-
Whatever, Etc. 21: The Loving Struggle, Part 1
Sorry for the delay in getting back to my podcast. Here is the first entry since August. Thanks for your patience. If you find this one interesting, you can see the entire playlist of all the podcasts by going here.… Continue reading
-
3quarksdaily: Active Imagination
In many ways, Jung has aged worse than Papa Freud. His world now seems quaint and naïve in its lack of suspicion and irony, in its insistence on treating symbols as universal, in its belief that all peoples are telling… Continue reading
-
Dreamstate: Holographic & Multidimensional « Thoughts of a Taoist Babe
Interesting take on things from an artist… and some stunning art as well. For quite awhile now, I have been going on and on about my vivid dreams and the process of dreaming, ad nauseum. Not only have I given… Continue reading
-
The relationship between direct speech and philosophical inquiry « Andrew Taggart
I was privileged to have Andrew Taggart share an early copy of his new manual The Art of Inquiry. I highly recommend this 21 st century enchiridion to everyone who would like to take up philosophizing as a way of life.… 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
-
Textimony 20121104
In decisive existence, reason embraces emotion & passion, undoing fear’s grip so that desire may touch our great possibility in this Beautiful Order: Freedom. Continue reading
-
Textimony 20121101
Conditions where desire or fear overtake to unmake us: a mind full of superfluity, a belly empty of nutrition, and a heart out of sync with itself. Continue reading
-
A Boon of Dandelions 5
Creatures of emotion. & passion… reason is not our better power but our guiding power, our focus & adjustment. To sense, to cognize, to remember, to imagine, to judge, to believe: these are all ways that we reason. Brought together… Continue reading







You must be logged in to post a comment.