The Ones-at-Large
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Digital Disconnect: Life in the InterDebtWork
If we are going to stay on top of how the Interweb and its diverse intrusions into our life are in fact the very stuff of Control, it behooves us to never forget how global corporate capitalism–the InterDebtWork–is always after better… Continue reading
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The Insanity of Being Perfectly “Sane”
Originally posted on Earthling Opinion: –by Thomas Merton (Mar 29, 2013) One of the most disturbing facts that came out in the Otto Adolf Eichmann trial –a Nazi lieutenant colonel who, because of his organizational talents and ideological reliability, was given the… Continue reading
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Whatever, Etc. 00024
Related Articles: Whatever, Etc. 00021: The Loving Struggle 1 (keithwaynebrown.com) Whatever, Etc. 00022: The Loving Struggle 2 (keithwaynebrown.com) Whatever, Etc. 00023: The Loving Struggle 3 (keithwaynebrown.com) Continue reading
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Dropping the Arrows of Craving
Every day we shoot the arrow of craving from where we are now/here to some other place we are not yet. We crave very deeply for what we do not have and where we do not happen to be. We… Continue reading
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How does Vandana Shiva do it?
Reading Freire‘s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and other works that are transforming my anarchocynicism, my thoughts keep returning to Vandana Shiva. “[How do I do it?] Well, it’s always a mystery, because you don’t know why you get depleted or recharged.… Continue reading
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Originally posted on Earthling Opinion: –by Sharon Salzberg (Mar 15, 2013) A friend of mine, at the end of a retreat, offered a provocative reflection that intrigued and inspired me. After looking intensively at her inner experience for nine days of meditation… Continue reading
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Getting rich off of schoolchildren – Salon.com
Thanks as always to John F. for pointing out a piece that I missed. Sirota delivers some good insights… standard operating procedure with him. It simply strains credulity to insist that pedagogues who get paid middling wages but nonetheless devote… Continue reading
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Dependents of the State – NYTimes.com
…if the poor are dependent on the state, so, too, are America’s rich. The extraordinary accumulation of wealth enjoyed by the socioeconomic elite — in 2007, the richest 1 percent of Americans accounted for about 24 percent of all income… Continue reading
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The Three Horsemen of the MOOCpocaplypse
A small foray into the political after a few weeks of mostly concentrating on spirituality. But not too far in as my concern is prompted by my contemplation. I want to thank my good brother Lance W. for pointing out… Continue reading
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Arm Kids to Combat Propaganda: Teach Reason – the Fourth “R” – in the Classroom
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Our children need sound thinking skills to reverse our mindless path of death and destruction. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: At last, a return to something approaching the way people have always learned well: reading,… Continue reading
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No Room for Improvements
You would find your own life and the lifeworld itself flourishes with more gracefulness if you just let-go the need to improve yourself. Wait, wait: Don’t misunderstand me. Not recommending that you stop doing Yoga or meditating or learning skills… Continue reading
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Soul Spelunker: Images Are Prior To Experience
Our lives are living metaphors. We all have a story. We all have a vault of images from which our particular world is fashioned. Our story is created by the archetypes, but it is up to us to bring it… Continue reading
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Thinking without Professional Recognition
I work in and around higher education in the United States, but I am not a professor. I sometimes say that I am in the academy but not necessarily of the academy. This does not imply, however, that I refuse… Continue reading
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Freedom of the Age
“Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the age and generations which preceded it.” Thomas Paine Source: piccsy.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles The Leisure to be Your Own… Continue reading
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“The Straight Agenda”: an e-toon from thebigslice.org
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