Baby Buddhism
Friday, July 5, 2019 Elkton, Virginia Baby Buddhism Nearing the end of a week in a small house shared with an eight-week... Read More
The Malignant Narcissism of Independence Day 2019
Thursday, July 4, 2019 Elkton, Virginia The Malignant Narcissism of Independence Day 2019 With the ridiculous, TV-president’s, reality July 4th rally about... Read More
Critical Theory Versus Critical Thinking
Sunday, June 30, 2019 Elkton, Virginia Critical Theory Versus Critical Thinking Several years ago, a student at Occidental College told me his... Read More
How Virtues Become Vices
How Virtues Become Vices Aristotle, the Greek dude you learned about in school, lived from 384 to 322 BCE. He wrote powerfully... Read More
Is Capitalism Killing Mt. Everest Climbers?
Ever since Adam Smith published his famous The Wealth of Nations in 1776, economists have argued about markets. Should they be given... Read More
The Dominance of the Unconscious Mind
Entering my fortieth year of practicing depth psychology, I find it painfully ironic to finally believe in, and surrender to, the dominance of... Read More
What Heart Surgery Taught Me About Delayed PTSD
It took the Vietnam War to barely wake up the globe to the reality of post-traumatic stress conditions—known most commonly as post-traumatic... Read More
It’s Time to Face Our Anxiety and Embrace Critical Thinking
This morning’s election of Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian with no political experience, brings the problem of critical thinking to—pun intended—a critical level.... Read More
Finding Your Authentic Self in a World of External Influence
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arts, authenticity, books, Carl Jung, experts, individuality, interests, living-a-lie, movies, music, preferences, scripts, scripts people live, self, Shakespeare, soccer, songs, theory, thoughts, values, writing
///Carl Jung famously wrote something like: It’s not that a person has an idea. The idea has the person. What did he... Read More
How You Avoid the Moment — Part II — Terror of Uncertainty
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Buddha, Buddhism, ephemeral, fleeting, future, imaginary, lies-to-self, mindfulness, moment-as-passing, philo, philosophy, plans, terror, thoughts, uncertainty, verbs, virture
///Saturday, April 6, 2019Glendale, California How You Avoid the Moment — Part II — Terror of Uncertainty I briefly add two... Read More