March 2011
16 posts
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide...”
– Antoine de Saint Exupery
Reclaiming the Enlightenment
This is an audio files of a talk given by Dr. Joseph Chuman titled “Reclaiming the Enlightenment”: Right-click here & save as (or just click play)
We live in an multicultural age in which conflicting values emerging from different cultures bump up against each other. We also occupy what some refer to as a “postmodern” era, in which objectivity and the sturdy values of...
February 2011
7 posts
“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the...”
– James Baldwin, Creative Process
“There are four types of disappointment: hoping to get rich by reading treasure...”
– Burmese proverb
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[NPR] At End-Of-The Line Prison, An Unlikely... →
Inmates at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama practice the ancient Buddhist technique of Vipassana. They say the meditation helps them deal with the root of their anger. Inmates who go through the course have a 20 percent reduction in disciplinary action.
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“Arguments are to be avoided. They are always vulgar and often convincing.”
– Oscar Wilde