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The Bracing, Empty Self versus the Open, Heart-Minded Self
What kind of self leads to flourishing?
Note: This is a column I wrote for August 2015 newsletter of the Self, Motivation and Virtue Project.*
The…
Conflict of Interest Between Biological and Cultural Imperatives
Surely the task at hand is daunting, enormous, and would require careful long-range planning, carefully organized strategies for undermining the medical myth…
Radiant Attention (Shared Attention Is Telepathic)
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The shared attention between parents and children, between all of us really, I…
Touch Is Where We Meet
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We don't need to go to an ashram to become enlightened. Experience resonates…
Love for a Killer: “A Very Evil Kid”
Killer? Look for abuse, neglect, trauma, or undercare
Another mass shooting has occurred. Why does it happen? When Adam Lanza massacred school children, people…
Innocence For Children – Beginner’s Mind As Adults
Carly’s attention deepens, distills and expands. She doesn’t miss a thing, not a sound or speck on the floor, the tone of my voice, tension in my body or…
Children Of Infidelity—How They Hurt, And How They Heal
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An Interview With IN UTERO Filmmaker, Kathleen Gyllenhaal, Includes…
Lisa Reagan talks with Kathleen Gyllenhaal about her documentary, IN UTERO, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival June 4-6, 2015 and has…
Parting Is Hell: That’s The Point Of Attachment
"Attachment is the process of learning to cope with loss – the loss of people, of pleasure, of a wish. Attachment is the process of learning how to recover from…
Attention Is Telepathic
It must have been in the mid 1970’s, sitting at the counter of the local health food store a drop dead gorgeous young woman pulled up. I commented on how…