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Understanding Evil
“Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky Hating evil is natural. Understandable. Easy. But to truly examine evil—to unravel why the evildoer does what they do—is unnatural. Not immediately understandable. Not easy. There’s an implication here: understanding the…
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The Flame Imperishable
Yesterday I stepped outside to smoke a cigarette. It was a late morning in northern California, cold, crisp air, with the sun approaching its zenith in the sky and warming the land. Fall colors were turning in the neighborhood with all of the trees blazing orange, yellow, red, and all…
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Where to Look
Some look outward, seeing others and the world. Some look inward, seeing themselves and their world. Are we the type to be enamored of the world and its beauty and its engagement? Or are we the type to see ourselves in a mirror and be drawn into reflection upon ourselves?…
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Confucius Series: Humaneness
The Master said: ‘Riches and honors — these are what men desire, but if this is not achieved in accordance with the appropriate principles, one does not cling to them. Poverty and obscurity–these are what men hate, but if they are not achieved in accordance with the appropriate principles, one…
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Old Saints and Young Warriors
Obviously it is in the youthful period of life that we have most to gain from a thorough recognition of the instinctual side. A timely recognition of sexuality, for instance, can prevent that neurotic suppression of it which keeps a man unduly withdrawn from life, or else forces him into…
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Poem: Threshold
At some point the roots cannot reach deeper for this tree. Your lowest point, is where you can change. Here, you leave the old shell behind. Threshold no spine. Take responsibility. Embrace it and let it command your stance. Be, speak, conduct yourself like a man. Men have a place.…
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New Beauty
Over the last few decades, new aspects of beauty are taking on new power and status. Looking over all of human history we see beauty as a good and bad thing. Consider beautiful works of art, music, scientific discoveries, philosophical ideas, literature, inventions. Or how about moments of redemption, epiphany,…
KEEP THE OLD WARM 