| (Published: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:18:37 -0400) |
| My World View |
I am currently trying to reconcile how the world interacts with the mind, specifically, my mind (obviously). This is where I am currently trying to refine my world view.
Very general simplification: There is no question we interact with our world, however, that perception is biased by |
| Author: Rick Walker |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:36:35 -0400) |
| Law of Attraction |
In my opinion, "The Secret" was, in part, misleading in that it presented the process known as "The Law of Attraction" as consisting only, and exclusively, of visualizing an outcome and releasing it in order for it to become manifest. As a result, subsequent to the release of |
| Author: Rick Walker |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Varieties of Wisdom |
| PERSONAL WISDOM
At every moment in our lives we face some real-life situation, some fact-based reality. But what do those facts MEAN? And what's the best thing to DO about them? Wisdom answers the first question by looking at the situation from a variety of helpful perspectives. It answers the s |
| Author: Copthorne Macdonald |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Role of Values in Wisdom |
| British philosopher Nicholas Maxwell has called wisdom "the capacity to realize what is of value in life for oneself and others." The embracing of "high" or "superior" values is a hallmark of wisdom. High values have two roles in the lives of wise people. First, they can provide illuminating slants |
| Author: Copthorne Macdonald |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Developing Personal Wisdom — Part 1 |
| In the late 1990s there were meetings in Burkina Faso of a "Council of the Wise." This was a group of people from different countries and backgrounds who wanted to foster the development of wisdom in African culture. A useful outcome of these meetings, and a good starting point for this topic, was t |
| Author: Copthorne Macdonald |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Developing Personal Wisdom — Part 2 |
| 6. THE OBSERVATION OF BEHAVIOR — OUR OWN AND OTHERS People all around us are struggling to up level their lives — some skillfully and successfully, others very unskillfully and unsuccessfully. The world's literature and films present us with countless additional life stories. What can we learn f |
| Author: Copthorne Macdonald |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Playing the Wisdom Game — Part 1 |
| What is wisdom? Like stupidity, we know it when we see it. But because wisdom manifests in so many different ways, it can't be adequately defined in a few words. Short dictionary definitions highlight some of wisdom's characteristics such as "keen discernment," "a capacity for sound judgment," and " |
| Author: Copthorne Macdonald |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Playing the Wisdom Game — Part 2 |
| Wise values express themselves in wise attitudes and wise ways of being and functioning. Among the value-based expressions of wisdom that speak strongly to me are:
• Feeling fully responsible for one's life choices and actions
• A positive, "let's make the most of it" attitude
• A real |
| Author: Copthorne Macdonald |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Introduction To The Four Agreements |
| A number of months ago, I read a book that had a profound impacts both on me and on everyone I shared it with. A man named don Miguel Ruiz’s calls it The Four Agreements. Don Miguel is a nagual, or master, in the Toltec tradition. The Toltecs were a group of artists and scientists who formed a soci |
| Author: Toni LaMotta |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Destiny and Freewill - Secrets to life choices |
| Working as a psychic medium and healer I meet many people from all walks of life- from pop stars and pa's, princes and paupers, the wise and the not so wise.
As well as the usual "what's going to happen" advise, I specialize in reading, guiding and teaching people who are undergoing the most ma |
| Author: Steve Gunn |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Reciprocal Maintenance Meditation, War, Increase of Life to Immortality, Gurdjieff Part 2 of 2 |
| Gurdjieff died in 1949, about the same year as Ramana Maharshi.
Gurdjieff essentially synthesized ancient esoteric teachings and made them approachable and applicable to the lives of rational Western individuals. His concepts and methods are still seminal in the spiritual work of the west.
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| Author: Swami Satchidanand |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Free Will Vs. Determinism: A Necessary Dichotomy? |
| Philosophers throughout the ages have disputed whether a person possesses free will or is possessed by determinism. Theologians and scientists, as well, have entered the fray of debate. The question is one of significance, meaning, and consequences.
Existentialists such as Jean Paul Sartre, woul |
| Author: Hugh Rosen |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Amazement of A Child |
| Copyright 2006 Ingela Berger
Everyone who has met a little child has seen it; the amazement of a little child. The child sees a bus, and gets all excited about it, it sees a dog, and can’t sit still in its pram. It sees things that we grown-ups are all too blind to notice; it expresses its enthus |
| Author: SubmitYOURArticle.com Article Distribution |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Evolution of Creativity |
| Following are some aspects of our evolving creativity.
1. We have greater control over our body and mind. The body does not get ill. It is able to relax when we tell it to. It is able to perform and work when we want it to. It is an instrument in the true sense of the word. An instrument does no |
| Author: Robert Elias Najemy |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Fundamentally it is all about Evolution |
| "We have seen the enemy and he is US!"-Pogo
Gays and lesbians are NOT a threat to the American family. The threat comes from within: broken families are the result of dysfunctional heterosexuals who are unable to live peacefully with others.
Thus, children then enter into the custody of the s |
| Author: eileen fleming |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Real Da Vinci Code: Leonardo Da Vinci is the Vitruvian Man |
| Leonardo's Vitruvian Man teaches us how to achieve some of Leonardo's greatest qualities. It teaches us how to balance our lives, and thereby, become more whole human beings.
Leonardo embodied the qualities of indivisible wholeness suggested by his Vitruvian Man. He was the consummate scientist |
| Author: Allen Rubin |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Real Da Vinci Code: Vitruvian Man Helps Us Experience We Are Human Angels |
| We are spiritual beings (the Da Vinci form in a circle) having a material experience (the Da Vinci form in a square). Most of our problems arise from not being loved just the way we are. Accepting our value as a "human angel" means valuing each other more, which leads to greater feelings of inner pe |
| Author: Allen Rubin |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Real Da Vinci Code: An Introduction to Leonardo's Vitruvian Man |
| Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (the Da Vinci Man with four arms and four legs in a square and circle) is the most popular secular symbol in the world. My 10 years of research suggests that the Vitruvian Man is a universal symbol for greater love, relationships, success, health and the new age 21s |
| Author: Allen Rubin |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Real Da Vinci Code: The Vitruvian Man Supports Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs |
| Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and his concept of self actualization, is a very popular model in psychology and business.
Leonardo's Vitruvian Man (in a circle, triangle and square) has many similarities, in form and function, to Abraham Maslow's Pyramid Hierarchy of Needs (consisting of a |
| Author: Allen Rubin |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Real Da Vinci Code: Leonardo's Vitruvian Man is a Code for Better Relationships |
| Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (the Da Vinci Man with four arms and four legs in a square and circle) is the most popular secular symbol in the world. My 10 years of research suggests that the Vitruvian Man is a universal symbol for greater love, relationships, success, health and the new age 21s |
| Author: Allen Rubin |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Conspiracy within Our Own Minds |
| Do you believe there was a second shooter on the grassy knoll? Do you believe an extraterrestrial craft crashed outside Roswell? Do you believe Lewis and Clark discovered Sasquatch, that Jefferson covered it up, and that the government has been covertly hunting the species into extinction ever sinc |
| Author: Eric Penz |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Real Da Vinci Code: Vitruvian Man Helps Us Experience We Are Cosmic Beings |
| The Real Da Vinci Code, Leonardo's Vitruvian Man is Cosmic Man created in the Image of God.
The Vitruvian Man in a circle is Cosmic Man at the center of the universe at the beginning of space and time. This is the experience of enlightenment shared by saints and seers throughout the ages. It is m |
| Author: Allen Rubin |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Real Da Vinci Code: Leonardo's Vitruvian Man Facilitates Indivisible Wholeness |
| The Real Da Vinci Code, Leonardo's Vitruvian Man, resolves the age-old problem of holism versus atomism.
Leonardo said it best: "The outstretched arms and legs of a man form a square and a circle: the square symbolizes the solid physical world and the circle the spiritual and eternal. Man bridges |
| Author: Allen Rubin |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Real Da Vinci Code: The Vitruvian Man Helps Us Understand Religious Symbols |
| Understanding how the Vitruvian Man (Da Vinci Man) supports religious symbols can help us experience more wholeness in our life.
Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (Da Vinci Man with four arms and four legs in a square and circle) is the most popular secular symbol in the world. My ten years of re |
| Author: Allen Rubin |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Fri, 19 May 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| What Really Makes Us Happy? |
| If you ask this question to ten people, the chances are that you'd be getting ten different answers. Which only goes to show you that there's not a single recipe for happiness.
To some individuals happiness mean winning the lottery to end all lotteries. Enabling them to live a life of luxury and |
| Author: Daegan Smith |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Fri, 19 May 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Evolution: Teaching Students Both Sides |
| Evolutionists claim that the genetic and biological similarities between species is evidence of common ancestry. However, that is only one interpretation of the evidence. Another possibility is that the comparative similarities are due to a common Designer who designed similar functions for similar |
| Author: Babu Ranganathan |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Fri, 19 May 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Intelligent Design On Another Planet? |
| Imagine finding a planet where robots are programmed so that they can make other robots just like themselves from raw materials.
Now, imagine an alien visitor coming to the planet and, after many years of studying these robots, coming to the conclusion that since science can explain how these ro |
| Author: Babu Ranganathan |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Sun, 07 May 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Deck of Cards: The Game of Life |
| In the game of life, most people have the knowledge to understand that we're all choosing what hand we play, and choosing how we interpret the hands that we receive. The general understanding and perception is that if life deals you a shitty hand than you just have to experience it, move through it |
| Author: Shane Lamotte |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Some new quotes i have done |
| Talk from your heart not a book it's easier to remember then.
The tree of life, all the arts religions sciences and maths began from a single root, that root is called Philosophy.
Basically all the religions,sciences and powers of the world boils down to a simple truth "The Best Story Teller |
| Author: Stanley Victor Paskavich |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 01:00:00 -0500) |
| How You Can Be Forgiven For All Your |
| Are you a "sinner"?
According to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia...
"Sin has been a term most usually used in a religious context, and today describes any lack of conformity to the will of God; especially, any willful disregard for the norms revealed by God is a sin."
It goes on to |
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| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:00:00 -0500) |
| The Road Less Traveled--is a Shortcut to Non-Life |
| The shortcut doesn't work for most of us. It goes against the very reason for us being here. It's not getting there-it's the trip that counts.
Physical life is an experience-it is why we are here-to experience all things physical. The shortest trip between two points is in a straight line. T |
| Author: Roy E. Klienwachter |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Formulating New Thought |
| In order to fill one's cup with fresh tea, one must be willing to empty the cup of old tea first. (This wisdom comes from a famous Buddhist story).
The principal is about as simplistic as one can imagine. It can be achieved in a heart beat if one is not burdened with a lifetime of baggage. All |
| Author: Roy E. Klienwachter |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:00:00 -0500) |
| The Great Paradox |
| One cannot be "one," with oneness while in the physical world, because to be here is to be involved in the illusion of separation.
In that respect the Christians may be correct. The only difference between them and modern New Age Philosophy is that they do not see the illusion for what it is.
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| Author: Roy E. Klienwachter |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Complicated is Born of a Simply Thought |
| (Channelled from Joseth)
Roy, this morning in "Roy Bits," you tried to write about simple and it became more difficult as you put your thoughts on paper. What you have demonstrated is the very essence of life.
A thought is simple, and it must be expressed to be actualized in physical form. |
| Author: Roy E. Klienwachter |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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| (Published: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Do We Realy Want to Be There |
| The beauty in creation is in the process, in every single step along the way.
A lot of attention is given a thing that is under construction or in the building stages. The activity around the construction of a new high-rise, an ocean liner or dam is immense. Volumes of energy and thought are conc |
| Author: Roy E. Klienwachter |
| Directory: Philosophy - Wisdom |
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