Posts Tagged ‘ Philosophy ’

Know Thyself

Knowing others, one is learned; Knowing thyself, one is enlightened. Conquering others requires force; Conquering oneself requires strength. Knowing contentment, one is rich; Having perseverance, one is firm; Abiding in the center, one endures; Even in dying, one enjoys eternal life. -Lao Tzu (As seen on People for Others)[ READ MORE ]

Frederick Buechner

I happened randomly on this author today through a Jesuit blog. I saw a quote of his on the sidebar and had to investigate. I read through more of his quotes and I quite like them. I love it when someone sees the personal significance behind what we claim to believe, and when someone finds [ READ MORE ]

Process

Life is a process, You have to go through it. You can avoid it as long as you can, But it will simmer under the surface Until it gains enough strength To tear your world apart. Don’t avoid it. Go through it. Be brave, Have trust. One moment Will not dominate your life Unless you [ READ MORE ]

Repetition of Concepts

It’s very easy to hear something and immediately dismiss it as something already known. If you’ve heard it before, what’s the value in listening again. I find that sentiment springing up in me now and again when I read books about spirituality and psychology. It is times like these that I need to step back [ READ MORE ]

Listening

“To communicate with one another, even if we know each other very well, is extremely difficult. I may use words that may have to you a significance different from mine. Understanding comes as we, you and I, meet on the same level at the same time. That happens only when there is real affection between [ READ MORE ]

Kierkegaard on the Couch (by Gordon Marino)

(this article was originally published in New York Times on Oct 28, 2009) All progress paves over some bit of knowledge or washes away some valuable practice. Within a few years, e-mail and Twitter moved the art of letter writing to the trash bin. And in an age when all psychic life is being understood [ READ MORE ]

Letting Everything In

There is a certain comfort in letting certain things in and excluding others from our view.  The same goes with people.  There’s people who have God, and people who don’t.  People who know what’s up, and people who are idiots.  People who pay attention when they drive, and people who should never be let out [ READ MORE ]

Free Will

I kind of made this up as I went. ***** How I’ve come to view free will (keep in mind the specifics are still developing in my head): To me, free will has nothing to do with what choice you eventually make. Determinism doesn’t harm the dignity of a person. You are ultimately going to [ READ MORE ]

Seeds of Truth

In my experience, people hold to their opinions because on a very deep level, they sense truth in them.  It’s an intuitive truth that they feel regardless of logical implications.  And this is why so often logic is not enough to sway a person, because what they have latched onto is not logical, it’s intuitive. [ READ MORE ]

The Multifaceted Issue of Abortion

In my opinion, the problem of abortion is a multifaceted issue.  And, it is more of a symptom than a problem in itself. A symptom of what?  Fear.  Taking yourself out of your normal perspective, can you imagine how scary it would be to find out you are pregnant and do not have the means [ READ MORE ]

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