By Stuart James Whitley | Bio
Continuing on from yesterday's post....
2. Be patient
As the Biblical injunction provides, all things good come to those who
wait. This precondition for good temperament has two elements to it:
time and wisdom. Part of wisdom is the understanding that
active listening is a form of generosity, a key element in a mature
temperament. Waiting for the other point of view, the various possible
perspectives, or even the depletion of emotion, takes discipline.[ Read More]
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By Stuart J. Whitley | Bio
I read somewhere that good
decision-making—indeed, good relations—depends upon a virtuous cycle of
respect, trust and candour (which takes some time to establish, but
which can easily be interrupted). Attitude, after all, is everything.
Perhaps that last statement needs a bit of refinement: the ethical attitude is everything. By that I mean the determination of the answer to the age-old question: who is right? Was Harold right to[ Read More]
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 By Jim Selman | Bio
One of the things I appreciate most about the Internet is
being ‘surprised’ when I stumble onto something or someone that I didn’t know
existed. This weekend a friend mentioned a new PBS series called “Justice”
presented by a Harvard professor Michael J Sandel.
A few minutes on Google and I was drawn into a number of online lectures with
students and other audiences on the topic of ‘what is right’ and the importance
of critical thinking in a civilized and democratic society. One blog concluded
that, while his topic is justice, the real point to his teaching is
‘citizenship’. [ Read More]
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On this day of remembrance, we pay tribute to those who have gone before and those of us today who dedicate their lives to peace, human rights and justice. And, in the words of Victor Frankl, let us remember that life will continue to call us to achieve more in these domains.
"Life never ceases to put new questions to us, never
permits us to come to rest.... The man who stands still is passed by;
the man who is smugly contented loses himself. Neither in creating or
experiencing may we rest content with achievement; every day, every
hour makes new deeds necessary and new experiences possible."
—Victor Frankl [ Read More]
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By David Korten | Website
Read the first part of this article here.
Wired to Connect
Scientists
who use advanced imaging technology to study brain function report that
the human brain is wired to reward caring, cooperation, and service.
According to this research, merely thinking about another person
experiencing harm triggers the same reaction in our brain as when a
mother sees distress in her baby’s face. Conversely, the act of helping
another triggers the brain’s pleasure center and benefits our health by
boosting our immune system, reducing our heart rate, and preparing us
to approach and soothe. Positive emotions like compassion produce
similar benefits. By contrast, negative emotions suppress our immune
system, increase heart rate, and prepare us to fight or flee. [ Read More]
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By David Korten | Website
The story of purple America is part of a
yet larger human story. For all the cultural differences reflected in
our richly varied customs, languages, religions, and political
ideologies, psychologically healthy humans share a number of core
values and aspirations. Although we may differ in our idea of the
“how,” we want healthy, happy children, loving families, and a caring
community with a beautiful, healthy natural environment. We want a
world of cooperation, justice, and peace, and a say in the decisions
that affect our lives. The shared values of purple America manifest
this shared human dream. It is the true American dream undistorted by
corporate media, advertisers, and political demagogues—the dream we
must now actualize if there is to be a human future. [ Read More]
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By David Korten | Great Turning website
Read more posts in The World We Want series.
This brings us to the third element of the
big picture of the human confrontation with the limits of our Mother
Earth: the governing institutions to which we give the power to set our
priorities and our collective course. We might wonder how such
injustice could happen in a world governed by democratically elected
governments. The answer is simple and alarming.[ Read More]
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 By Stuart J. Whitley | Bio
About three years ago, I assisted an aboriginal woman elder with a
presentation she was doing for the media. She was trying to explain the
role of justice as conceived by the first peoples of this continent.
Paraphrasing her: first, she said, there is the sky over all of us,
then there is the water below. What takes our breath away when we look
to the rivers and the forests is the same thing that possesses us when
we think about the wonder inside our own bodies. As the moon compels
the oceans with forces we can feel (if not fully understand), so is
every atom of water linked one to the other in performing the essential
tasks that the living earth needs. A rainstorm in the mountains stirs
our blood. What we do to the pond in the slough where the horses graze,
we do to the world. As goes the fate of the smallest creek, goes the
fate of us all. All things are connected. [ Read More]
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 By Stu Whitley | Bio
This is the second post in a series. Read the first post.
I
had my own struggle with depression, brought about by a confluence of
events that seemed overwhelming. In spite of my rational training and
experience as a lawyer, I was completely disabled by my loss of
perspective. I could not see beyond the shadows of perceived (and real)
threats. A feeling of being trapped is the best way to describe the
sense of hopelessness and abandonment I was experiencing. [ Read More]
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