If you expect the impossible, here is your lucky charm.
Wisdom From the Ex-Monk on My Bunk
An ex-monk taught me a meaningful variation of the Golden Rule: Create the joy in others that you wish they would help you feel.
An ex-monk taught me a meaningful variation of the Golden Rule: Create the joy in others that you wish they would help you feel.
Why Are You Still Drinking Water From Plastic Bottles?
The water we drink from plastic bottles may be causing us significant harm, and there are alternatives.
The water we drink from plastic bottles may be causing us significant harm, and there are alternatives.
If You Can Handle Frustration (And the Other Triggers of Anger), the World Is Your Oyster
Controlling anger involves recognizing that it is a secondary emotion usually triggered by frustration, physical pain, a threat, insult, injustice or stress.
Controlling anger involves recognizing that it is a secondary emotion usually triggered by frustration, physical pain, a threat, insult, injustice or stress.
Revisiting Charlton Heston and His Three Liberal, Progressive Sci-Fi Flicks
The actor who was vilified for his stance on the 2nd Amendment made three of the most liberal and thoughtful sci-fi films of the 1960s and 70s.
The actor who was vilified for his stance on the 2nd Amendment made three of the most liberal and thoughtful sci-fi films of the 1960s and 70s.
Was Jesus Portrayed as an Imperfect Teacher of Moral Growth in the Gospels?
A good teacher of humane self-development should move away from “ought” and focus more on “how to”.
A good teacher of humane self-development should move away from “ought” and focus more on “how to”.
Revisiting ‘Town Without Pity’ as a Moral Yardstick
It is a moral period piece that shows us just how bad things used to be not that long ago, while challenging us to be aware of what might still need to be changed.
It is a moral period piece that shows us just how bad things used to be not that long ago, while challenging us to be aware of what might still need to be changed.
Do We ‘Need’ Sex?
Total celibacy might be an unrealistic goal, but mitigated celibacy seems a justified response to our rape culture.
Total celibacy might be an unrealistic goal, but mitigated celibacy seems a justified response to our rape culture.
The Tragedy of Sacred Asian Art
Decades of looting for sales to wealthy collectors have left much sacred art damaged or lost.
Decades of looting for sales to wealthy collectors have left much sacred art damaged or lost.
The End by Xiang Jing: An Iconic Image of Female Suffering
It calls on men to realize that equality is not just about money and power, there remains a deeper goal.
It calls on men to realize that equality is not just about money and power, there remains a deeper goal.
The Demonization of Environmental Activists Through the ‘Dark Triad’ Myth
Are we beginning to see a traditional misuse of the field of psychology to question the motives of environmental activists?
Are we beginning to see a traditional misuse of the field of psychology to question the motives of environmental activists?
Opera Can Help You to Become a Better Person
Here are 11 classic operas, to increase your empathy bandwidth.
Here are 11 classic operas, to increase your empathy bandwidth.
Yang Mao-Lin’s Journey of the Hero Within
We have gods and devas and buddhas but we do not use them as standards by which to push each other continuously toward goodness and peacefulness.
We have gods and devas and buddhas but we do not use them as standards by which to push each other continuously toward goodness and peacefulness.
How Far Would You Go to Avoid Certain Torture and Execution?
During the White Terror in Taiwan, Shih Ju-chen hid for 18 years behind a fake wall, in a space less than a meter wide.
During the White Terror in Taiwan, Shih Ju-chen hid for 18 years behind a fake wall, in a space less than a meter wide.
El Greco Sold Us a Stairway to Heaven
Can we benefit from an artist who does not embrace self-examination and change but who knows how to paint it?
Can we benefit from an artist who does not embrace self-examination and change but who knows how to paint it?
Gauguin: Faust, Fraud or Both?
Was Gauguin’s Tahitian venture a Faust-like journey, an art scam or both?
Was Gauguin’s Tahitian venture a Faust-like journey, an art scam or both?