Camp Anytown Las Vegas https://campanytownlasvegas.org/ Much of this blogpost is quoted from the website and its links; but my comments promoting another layer of quality thinking are found only here. First, some historical background. Founded in 1928, The National Conference …
Two kinds of anxiety, two cures
It is amazing what tiny events can trigger anxiety. Even a slight physical discomfort can do it. We (some of us, sometimes) go to the doctor, here comes the needle, and we instinctively recoil, just like an amoeba who has been gently poked. What Rx would you prescribe? (I’m not going to try to …
Love and commandment
Why did Jesus teach love as a commandment? Because to focus just on loving God and the neighbor was so liberating for the Jews who at that time were up to their necks in commandments. Secondly, Jesus was not an autobiographical preacher. You have to read between the lines for clues to his …
Doctors’ orders and spiritual liberation
Is life overly medicalized today? Your life in particular? Last night's news reported a spike in the number of drivers going over a hundred miles an hour on highways that are now less populated with cars. I think it's the pressure in immature minds. Although I offer no counsel about how much medical …
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How is loving the neighbor like loving God?
No discourse today. It's the 9:19 video / podcast episode. An amoeba envelops a particle of food, Lee Glickstein's method that awakens love in listeners (see his book, Be Heard Now!) And a question that has been waiting for your answers. …
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Thank you, Chinese people
When I heard that China had sent six hundred ventilators to New York, I wanted to say thank you . . . by sharing some words of wisdom from Chinese philosophy . . . plus a chapter on the golden rule in Confucianism. Watch the 9:50 video or listen to the audio file, which show how it's possible …