Our culture does a good job of ignoring the uniqueness and depth of each person. Pollsters see demographic groups, data counts people as if they are apples, capitalism reduces people to economic self-interest and consumerism treats people concerned merely with pleasure. PERSONALISM is a philosophy built on the uniqueness and […]
It is DIFFICULT being thought to be DIFFERENT or to be seen as DIFFERENT. You may pay a price for BEING DIFFERENT, but it is important to not fear to be DIFFERENT. At home, school and at work most people may give you a wide circle. It is not that […]
We all pay a heavy price of distress by getting caught in an endless cycle of desire and attachment, which leads to constant EXPECTATIONS. EXPECTATIONS cause one to be irritable, disappointed, tense and disillusioned. There is a better way to approach the future. EXPECTATIONS creates a false illusion that life […]
Pythagoras coined the word PHILOSOPHER to describe himself as a “LOVER OF WISDOM.” It is as in life, some are influenced by the love of wealth while others are blindly led on by the mad fever for power and domination, but the finest type of person, the PHILOSOPHER, gives themselves […]
This is a VIEW from Lao Tzu’s TAO on learning. When one is learning the HIGH STANDARDS OF THE BASICS OF A SKILL, we should control the amount of INPUT TO THE SENSES in order to refine our insights and maintain an accurate perspective on those BASIC SKILLS. Accelerating too […]
REALITY IS CREATED RATHER THAN OBSERVED. Everybody has a different view on REALITY, because everyone’s emotions are affected differently. Everyone’s understanding of REALITY is based on their own experience which is felt through one’s emotions. Through EMPATHY, LISTENING TO ANOTHER WITH BOTH EARS, WITH BOTH EYES, WITH YOUR HEART, AND […]
Maya Angelou said; “THERE IS NOTHING SO TRAGIC AS A PESSIMIST, BECAUSE IT MEANS THE PERSON HAS GONE FROM KNOWING NOTHING TO BELIEVING NOTHING.” Negativity poisons the heart. When one is CYNICAL of another person’s work, that contempt for the achievement of others is actually to hide from others and […]
EGOCENTRIC BIAS is deeply ingrained within most of us and is a foundation for “IMPRESSIONABLE ILLUSION.” It causes us to misread others; it undermines empathy and tolerance. To put our ego in its place we have to recognize that our own point of view is not the only one. We […]
I’m going to rephrase an article written by Miles Hoffman titled DON’T FEAR CLASSICAL MUSIC. The rewording was to have this post relate to fragrance. Music and fragrance, as you all know by now, reside in the same place in the brain. Hoffman’s article is so well written, I had […]
Every great work of art starts with imagination. Cezanne changed the definition of reality, he was able to realize that our impressions require interpretation; to look is to create what you see. Reality is not there to be seen; reality is made by the mind. This was Cezanne’s genius. NOW […]
