Mary Poppins as the Bodhisattva Ideal
P.L. Travers, who hung out with British mystics and studied alongside a Zen Buddhist master, would have approved of the Mary Poppins sequel.
Read MoreP.L. Travers, who hung out with British mystics and studied alongside a Zen Buddhist master, would have approved of the Mary Poppins sequel.
Read MoreHere are five recent research findings worth considering when weighing the wisdom of “follow your passion” or pursuing a calling in life.
Read MoreTo better understand how anxiety works in us, we have to see fear in the context where it evolved—with hunter-gatherers thousands of years ago.
Read MorePhilosophers are exemplars in disagreeing vehemently but civilly with others. Like them, using these 4 principles can help us have arguments that are effective against extremism.
Read MoreThe Christmas Truce of 1914 was the final happy memory some soldiers would have. Today, in our polarized culture, ‘Joyeux Noël’ reminds us to soften our social and political barriers.
Read MoreIt’s said that our actions are based on immediate intuitions, informed by accumulated stereotypes. Are we merely puppets of inherited ideologies?
Read MoreIshiguro has been praised for his unapologetic investigation of loss and hope, and the “inevitable sadness” inherent in his novels.
Read MoreKarl Ove Knausgaard often uses religious language in his fiction—but as religion recedes, does he think literature can create ecstatic experience?
Read MoreFor Kant and Schopenhauer, scientific understanding deepens our experience with the Sublime, elevating our spiritual strength.
Read MoreOnce resembling the relationship between a devoted father and an admiring son, Freud and Jung split over the question of culture’s origins.
Read MoreWe can’t make claims about human nature when studies only represent a narrow slice of humanity: mostly college students, middle-class respondents living near universities, and highly educated residents of wealthy, industrialized and democratic nations.
Read MoreIf you succeed in shifting your goals internally, you’ll be happier, because what other people do is largely beyond your control.
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