Category Archives: tools for living

Save the Planet

It doesn’t need saving. Earth will be here long after Homo Sapiens Sapiens has departed. Most likely it will teem with life for sometime–as in billions of years–after it no longer teems with us. This will be the case not … Continue reading

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Diigo
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Posted in critical thinking, sustainability, tools for living | 1 Comment

WORTH ASKING

Heather Mundell writes a blog on career development. Via her life@work I came upon a new blog by veteran bizblogger Curt Rosengren, M.A.P. Creating Meaning, Abundance, and Passion, and read: A no-brainer part of any system designed to help you … Continue reading

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Diigo
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Posted in management, new blogs, tools for living | Leave a comment

DHIKR

Shaikh Abul Janaab Najmuddin al-Kubra (may Allah favor him,) in his book Fawatih ul-Jamaal, wrote “Dhikr is flowing in the body of creatures by the necessity of their breath, because through their breathing, the letter ‘Ha’ of the Divine Name … Continue reading

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Diigo
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Posted in sufism, tools for living | Leave a comment

MAKE THYSELF A SPY FOR THE SERVICE OF OTHERS

The Mahayana Ideal By constant use the idea of an “I” attaches itself to foreign drops of seed and blood, although the thing exists not. then why should I not conceive my fellow’s body as my own self? That my … Continue reading

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Diigo
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Posted in buddhism, tools for living | Leave a comment

A LIFE’S MONK

A friend of mine recently afforded me the opportunity to do a project. He loaned me the compact disc set of Thelonious Monk’s London Sessions, (that I’ve long owned on LP,) and I compiled two CDs from the three discs. … Continue reading

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Diigo
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Posted in Thelonious Monk, creativity, music, tools for living | Leave a comment

VOLUME CONTROL

Curt Rosengren over at The Occupational Adventure has clipped part of an article (original) and the tag he provides reminds me of a basic tool I’ve been researching with my colleague Linda over the past few years. The tool, called … Continue reading

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Diigo
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Posted in Albert Ellis, adult learning, tools for living | Leave a comment

WE DON’T SEE THE SAME SEEING

Jon Strand writes:At nearly 40 years of age I have a couple of basic understandings of life. Pretty simple stuff really. They are as follows: Perception is reality, and people don’t always share the same perception Each of us has … Continue reading

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Diigo
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Posted in self-reported values, tools for living | Leave a comment

UNUM-MULTUM PROBLEM, KAIROTICITY, THEEWE

Carl Rogers is well served by his acolyte Peter Schmid at The Person-Centered Web Site. Still, the best introductory material is Jerold Bozarth’s collection @personcentered.com. Here’s a prime downloadable piece by Schmid. “In the beginning there is community” Implications and … Continue reading

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Diigo
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Posted in Carl Rogers, consciousness, experiential learning, positive psychology, psychology, tools for living | 2 Comments

TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING IN THE LIBRARY

I’m presenting an ambitious series at The Lakewood Public Library, EXPERIENCE & THE LIBRARY Personal Development & Transformative Learning in the Library Part 1 Sat 3/4@3pm TRANSFORMATIONAL BEING AND EXPERIENCE Part 2 Sat 3/25@3pm DYNAMIC PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Part 3 Sat … Continue reading

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Diigo
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Posted in experiential learning, new paradigms, self-education, tools for living, transformative learning | 1 Comment

HAVE YOU BEEN SHOULDING ON YOURSELF TODAY?

Albert Ellis figures prominently in my own take. It always is interesting to learn people haven’t thought about the difference between experiencing the objective problem and experiencing the rationales and interpretations and emotions that comprise the subjective problem. Albert Ellis. … Continue reading

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Diigo
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Posted in cognitive psychology, psychology, tools for living | Leave a comment