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basic understanding
This year, I became frustrated with media narratives… …and wondered how I could better understand our news. Don’t get me wrong: I don’t reject media narratives. I don’t reject those one-line, two-line explanations of complex situations, presented by our major … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, new age, spirituality, psychology, peace, new mythology
Tagged anger, election, fear, media narrative, Trump, truth, understanding
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positive protest
I have a plan…a protest plan… …a way to combat the negative actions of our president-elect: When he does something to abuse the planet, I will do something to heal the planet. When he insults another, I will praise another. … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, conflict, environment, grief, growth, healing, love, negative, positive, President, protest, strength
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listening to the pig
“I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get muddy, and besides, the pig likes it.” — George Bernard Shaw Ever so often, I remind myself of Shaw’s advice. Unfortunately, more often, I forget it. I engage … Continue reading
Posted in cartoon, new age, new mythology, peace, psychology, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged anger, conflict, ego, fear, George Bernard Shaw, growth, healing, pig, wound
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what the wise man told me
When I was an angry young man, an older, wiser man told me: “No one can make you angry…no one can make you feel one emotion or another. “Those are your emotions. You control them.” His words have served me … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, bomb, conflict, emotion, feeling, growth, terrorism, war
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Peaceful Raging
I’ve tried to see everything as being a part of god—everything, including myself. Yet, like Prometheus, I sometimes rage at god—at this life. I feel bound to rock. I rage at the things of this life, at the very … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, Eastern philosophy, growth, injustice, michael r. patton, perspective, poetry, Prometheus, transformation
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Mirror Mirror
I was stunned… …when political satirist Bill Maher, shortly after the 9/11 attacks, asked if the terrorists might be considered heroes. However, trying to keep an open mind, I questioned my resistance to that idea. Could those men possibly fit … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, Bill Maher, fear, hero, heroine, heroism, mirror, shadow, terrorism
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