Book Review - Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself By Alan Alda (Popularity:  )
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself is a philosophy book. Yes, really. It is about meanings and values and thinking and learning from experience. True "meaning of life" stuff. Literally. But, be undaunted -- it is done with fun, humor, warmth and sensitivity. In plain English. It's full of fascinating stories drawn from the author's own life; a richly interesting life.
Alan Alda looks at his own writings from the ...
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First Class Ticket by Ann Marie Zakos - Book Review (Popularity: )
There are no coincidences. We come face to face with life lessons every day and can grow from them if only we choose to. Ann Marie Zakos reminds us of this in her fantastic work of fiction, “First Class Ticket.” Philosophy should be this fun and enlightening for all of us!
Madison is upset when she learns that she has to squeeze a philosophy class into her busy college schedule. What’s ...
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Autumn Corridors (Popularity: )
Title: Autumn Corridors
Interesting read … Recommended … 4 stars
The Review
The author sets the scene by telling readers ‘this is not a story about death, it is a story about the ultimate answers concerning life and its relation to death. These answers came to me by way of these two unrelated but remarkable events. Part one: Spring Corridors – Life as It Was sets the work in motion. Chapter 1 The ...
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Interview with Iris Bell, Author of "Chew on Things" (Popularity: )
Dr. Iris Bell is a psychiatrist, university professor, and has been a researcher in areas related to complementary and alternative medicine for 30 years. She was chosen as one of the Best Doctors in the Pacific region of the US in 1996 and in the entire US in 1998. Her passion is to teach people who find themselves with a chronic illness and at the start of their own difficult ...
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How To Study And Research Philosophy (Popularity: )
Almost anyone can philosophize with no formal training or experience. It simply consists of questioning and wondering about the foundational aspects of the universe and ourselves, including metaphysics, knowledge, morality, and religion. Nonetheless, if philosophy interests you, you may want to study it and learn more about it, which in turn will improve your philosophical abilities. Let me suggest some ways to study philosophy.
School - You can go to school ...
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Does the Rain of Benevolence Shower on One and All Alike? (Popularity: )
Knowing can be of two types. There is one kind of knowledge that is rote, memorized; the other is a live-knowing, known from your lived experiences. No memory is required here. Then what you know is true, authentic knowledge. In the former kind, knowledge is a burden, in which there is every possibility that one can drown; it can never make one weightless. Knowing can be a living experience too, ...
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Seasoned Learner Institute - A Concept Paper (Popularity: )
Currently many institutions and programs are asking, "How can we offer meaningful lifelong learning opportunities for the wave of retirees (AKA baby boomers) crashing upon our shoreline?" Colleges are in the process of creating or expanding their offering for lifelong learning (typically including "extended education" and "distance learning). Community based organizations (YM/WCA, RSVP, Senior Centers) are also trying to determine how this new wave of retirees will differ from their ...
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The Meaning of Life - What the Earliest Ancient Greek Philosophers Knew (Popularity: )
Over two and a half thousand years ago, at a time when human beings were just beginning to think about the world they lived in, an extraordinary concept was being articulated by the very earliest philosophers of Ancient Greece. Ever since that time this idea has been emphasised by many great philosophers including Socrates, the Buddha, Jesus and Gandhi. Yet we still haven't understood the secret that has the power ...
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Trust (Popularity: )
Learning to trust continues to be one of the most challenging spiritual practices of my life. A long time ago, when I was a boy, I clearly remember making the choice to trust people I met. When I was young, friends seemed rare and precious. I felt fortunate to be able to call even one person a true friend. Today, I am blessed with many friends, and they are deeply ...
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The Evolution of Consciousness (Popularity: )
The future of Earth that is not in question; it's the future of the human race. If we continue to disrupt the ecosystem, Earth will become increasingly hostile to humans. It may seem obvious, but I think it's worth pointing out that any meaningful discussion of Earth's future must be in the context of the human race's place on it. There will unquestionably be many more extinctions, quite possibly leading ...
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