human-heartedness

27
Feb
What Does It Mean to Be a Virtuous Person and How Is that Different From a Person of Good Character?

What Does It Mean to Be a Virtuous Person and How Is that Different From a Person of Good Character?

We live in a social media age where morality and ethics are demonstrated as virtue-signalling memes or thumbs-up emoticons — often
2 min read
24
Feb
What Is the Distinction Between Values and Virtues? One Leads to Deliberate and Thoughtful Action

What Is the Distinction Between Values and Virtues? One Leads to Deliberate and Thoughtful Action

Practicing the virtues expressed in the Tao Te Ching is not for appearances, recognition, or validation. These are actions that
2 min read
07
Feb
Is the Tao Te Ching Still Relevant Today, and Why Would You Care to Read it?

Is the Tao Te Ching Still Relevant Today, and Why Would You Care to Read it?

The Tao Te Ching is implicitly a queer text, one that has been an ethics of the marginalized and the oppressed. Through simple metaphors and observations of nature, the Tao Te Ching offers a powerful virtue ethics philosophy for our common humanity, one that challenges the status quo.
3 min read
15
Sep
Contemplative Reflections on Connection, Sex, and Liberation

Contemplative Reflections on Connection, Sex, and Liberation

Part 2: The celebration of diversity to cultivate human connection and understanding. Following my first post in this series, Acceptance
1 min read
18
Apr
Radical Humility: An Antidote to Arrogance and Self-Importance

Radical Humility: An Antidote to Arrogance and Self-Importance

Lessons from the Tao Te Ching about the harmful arrogance rooted in egocentricity.
5 min read
07
Nov
The Necessity of Appealing to Innate Human Dignity Instead of Furthering Argument and Division

The Necessity of Appealing to Innate Human Dignity Instead of Furthering Argument and Division

Self-mastery is not about agreeing with other people’s opinions or keeping silent — it demonstrates your humility and respect for
9 min read
06
Dec
Human(e) Thought Leadership: How to Be the Change for the Common Good Through Self-Mastery

Human(e) Thought Leadership: How to Be the Change for the Common Good Through Self-Mastery

A single person can make a difference in the world, but they can't do it alone without a
5 min read
27
Nov
David Suzuki’s ‘Blown Up’ Pipelines Comment is Not an Act of Eco-Terrorism

David Suzuki’s ‘Blown Up’ Pipelines Comment is Not an Act of Eco-Terrorism

If you want to be happy, don’t read the news. Obviously, it depends on the news you are consuming.
3 min read
22
Oct
We Don’t Need to Blindly Follow a Guru, Religion, or an Ideology To Be Moral

We Don’t Need to Blindly Follow a Guru, Religion, or an Ideology To Be Moral

We need a practice of human heartedness that starts with human(e) thought leadership for the common good —TQ203 This
2 min read
23
Oct
Risk Being Who You Already Are

Risk Being Who You Already Are

Stop interfering with your unique, natural state of being. If you want to liberate and experience your most authentic self,
1 min read