[Video] All Polarization and Binaries Have a Central Point of Origin
How do we reconcile polarities like right versus wrong and good versus bad?
With so many extreme challenges and divisive
From Attack to Empathy: Practicing Humility and Impartial Witnessing on Social Media
All social transformation starts with personal transformation.
To Understand the Concept of ‘Good,’ We Must Accept the Mutually Arising Polarity of ‘Bad’.
Conscientious humane action requires that we navigate the space in-between what is ‘good and bad’ to minimize harm caused to others by remaining too long at unnatural extremes.
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
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
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.
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
Radical Humility: An Antidote to Arrogance and Self-Importance
Lessons from the Tao Te Ching about the harmful arrogance rooted in egocentricity.
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
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