Eclipsing ideology: Exploring the Impermanence of Fixed Beliefs and the Nature of Human Expression
Considering the fluidity of gender identity on the path of recognition and understanding.
The Journey of 1,000 Miles Starts with Where You Are Standing
How “Queering The Way” came to be the path I was already on.
Flexibility and Yielding Are Essential Aspects of Life — Stiffness and Resistance Lead to Decay and Death
When we yield to what appears to be blocking our way, we will find a way through.
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
There Is a Space Between the Binary Labels of Male and Female that Connects Us All as Human Beings
We are all worthy of dignity and freedom of self-expression.
In 2005, I bought my first translation of the Tao
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.
Labels Used to Describe Identities - Like Gay, Straight, Trans, Male, Female — Are Not Fixed in Meaning
Human experience is not a constant — it is not fixed or static.
When we experience new things — historically as civilizations
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
