Benji

The late British Zen master Hōun Jiyu-Kennett, born Peggy Kennett, had a vivid way of capturing the sense of inner release that can come from grasping just how intractable our human limitations really are. Her teaching style, she liked to say, was not to lighten the burden of the student but to make it so heavy that he or she would put it down.... See more

I think what it means to be a member of a community is to accept responsibility for what the community does, or to understand that you need to play an active role in shaping the kind of community you want. Passivity, in other words, is the enemy of community. That’s the idea that I’m pursuing in this book, that there’s too much passivity. The... See more

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Philosophize This! - Episode #089 ... Simone De Beauvoir - The Second Sex

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This is what is called objectifying a person. Simone de Beauvoir would say that when you look at the history of the world, anytime, whether it was a ruthless dictator, an imperialistic regime, anytime people have been enslaved, the party responsible for... See more

The image that stayed with me from Welwood’s work is being a big tent at a festival. The life inside it is the life inside us always at play, but we’re also the container that protects that life from the elements with wide open sides that enable an ongoing interplay with the world. We’re tied to the earth, but constantly expanding in all... See more