Philip Soriano
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Philip Soriano
Dad deprivation is the main hole in the heart common to boys vulnerable to gangs12 and to boys targeted by sexual predators.
John Gray PhD • The Boy Crisis
can human beings come to understand their own well-being as linked to that of others, in wider and wider circles, beyond family and tribe?
Krista Tippett • Becoming Wise
Mentorship and Community
While you may or may not have sensed the specific energy centers that I have just described, you’re probably familiar with most of the issues that they govern. For example, you may have experienced terror at some point in your life and felt a sense of shakiness in your legs and a lack of groundedness. Conversely, you may have at one time felt a
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We’re here to grow and we’re here to serve. We’re in this crisis of happiness, purpose, and meaning. The easiest way out of that is to give of yourself to others. We tend to overcomplicate these things, but that’s the easiest shortcut to experiencing what we all want most and seem to lack the most now. We conflate the word service with philanthropy... See more
AI is a grand mirror reflecting our collective psyche. If we remain unconscious, it will magnify our biases, inflame divisions, and accelerate destructive tendencies. But if we rise to this moment—if we cultivate deeper empathy, curiosity, and responsibility—AI can become an unparalleled ally in confronting humanity's most urgent crises.
The best gift we can give a boy, to help him become self-actualized enough to feel free to choose to be either traditional or nontraditional, is a mom and dad devoted to the art and discipline of raising children together, even if that means living in separate, but nearby, homes. Once a family of four hits an income threshold where they can afford
... See moreJohn Gray PhD • The Boy Crisis
Love-making is an internal exercise which helps restore imbalances in bodily chemistry. A moderate amount of sex tends to repair hormonal disturbances, to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure levels. Sexual activity alters the body chemically. The reason this happens is because each gland in the body affects all the others. Thus when sex hormones
... See moreMantak Chia, Michael Winn • Taoist Secrets of Love
I recognize the irony here of describing understanding through words, and you being the person that’s internalizing it as knowledge. But with that said, therein lies the value of writing. Writing is an attempt to share your lived experience with others, which makes you face the blind spots in your own thinking in real-time. When you write, it... See more
moretothat.com • Knowledge Is Not Understanding - More to That
Technology magnifies the consciousness of its creators; AI especially mirrors our collective intentions, fears, biases, and aspirations. If our motivations are primarily extraction and control, we will see a rapid and breathtaking amplification of those shadows.