'Spirituality' and Queer Folk
It seems that for queer folk (I’m bi) there almost always is some adverse reaction to our societal situation. For some, it’s drug addiction. For […]
We need more than empathy
Empathy seems to connote interpersonal relationships. What’s needed is something more : a totalizing sense of purpose with which we redefine our collective meaning for […]
Water conservation
This initial post is intended to pertain to water conservation, but political questions are likely unavoidable if we are to use this thread for on-going […]
Notes on an eco-spiritual, non-theological understanding of carnal lust.
3-5-2015 I can relate to the idea (if not to the idea if it were presented in political discourse) that sexuality is at its best […]
Talk about love ?
To what extent do you yourself feel inclined toward talking with people about love, or as Christians call it, ‘agape’, front and center ? From […]
The Religious Benefits of Secularism
I think Sam Harris argues in The End of Faith that people who are religious should be in favor of a secular civil society, because […]
Rough sketches regarding activism
Alex Jones ‘reported’ on the encroaching police state several years ago (Prison Planet) How about now ? Are folk on the left similarly inconsistent? Ineffectual […]
Media and community organizing p 19
To what extent is OrganizeKindness.com and maximizelovingkindness.org reactionary and ‘parentalistic’? Reactionary in that I’ve been trying to take a stand that contrasts the divisiveness of […]
How to recycle or repurpose bike panniers, backpacks, and so on
Clothing and accessories that contain polyurethane are not ‘vegan’ given that material’s effects on marine life as it decomposes. Hemp may be the maximally ‘vegan’ […]
'Kindness' as a term-of-choice instead of 'love'
We can study thru out the animal kingdom empathic and altruistic behavior, but it might be a bit of a stretch to say we can […]