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Reconnecting people with nature through writing and spirituality

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39. The knowing inside

April 14, 2023 7 Comments

Transcript There’s a story told by Abraham Maslow, the psychologist. Back in the 1930s, at the very start of his career, he did fieldwork among the Blackfoot people of southern Alberta. He wanted to test the idea of emotional security or insecurity across cultures. So he camped out for a summer on Blackfoot land and…  Read More…

Tagged With: Abraham Maslow, authoritarianism, authority, autonomy of heart, discernment, emotional security, epistemology, fascism, following the heart, good mind, Indigenous epistemology, inner knowing, knowing, knowledge, listening to nature, living from the heart, obedience, original sin, personal responsibility, self-confidence, self-reliance, sovereignty of mind, way of the heart

 

37. The logic of sameness

February 17, 2023

Transcript There’s a poison seeping through America’s veins. It’s a poison that Germany knew in the 1930s and that other countries are struggling with now as well. It’s the poison of authoritarianism. Florida has passed laws to limit teaching about certain topics in schools—racism, African American history, gender identity, sexual orientation. The laws are worded…  Read More…

Tagged With: authoritarianism, authority, conformity, democracy, diversity, education, evolution, free speech, hierarchy, intolerance, logic of authoritarianism, multiculturalism, obedience, persecution, Roman Empire, Roman piety

 

25. Why doesn’t everyone love diversity?

June 26, 2021

Transcript We step down the slope of wet sand. Today the waves are small, breaking in soft foam around our ankles. We wade in deeper, settle our snorkel masks on our faces, and lift our feet from the sand, floating toward our local reef. My eyes roam over the rolling stretches of coral below us….  Read More…

Tagged With: Anabaptists, Augustine, authoritarianism, Calvinism, church discipline, control, coral reef, Crusades, democracy, diversity, feudalism, forest bathing, Inquisitions, intolerance, Karen Stenner, logic of authoritarianism, Mennonites, monoculture, original sin, persecution, pluralism, Roman Empire, social discipline, tolerance, tropical reef, Vine Deloria Jr.

 

15. Reimagining community

October 2, 2020

Transcript So this coronavirus is a great demystifier. It’s pulling aside the curtain on fractures in our society, the weak places that keep us from pulling together as a community during a pandemic. Fractures like racism and inequality. And today I’d like to talk about something that underlies all the weak points, and that is…  Read More…

Tagged With: authoritarianism, building community, climate change, climate crisis, community, conformity, hierarchy, Indigenous concepts of community, individual, individual vs. community, individualism, individuality, masks, mass marketing, pandemic, refusing to wear masks

 

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