A Symbol of Religious Co-Existence

While religious intolerance is flaring up in much of the word there is a community in India where Muslims, Hindus, Christians, and Jews live with a far greater degree of harmony and gender equality.  How does Kerala do it?  It begins with an understanding that "When the basic needs of life - food, water, sanitation, housing, education, healthcare - are denied, resentment against the 'other' can fester."

To read more click:  God's Own Country

The Wisdom of Insecurity

Alan Watts is as timely as ever.  A good quick read.

To read more click:  Crying for the moon

Global Compassion

It's a lot easier to have compassion for people who are like us.  The greater challenge is to have compassion for those who do not share our ethnicity, language, or culture.  But it's going to be a required course for us if we are going to make it through these next decades.  Paul Ekman has ideas about how it might be taught.

To read more click:  Stranger compassion

What's Patience Good For?

We've been told since we were kids that patience is good for us.  If we are need of some scientific proof here it is.






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Why Does Happiness Inequality Matter?

Why Does Happiness Inequality Matter?