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Vincent van Gogh on Art and the Power of Love in Letters to His Brother
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 14th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Vincent van Gogh on Art and the Power of Love in Letters to His Brother)
Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzsche on Love, Perseverance, and the True Mark of Greatness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 7th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzsche on Love, Perseverance, and the True Mark of Greatness)
The Love of Truth and the Truth of Love: Bertrand Russell on the Two Pillars of Human Flourishing
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 30th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Love of Truth and the Truth of Love: Bertrand Russell on the Two Pillars of Human Flourishing)
Acting Is a Wonderful Way of Avoiding Feeling Despair – A Guide
Louis Kriesberg | The Transnational - TRANSCEND Media Service
November 23rd, 2020 ( Comments Off on Acting Is a Wonderful Way of Avoiding Feeling Despair – A Guide)
Bruce Lee on Death and What It Takes to Be an Artist of Life
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 16th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Bruce Lee on Death and What It Takes to Be an Artist of Life)
The Science of How Alive You Really Are: Alan Turing, Trees, and the Wonder of Life
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 9th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Science of How Alive You Really Are: Alan Turing, Trees, and the Wonder of Life)
Why Gratitude Is Good for Us – And Five Ways to Practise It This Winter
Lucy Purdy | Positive News - TRANSCEND Media Service
November 2nd, 2020 ( Comments Off on Why Gratitude Is Good for Us – And Five Ways to Practise It This Winter)
The Body Politic Electric: Walt Whitman on Women’s Centrality to Democracy
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 26th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Body Politic Electric: Walt Whitman on Women’s Centrality to Democracy)
Nietzsche on the Journey of Becoming and What It Means to Be a Free Spirit
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 19th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Nietzsche on the Journey of Becoming and What It Means to Be a Free Spirit)
Susan Sontag on Moral Courage and the Power of Principled Resistance to Injustice
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 12th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Susan Sontag on Moral Courage and the Power of Principled Resistance to Injustice)
Cosmic Consciousness: Maurice Bucke’s Pioneering 19th-Century Theory of Transcendence and the Six Steps of Illumination
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 5th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Cosmic Consciousness: Maurice Bucke’s Pioneering 19th-Century Theory of Transcendence and the Six Steps of Illumination)
Desiderata
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service
September 28th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Desiderata)
(Português) Desiderata
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service
September 28th, 2020 ( Comments Off on (Português) Desiderata)
“Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Love, Mortality, and Night as an Existential Clarifying Force for the Deepest Truths of the Heart
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 21st, 2020 ( Comments Off on “Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Love, Mortality, and Night as an Existential Clarifying Force for the Deepest Truths of the Heart)
The Lion and the Mouse
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 14th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Lion and the Mouse)
James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 7th, 2020 ( Comments Off on James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing)
D.H. Lawrence on Trees, Solitude, and How We Root Ourselves When Relationships Collapse
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 31st, 2020 ( Comments Off on D.H. Lawrence on Trees, Solitude, and How We Root Ourselves When Relationships Collapse)
Conscience in Revolt: Sophie Scholl on Suffering, Strength, and the Deepest Wellspring of Courage
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 24th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Conscience in Revolt: Sophie Scholl on Suffering, Strength, and the Deepest Wellspring of Courage)
Beethoven on Creative Vitality and Resilience in the Face of Suffering
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 17th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Beethoven on Creative Vitality and Resilience in the Face of Suffering)
Ursula K. Le Guin on Suffering and Getting to the Other Side of Pain
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 10th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Ursula K. Le Guin on Suffering and Getting to the Other Side of Pain)
Thoreau on Knowing vs. Seeing and What It Takes to Apprehend Reality Unblinded by Our Preconceptions
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 27th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Thoreau on Knowing vs. Seeing and What It Takes to Apprehend Reality Unblinded by Our Preconceptions)
The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi
Rozina Ali | The New Yorker - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 20th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi)
Nature as an Antidote to Depression
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 13th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Nature as an Antidote to Depression)
The Magic of Moss and What It Teaches Us about the Art of Attentiveness to Life at All Scales
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 6th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Magic of Moss and What It Teaches Us about the Art of Attentiveness to Life at All Scales)
Family Tradition
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 29th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Family Tradition)
Gardening and the Secret of Happiness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 22nd, 2020 ( Comments Off on Gardening and the Secret of Happiness)
The “Greedy” Monk
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 15th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The “Greedy” Monk)
Wonder and the Sacred Search for Truth: Ann Druyan on Why the Scientific Method Is like Love
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 8th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Wonder and the Sacred Search for Truth: Ann Druyan on Why the Scientific Method Is like Love)
Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Moving beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2020 ( Comments Off on Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Moving beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning)
Mango Trees
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 25th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Mango Trees)
Consolation for Sorrow from King Arthur’s Court: Merlyn’s Advice on What to Do When the World Gets You Down
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 18th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Consolation for Sorrow from King Arthur’s Court: Merlyn’s Advice on What to Do When the World Gets You Down)
What It Takes to Grow Up, What It Means to Have Grown
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 11th, 2020 ( Comments Off on What It Takes to Grow Up, What It Means to Have Grown)
Standing on the Shoulders of Solitude: Newton, the Plague, and How Quarantine Fomented the Greatest Leap in Science
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 4th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Standing on the Shoulders of Solitude: Newton, the Plague, and How Quarantine Fomented the Greatest Leap in Science)
Are We before the Possible ‘Awakening’ of Mankind?
Juana Pérez Montero | Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 27th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Are We before the Possible ‘Awakening’ of Mankind?)
The Difficult Art of Self-Compassion
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 20th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Difficult Art of Self-Compassion)
Marcus Aurelius in Love: The Future Stoic Philosopher and Roman Emperor’s Passionate Teenage Love Letters to His Tutor
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 13th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Marcus Aurelius in Love: The Future Stoic Philosopher and Roman Emperor’s Passionate Teenage Love Letters to His Tutor)
An Antidote to Helplessness and Disorientation: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Our Human Fragility as the Key to Our Survival and Our Sanity
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 6th, 2020 ( Comments Off on An Antidote to Helplessness and Disorientation: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Our Human Fragility as the Key to Our Survival and Our Sanity)
Plague – Inspirational
Kitty O'Meara - TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2020 ( 2 Comments »)
Alain de Botton on Existential Maturity and What Emotional Intelligence Really Means
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2020 ( Comments Off on Alain de Botton on Existential Maturity and What Emotional Intelligence Really Means)
Calculating the Incalculable: Thoreau on the True Value of a Tree
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 16th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
The Haunting Beauty of Snowflakes: Wilson Bentley’s Pioneering 19th-Century Photomicroscopy of Snow Crystals
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 9th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Haunting Beauty of Snowflakes: Wilson Bentley’s Pioneering 19th-Century Photomicroscopy of Snow Crystals)
World Game
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 2nd, 2020 ( Comments Off on World Game)
Compassion
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 24th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Compassion)
Why Be a Pacifist?
Sarah Freeman-Woolpert | Waging Nonviolence – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 17th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Why Be a Pacifist?)
Erich Fromm’s 6 Rules of Listening: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist on the Art of Unselfish Understanding
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 10th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Erich Fromm’s 6 Rules of Listening: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist on the Art of Unselfish Understanding)
‘Good’ Deeds?
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 3rd, 2020 ( Comments Off on ‘Good’ Deeds?)
An Alternative View of Human Nature: Rebecca Solnit on Disaster as a Catalyst for Dignity, Agency, and Human Goodness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 27th, 2020 ( Comments Off on An Alternative View of Human Nature: Rebecca Solnit on Disaster as a Catalyst for Dignity, Agency, and Human Goodness)
The Art of Listening
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 20th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
Changing Perceptions on Homosexuality
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 13th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Changing Perceptions on Homosexuality)
Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 6th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
Shelley’s Prescient Case for Animal Rights and the Spiritual Value of Vegetarianism
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 30th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Shelley’s Prescient Case for Animal Rights and the Spiritual Value of Vegetarianism)
Why Climate Change Is an Irrelevance, Economic Growth Is a Myth and Sustainability Is Forty Years Too Late
Kevin Casey | Global Comment – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 23rd, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 23rd, 2019 ( Comments Off on 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings)
The Book of Delights: Poet and Gardener Ross Gay’s Yearlong Experiment in Willful Gladness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 16th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Book of Delights: Poet and Gardener Ross Gay’s Yearlong Experiment in Willful Gladness)
Ignorant Good Intentions Lost in Translation
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 9th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Ignorant Good Intentions Lost in Translation)
Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 2nd, 2019 ( Comments Off on Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself)
The Yin & Yang of Authentic Being-In-The-World
Stefan Schindler – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 25th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Yin & Yang of Authentic Being-In-The-World)
The Answer Is in the End: George Harrison, a Prophet for Our Time
Ben Jolliffe | Resurgence Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 25th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Answer Is in the End: George Harrison, a Prophet for Our Time)
The Lonely Genius Arthur Eddington Who Confirmed Einstein’s Relativity
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 18th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Lonely Genius Arthur Eddington Who Confirmed Einstein’s Relativity)
E.F. Schumacher’s “A Guide for the Perplexed”: Mapping the Meaning of Life and the Four Levels of Being
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 ( Comments Off on E.F. Schumacher’s “A Guide for the Perplexed”: Mapping the Meaning of Life and the Four Levels of Being)
The Writing of “Silent Spring”: Rachel Carson and the Culture-Shifting Courage to Speak Inconvenient Truth to Power
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 4th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Writing of “Silent Spring”: Rachel Carson and the Culture-Shifting Courage to Speak Inconvenient Truth to Power)
D.H. Lawrence on the Antidote to the Malady of Materialism
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 28th, 2019 ( Comments Off on D.H. Lawrence on the Antidote to the Malady of Materialism)
Yi Jing – I Ching 易經 — The Book of Changes
Igor Micunovic | Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 28th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Yi Jing – I Ching 易經 — The Book of Changes)
Buddhist Economics: How to Start Prioritizing People over Products and Creativity over Consumption
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 21st, 2019 ( Comments Off on Buddhist Economics: How to Start Prioritizing People over Products and Creativity over Consumption)
When Breath Becomes Air: A Young Neurosurgeon Examines the Meaning of Life as He Faces His Death
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 14th, 2019 ( Comments Off on When Breath Becomes Air: A Young Neurosurgeon Examines the Meaning of Life as He Faces His Death)
Work Partnership
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 7th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Work Partnership)
The Origins of European Unification
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 30th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Origins of European Unification)
A Lake without Fish
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 23rd, 2019 ( Comments Off on A Lake without Fish)
The Eternal Fruit of Toni Morrison’s Iroko Tree
Nanjala Nyabola – Al Jazeera
September 16th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Eternal Fruit of Toni Morrison’s Iroko Tree)
Sparking Change: How Movements Pass on Inspiration
Rivera Sun – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 9th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Sparking Change: How Movements Pass on Inspiration)
Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 2nd, 2019 ( 2 Comments »)
How Van Gogh Found His Purpose: Heartfelt Letters to His Brother on How Relationships Refine Us
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 2nd, 2019 ( Comments Off on How Van Gogh Found His Purpose: Heartfelt Letters to His Brother on How Relationships Refine Us)
Altered States of Consciousness: The Neuropsychology of How Time Perception Modulates Our Experience of Self, from Depression to Boredom to Creative Flow
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 26th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Altered States of Consciousness: The Neuropsychology of How Time Perception Modulates Our Experience of Self, from Depression to Boredom to Creative Flow)
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1 Sep 1896 – 14 Nov 1977)
Posted by Gaurakisora dasa (ACBSP) – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 26th, 2019 ( Comments Off on A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1 Sep 1896 – 14 Nov 1977))
Borders and Belonging: Toni Morrison’s Prescient Wisdom on the Refugee Struggle, the Violence of Otherness, and the Meaning of Home
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 19th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Borders and Belonging: Toni Morrison’s Prescient Wisdom on the Refugee Struggle, the Violence of Otherness, and the Meaning of Home)
Why Krishna Comes to This World
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada | ISKCON – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 19th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Why Krishna Comes to This World)
Leo Tolstoy on Kindness and the Measure of Love
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 12th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Leo Tolstoy on Kindness and the Measure of Love)
Cuban Compassion: Training Doctors for a Pacific Island Nation Running Out of Time
Robert Huish and Sharon McLennan – The Conversation
August 5th, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
The Science of Sleep: Dreaming, Depression, and How REM Sleep Regulates Negative Emotions
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 5th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Science of Sleep: Dreaming, Depression, and How REM Sleep Regulates Negative Emotions)
Tim Ferriss on How He Survived Suicidal Depression and His Tools for Warding Off the Darkness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 29th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Tim Ferriss on How He Survived Suicidal Depression and His Tools for Warding Off the Darkness)
The Joy of Suffering Overcome: Young Beethoven’s Stirring Letter to His Brothers about the Loneliness of Living with Deafness and How Music Saved His Life
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 22nd, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Joy of Suffering Overcome: Young Beethoven’s Stirring Letter to His Brothers about the Loneliness of Living with Deafness and How Music Saved His Life)
Against Busyness and Surfaces: Emerson on Living with Presence and Authenticity
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 15th, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
Daoism – The Way
Judith A. Berling | Asia Society Center for Global Education – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 8th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Daoism – The Way)
Confucianism
Judith A. Berling | Asia Society Center for Global Education – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 1st, 2019 ( Comments Off on Confucianism)
“Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Losing a Friend
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 24th, 2019 ( Comments Off on “Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Losing a Friend)
Lao Tzu on Living an Inspired and Peaceful Life
Azriel ReShel | Uplift – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 17th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Lao Tzu on Living an Inspired and Peaceful Life)
Kierkegaard on the Individual vs. the Crowd, Why We Conform, and the Power of the Minority
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 10th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Kierkegaard on the Individual vs. the Crowd, Why We Conform, and the Power of the Minority)
How to Keep Criticism from Sinking Your Confidence: Walt Whitman and the Discipline of Creative Self-Esteem
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 3rd, 2019 ( Comments Off on How to Keep Criticism from Sinking Your Confidence: Walt Whitman and the Discipline of Creative Self-Esteem)
Germaine de Staël’s Guide to Haters
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Germaine de Staël’s Guide to Haters)
The Art of Being Alone: May Sarton’s Stunning 1938 Ode to Solitude
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Art of Being Alone: May Sarton’s Stunning 1938 Ode to Solitude)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on How a Simple Human Smile Saved His Life
Maria Popova| Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 13th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on How a Simple Human Smile Saved His Life)
Rachel Carson on Writing and the Loneliness of Creative Work
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 6th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Rachel Carson on Writing and the Loneliness of Creative Work)
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 29th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone)
The Good Friday Agreement
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 22nd, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
Stress and the Social Self: How Relationships Affect Our Immune System
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 15th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Stress and the Social Self: How Relationships Affect Our Immune System)
Thoreau on the Long Cycles of Social Change and the Importance of Not Mistaking Politics for Progress
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 8th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Thoreau on the Long Cycles of Social Change and the Importance of Not Mistaking Politics for Progress)
Pablo Neruda: Against the Illusion of Separateness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 1st, 2019 ( Comments Off on Pablo Neruda: Against the Illusion of Separateness)
Becoming Free from Sex Desire
Stephen Knapp – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 1st, 2019 ( 4 Comments »)
The Difficult Balance of Intimacy and Independence: Beloved Philosopher and Poet Kahlil Gibran on the Secret to a Loving and Lasting Relationship
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 25th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Difficult Balance of Intimacy and Independence: Beloved Philosopher and Poet Kahlil Gibran on the Secret to a Loving and Lasting Relationship)
Create Dangerously: Albert Camus on the Artist as a Voice of Resistance and a Liberator of Society
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 18th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Create Dangerously: Albert Camus on the Artist as a Voice of Resistance and a Liberator of Society)
John Steinbeck on Good and Evil, the Necessary Contradictions of the Human Nature, and Our Grounds for Lucid Hope
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 11th, 2019 ( Comments Off on John Steinbeck on Good and Evil, the Necessary Contradictions of the Human Nature, and Our Grounds for Lucid Hope)
Nobel-Winning Physicist Niels Bohr on Subjective vs. Objective Reality and the Uses of Religion in a Secular World
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 4th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Nobel-Winning Physicist Niels Bohr on Subjective vs. Objective Reality and the Uses of Religion in a Secular World)
Carl Sagan on Mystery, Why Common Sense Blinds Us to the Universe, and How to Live with the Unknown
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 25th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Carl Sagan on Mystery, Why Common Sense Blinds Us to the Universe, and How to Live with the Unknown)
Global Cooperation
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 18th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Global Cooperation)
Are We Afraid of Thinking?
Bertrand Russell | Opinion Sur – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 11th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Are We Afraid of Thinking?)
Hermann Hesse on Solitude, the Value of Hardship, the Courage to Be Yourself, and How to Find Your Destiny
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 4th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Hermann Hesse on Solitude, the Value of Hardship, the Courage to Be Yourself, and How to Find Your Destiny)
Misunderstanding
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 28th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Misunderstanding)
A Butterfly
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 21st, 2019 ( Comments Off on A Butterfly)
Voltaire and Bertrand Russell, a Comparison: God, Religion and Dogma (Part 2)
David Lorimer | Wall Street International - Human Wrongs Watch
January 14th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Voltaire and Bertrand Russell, a Comparison: God, Religion and Dogma (Part 2))
Voltaire and Bertrand Russell, a Comparison: The Crusade against Dogma and Fanaticism (Part 1)
David Lorimer | Wall Street International – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 7th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Voltaire and Bertrand Russell, a Comparison: The Crusade against Dogma and Fanaticism (Part 1))
A Small Dark Light: The Legacy of the Tao Te Ching and What It Continues to Teach Us about Personal and Political Power 2,500 Years Later
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 31st, 2018 ( 1 Comment »)
Thoreau on Nature as Prayer
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 24th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Thoreau on Nature as Prayer)
Why Do Men Stupefy Themselves? Leo Tolstoy on Why We Drink
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 17th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Why Do Men Stupefy Themselves? Leo Tolstoy on Why We Drink)
Truth, Justice, and Public Good: Simone Weil on Political Manipulation, the Dangers of “For” and “Against,” and How to Save Thinking from Opinion
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 10th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Truth, Justice, and Public Good: Simone Weil on Political Manipulation, the Dangers of “For” and “Against,” and How to Save Thinking from Opinion)
Nicole Krauss’s Beautiful Letter to Van Gogh on Fear, Bravery, and How to Break the Loop of Our Destructive Patterns
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 3rd, 2018 ( Comments Off on Nicole Krauss’s Beautiful Letter to Van Gogh on Fear, Bravery, and How to Break the Loop of Our Destructive Patterns)
Why We Hurt Each Other: Tolstoy’s Letters to Gandhi on Love, Violence, and the Truth of the Human Spirit
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 26th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Why We Hurt Each Other: Tolstoy’s Letters to Gandhi on Love, Violence, and the Truth of the Human Spirit)
Tchaikovsky on Depression and Finding Beauty amid the Wreckage of the Soul
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 19th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Tchaikovsky on Depression and Finding Beauty amid the Wreckage of the Soul)
How Leo Tolstoy Found His Purpose: The Beloved Author on Personal Growth and the Meaning of Human Existence
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 12th, 2018 ( Comments Off on How Leo Tolstoy Found His Purpose: The Beloved Author on Personal Growth and the Meaning of Human Existence)
Do the Math
Submitted by Robin Poulton – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 5th, 2018 ( 3 Comments »)
Why You Might Consider the Buddha’s Proposal
Jack Balkwill | Intrepid Report – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 29th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Why You Might Consider the Buddha’s Proposal)
Borges on Turning Trauma, Misfortune, and Humiliation into Raw Material for Art
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 22nd, 2018 ( Comments Off on Borges on Turning Trauma, Misfortune, and Humiliation into Raw Material for Art)
Dogs as Teachers
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 15th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Dogs as Teachers)
Alexander Yakovlev
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 8th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Alexander Yakovlev)
An Antidote to White Male Capitalist Culture: Adrienne Rich on the Liberating Power of Storytelling and How Reading Emancipates
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 1st, 2018 ( 1 Comment »)
Artist Louise Bourgeois on How Solitude Enriches Creative Work
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 24th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Artist Louise Bourgeois on How Solitude Enriches Creative Work)
Life without Principle
Henry David Thoreau – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 17th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Life without Principle)
The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 10th, 2018 ( Comments Off on The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream)
Leprosy in Social Body
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 3rd, 2018 ( Comments Off on Leprosy in Social Body)
A Glass of Milk
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 27th, 2018 ( Comments Off on A Glass of Milk)
Rufus Jones
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 20th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Rufus Jones)
Philosopher Martin Buber on Love and What It Means to Live in the Present
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 13th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Philosopher Martin Buber on Love and What It Means to Live in the Present)
A Butcher Knife
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 6th, 2018 ( Comments Off on A Butcher Knife)
Numbness
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 30th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Numbness)
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 30th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Tao Te Ching)
Your Thoughts Create Your Future
Stephen Knapp – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 23rd, 2018 ( Comments Off on Your Thoughts Create Your Future)
How to Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life
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Seneca on Gratitude and What It Means to Be a Generous Human Being
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Little Panic: A Literary Laboratory Exploring What It Is Like to Live in the Stranglehold of Anxiety and What It Takes to Break Free
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Peace as the Business of the Future
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Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives
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William James on Consciousness and the Four Features of Transcendent Experiences
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Pythagoras on the Purpose of Life and the Meaning of Wisdom
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Costa Rica Prospers without a Military
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Life Management
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A Snowflake
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A Warm Room
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A New Friendship
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Words Can Save Lives
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April 30th, 2018 ( 1 Comment »)
Let the People, Not the Politicians or Generals, Decide
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Learn to Be Soft and You Will Be Strong
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The Whole Truth
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Framing Questions
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I and Thou: Philosopher Martin Buber on the Art of Relationship and What Makes Us Real to One Another
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Unprostrated
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The End of Dueling
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Zadie Smith on Optimism and Despair
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Hot Water
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Bisons and Bears
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At Age 101, She’s a World Champ Runner
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Before Losing Battle with Cancer, This 27-Year-Old Woman Wrote an Inspiring, Eye-Opening Letter
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The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel
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Bruce Lee’s Never before Revealed Letters to Himself about Authenticity, Personal Development, and the Measure of Success
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A Stoic’s Key to Peace of Mind: Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety
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Jack
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The Binary Code of Body and Spirit: Computing Pioneer Alan Turing on Mortality
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The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt on the Normalization of Human Wickedness and Our Only Effective Antidote to It
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December 25th, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
Put Out the Fire Before It Is Too Late
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Amy Biehl
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Seven Men and an Elephant
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Getting to the Roots of the Problem
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The Dull Ax
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Three for the Week Ahead
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Lao Tzu’s Four Rules for Living – How to Live an Inspired and Peaceful Life
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How a Seemingly Bad Luck Can Turn Out to Be a Good Luck
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Missing Links for Peace, Civility, Social Well-Being
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Lucky Coincidence
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Picking Berries
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Keeping Peace in Transilvania
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The Search for a New Humility: Václav Havel on Reclaiming Our Human Interconnectedness in a Globalized Yet Divided World
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Common Ground
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True Skill
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Ghostly Voices Dancing in the Rain
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Camp David
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John Quincy Adams on Efficiency vs. Effectiveness, the Proper Aim of Ambition, and His Daily Routine
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Opportunity Creation
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A Key to Heaven and Hell
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Being vs. Doing
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When Things Fall Apart: Tibetan Buddhist Nun and Teacher Pema Chödrön on Transformation through Difficult Times
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July 31st, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
Prevented from Speaking
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Holding Officials Accountable
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Improve Yourself
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Saving a Marriage
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Global Harmony Day & International Yoga Day Jun 21 for Peace, Harmony and Health
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Self-Determination and Peace
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Significance of International Day of Yoga — Promoting Peace, Harmony and Health
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The Declaration of Peace
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Satyagraha
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Seneca on True and False Friendship
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World Law
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Peace Is Like an Olive Tree
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