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Author Archives: Roger S. Gottlieb
About Death, II
My last blog ended by comparing our lives to a song, and with the reflection: But if we live with awareness and gratitude, compassion and love, we will face the end of the song with grace, knowing that the composer … Continue reading
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Amour, Death, Song
That was the day of the white chrysanthemums, so magnificent I was almost fearful…And then, then you came to take my soul… Rilke For someone way beyond middle age Amour is, as we used to say, quite … Continue reading
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What difference does it make if torture works?…and a few other questions…
What difference does it make if torture works? Is that all we need to know about it? Is it possible that we shouldn’t torture people even if it does work? By analogy: We could probably eliminate a good deal … Continue reading
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Tagged global warming, gun control, torture
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Zero Dark 30 made me cry, but it wasn’t the torture scenes…
It’s not that the torture scenes weren’t pretty bad. They were: the bruised face, haunted eyes, scarred skin, and gradual deterioration from arrogant jihadist to a helpless, broken body pleading for mercy. But that didn’t make me cry, for when … Continue reading
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Tagged jihadist, peace, torture, U.S. military, violence, war, Zero Dark Thirty
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Holiday spirit getting you down? Try Holiday spirituality instead…
This means to make the simple but often incredibly difficult decision to meet life’s difficulties with self-awareness, acceptance, gratitude, compassion, and love. (This is the position developed in my new book: Spirituality: What it Is and Why it Matters—a book … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, Christmas, compassion, holidays, spirituality
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Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Gratitude and (of all things) Politics
America’s annual consumerism orgasm is just passed. And if a little bit of post-sex let-down is to be expected, it may also be that some of us view the whole thing with negative feelings ranging from mild distaste to horror. … Continue reading
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Is there a Yoga for the Heart?
Is there a yoga for the heart? Yes, and it’s called prayer. And its power does not depend on faith in God or sacred texts, but on the passionate commitment of the person who prays. As Kierkegaard cautions: “Prayer … Continue reading
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Hurricane Sandy: Time to stop digging?
“You don’t hit bottom,” says an old 12-step adage, “until you stop digging.” In other words: no bad experience, painful consequence, or downright awful time in and of itself will lead people to change. When we are thoughtless, reckless, destructively … Continue reading
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Can there be a spiritual response to the presidential campaign?
A tough question, this one. Certainly there are a number of responses which are not particularly spiritual, as tempting as they might be. For if we think of spirituality as the simple but extraordinarily difficult attempt to respond to life’s … Continue reading
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Tagged presidential campaign, spiritual virtues, spirituality and politics
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Newsflash: Santorum out of touch with Catholic Theology
Does it make it better or worse that Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum—who seems to want to impose his own religious view on the rest of us (or at least on women)—is actually is out of touch with some … Continue reading
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Tagged Politics, presidential race, religion, religious environmentalism, Santorum
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