Tag Archives: New Ways of Thinking

Predicting the Future

Part of wondering what is next either for ourselves or for the country or for the human race, one starts to look at how to see into the future. When I look back at how things have evolved in my career,  … Continue reading

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Production As a Means Not an End

He had forgotten the simple emotions of childhood, and perhaps never encountered the delights of youth.  He believed in production, that useful figment of economy, as if it had been real like laughter;   Page 67 ..ploughs and butter-churns were but … Continue reading

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Review of Searching for Mind Over Matter by Larry Rinzel

I indirectly met Larry through my intern – he was her instructor for Industrial Engineering.  She said he wrote a book called Mind Over Matter and that he had her read Jonathan Livingston Seagull among other books and that he … Continue reading

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Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman, Ph.D – a Conversation about Emotional Awareness

Have you ever thought you’d try to read the Dalai Lama after hearing so much about him in the news?  I have.  I bought a pretty heavy book about how you prepare for death – Advice on Dying and Living … Continue reading

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Buddhist Publications

There are three publications that I especially like.  Shambhala Sun – Buddhism Culture Meditation Life for beginners. Buddhadharma – the Practitioner’s Quarterly for more advanced practitioners And now there is a “non-religious” offering – mindful -living with awareness and compassion. … Continue reading

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