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Students Learning Spinoza
Freedom comes when we understand our emotions. Hugh fears confrontation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcAha7EZHhk&t=11s Jack wants to stop expressing hate and anger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8KTP46lBKs&t=19s Conrad experiences envy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK-dRdJTEzA Caleb is learning how to embrace…
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A Son’s Gratitude
Recently, Aimee received a poem from her son on her birthday and I asked her to share it with us. I wanted to give others the opportunity to see how…
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Spinoza and Gurdjieff Work – A Life Changing Experience
I’m Aaron Butler, I’m 19 years old, and I’ll be 20 in November 2014. Currently I work part time, and I attend college. I live in Queens, New York. I…
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Applying Spinoza’s & Gurdjieff’s Philosophy
This is a new school of self-study and the object is to know "ThySelf" meaning, ordinarily everything we learned in the so called normal schools is about things outside the…
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The Lotus Thrives in Rotting Matter
Lewis: An anonymous student, I’ll call him John Martin, has been studying with me for the past six months. The following story is from my perception of John. John has…
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Louis C.K. On the Meaning of Being Empty
Comedian Louis C.K. was on the Conan show on September of 2013 and joked about how we avoid the truth by keeping busy with our smart phones. Smart phones users rush to…
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Our Prison Within
As infants our education begins. Our nature includes the five senses; which are, touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Depending on our environmental upbringing, we will necessarily adapt to the…
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Lao Tzu – Yield With Life
“As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, to yield with life solves the insoluble. To yield I have learned is to come back again. But this un-worded lesson,…
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Creating Our Existence Anew
Whenever you have an experience, a memory of it follows. The experience may have been a product of the activity of your intelligence, but the memory is passive. Think of…