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Tag Archives: peace
Optimism To Abate Terrorism
I think that Active Philosophy needs optimism. The world needs optimism. We need to believe in decency. At the very least, we ought discount any notions of superiority. I’d like to assume that the majority of people in a stable environment … Continue reading
Posted in Active Philosophy, Current Events
Tagged Afghanistan, al-qaeda, Andy Singer, extremism, finance, Islam, nonviolence, observation, optimism, patriotism, peace, poverty, religion, terror, terrorism, violence, war, xenophobia
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Reward
If I could assert only one thing about myself – it’s that I believe in justice, and peace. …starting to think that morality does not exist – anything can be justified in terms of good and evil. Peace is its … Continue reading
North Korea
Why are they the enemy? Why is it wrong when they test missiles? The act of developing missiles itself is not wrong, because we ourselves do it. But when a poor nation tests weapons, this is wrong. An example: less … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged crisis, destruction, fireworks, fourth of july, Georgia, gunpowder, invasion, Kim Jong-Il, Medvedev, missiles, north korea, nuclear, obama, peace, politics, president, Putin, russia, state, terrorism, treaty, war
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Peace – Text Msg Exchange
DoD: Maybe the close mindedness is just a big convenience to make everyone happy and who are we to judge just because it doesn’t strike our fancy? Just a thought. bDUB: I wonder but who do they make happy? Gibran … Continue reading
Posted in Quick Ideas
Tagged Brooklyn, cell phone, close minded, conversationg, empathy, fear, hyperactive, judgment, Khalil Gibran, love, morals, open minded, peace, sincere, status quo, texting, thoughts, threatening
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Mahatma Gandhi on God, Truth, and Religion
I wanted to provide one of the biggest influences behind my two posts on Atheism. No human being has ever inspired a more successful Active Philosophy. Each color change is a selection from the book All Men Are Brothers By … Continue reading
Posted in Active Philosophy, Quotes
Tagged Active Philosophy, ahimsa, atheism, bible, Christianity, existence, expedition, Gandhi, Hinduism, humility, individuals, Koran, leisure, love, Maker, morality, names, nonviolence, peace, reality, religion, roads, Sanskrit, sports, superiority, truth, universe, Vedas, violence, Zend Avesta, zest
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Hippies 2.0
This post is in response to Caprice Part II and will be brief. Much of the content of this post is based on the BBC documentary ‘Century of the Self’ (post linked here) Part 3 (video linked here). In the … Continue reading
Posted in Active Philosophy
Tagged active, Active Philosophy, breaking point, brief thought, capitalism, caprice, Century of the Self, change, conscious, creativity, Documentary, evolve, freedom, hippie, hippies 2.0, individual, indvidual vs. group, limits, movement, paradigm, peace, Philosophy, Reagan, society, the 80's, whims
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