Year: 2016

“I’m Consumed With Rage And It’s Ruining My Life. What Should I Do?”

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A reader of Fortress Of The Mind explains that anger is ruining his life, and he asks for some guidance.
How can he regain his balance, and deal with his issues?

I discuss the four ways of dealing with repressed rage and anger, and which one may be right for you.

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Why Is Charity Important? (Podcast)

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Why is charity important?  How can we best channel our charitable impulses?  Are some ways better than others?  And what are some of the pitfalls we should be aware of?

We discuss the answers in this podcast.

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How To Show Kindness Through Charity

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Charity, kindness, and other acts of benevolence may be far from your mind.  The pressures and confusions of life can weigh on us, and prevent us from seeing the need to help others.

The degree to which one is disposed to think of such things often depends on his age and station in life. Yet for most of us, there will come a time when we will want to give something back to those who have, in some small way, enabled us to make our own progress.

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Cultivate Your Sense Of Awe (Podcast)

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What do all creative minds have in common? They always retain a sense of awe at the beauty, mystery, and grandeur of Nature.

Why you should never lose your quest for your ideals, and how to cultivate your sense of awe.

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Moral Forces Matter More Than Data

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Progress is not linear.  It is not a constantly positive quantity, straining for ever-increasing graphical altitudes.  Sometimes it is stagnant for long periods.  Sometimes it actually goes into negative territory for long periods.

People don’t really think about this.  There is this perception that things should always move from bad to better, from negative to positive.  We’re always going up, up, up!  They say.  Well, they are wrong.

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Every Man Needs His Quest (Podcast)

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This is the accompanying podcast to my article Every Man Needs A Quest.

We discuss why every man needs a consuming purpose, and a ennobling goal.

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Every Man Needs His Quest

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I have a lot of familiarity with the old mythologies.  I love the old stories of the classical Greek and Roman myths.  Even the old Norse mythology has its place, although it is so much darker.  Darker, and more ominous.

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Grief As A Demonic Force: “The Babadook” (2014)

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Several years ago I had a client who needed some legal work done.  She was an educated and well-adjusted single mother of a young girl.  She was normal in every way.

And then something terrible happened.  Her daughter died suddenly from an unexpected illness.  And this sent the mother on a downward psychological spiral from which she was unable to escape.  The woman’s mother–a kindly but psychologically very strong woman in her 70s–was forced to care for her daughter, who went to pieces.

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A Book Of Wisdom Spanning Continents And Cultures (Podcast)

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The classic book Kalila and Dimna is one of the treasures of world literature. What is its timeless appeal?

What themes does it deal with, and what lessons does it teach us?

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An Ancient Book Of Wisdom Spanning Continents And Cultures

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Some books are so good that they become adopted by cultures outside their place of origin.  Such a book is the collection of stories and fables that has found a home in India, Iran, the Arab world, and in Europe.  The book is known by many names in all of these cultures, and various version of it exist, just as we find in Aesop’s Fables or the tales of the Thousand and One Nights.

It is known most commonly in India as the Panchatantra, in Iran as the Kalīleh o Demneh, and in the Arabic-speaking world as كليلة ودمنة (Kalila wa Dimna).  In Europe the book generally is known either by its Arabic title or by the generic Fables of Bidpai.

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