Empathy is absolutely essential if you value the human spirit and all of humankind. In fact, without it, it’s impossible to experience that oneness that every religion teaches is the universal reality that contains all life and God and the infinity of space. Empathy is that capacity to experience our connection with each other and all living beings. Empathy is the sentient equivalent of gravity: it’s what binds us together. Any movement concerned with human rights, the health of the planet,
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As I listened to Donald Trump give his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last week in Cleveland, Ohio, the old saying the proof is in the pudding came to mind. Then it occurred to me: In this case, the adage is not quite correct. It should be the proof is in the recipe, not the pudding! For, if Congress actually allowed the Republican presidential nominee’s recipe for “curing the ills” of our country to be concocted,
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Yes, cooperation not competition is important in today’s political discourse. That’s because of the insidious nature that competition taints political discussions. Whether or not we view political debate as being one of cooperation vs. competition is particularly relevant to what our government sets as its priority in serving the American people. Right now the model has been one of competition ever since we had political parties. Unquestionably, it’s time for the paradigm to change. Instead of the destructive and unhelpful model of competition that our system of government revolves around today,
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