Healing Philosophy
Blog URL http://www.healingphilosophy.com
Located Montreal, Quebec Canada
Tags Philosophy, Healing, Taoism, Buddhism, Zen, Insight, Spirituality, Religion
Empowering insight from Eastern and Western philosophy
Latest Blog Posts
- Courage - never give up on Nov 21, 2009 in Leadership England Courage Fortitude
To listen to all my talk of the courage of the ancients one would think there were no examples worthy of note closer to hand. But of course there are. We baby boomers are but one or two generations away from the last world war when another seemingly...
- Courage - what Leonidas said on Nov 20, 2009 in Leadership Honour Morals Courage Greece Fortitude
Leonidas, the son of Anaxandridas and brother to Cleomenes, when one said to him, Abating that you are king, you are no better than we, replied, But unless I had been better than you, I had not been king.His wife Gorgo, when he went forth to Thermopy...
- Courage - Leonidas and the 300 Spartans on Nov 17, 2009 in Honour Courage Greece Fortitude
The story of the Battle of Thermopylae (literally ‘the hot gates’) is a classic tale of courage. It has recently been dramatized and brought to the wider attention of a modern audience in Zack Snyder’s film ‘300’ based on the graphic novel...
- Courage - Alexander the Great on Nov 16, 2009 in Leadership Books Morals Courage Greece
I recently came across the site of The Online Library of Liberty which has among others the text of Plutarch’s The Morals. Here I found Plutarch’s commentary about the life of Alexander the Great. In it he shows how Alexander exemplified virtue...
- Courage - conquering limiting fear on Nov 14, 2009 in Courage
I remember reading a list of what people fear and being surprised to see that public speaking was feared more than death. This is something I can relate to because public speaking was and is one of my fears. And it is a peculiar aspect of life that w...
- Mother on Nov 14, 2009 in Love
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. RajneeshMother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. William Makep...
- Courage, remembered on Nov 11, 2009 in Honour Flowers Gratitude England Courage Love
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free.Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into i...
