Eastern Philosophy

ETHS hosts FAN event with Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D. (ETHS - Evanston Township High School District 202)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016

(Source. ETHS - Evanston Township High School District 202) Dr ... Oprah Winfrey called the book 'the most profound book on parenting I've ever encountered.'. In her most recent publication The Awakened Family ... She is an expert in family dynamics and personal development and runs a private practice in New York City, specializing in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy ... The auditorium is wheelchair accessible ... (noodl....

Philosophy Course Challenges Students to Embody an Ancient Way of Life (Fordham University)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016

Fordham University) The challenge was twofold for students in Stephen Grimm's Philosophy as a Way of Life class. First, learn a philosophy; then, become it ... 'I need to be more mindful of my yin and my yang-that balance I need to strike in my life,' said FCRH rising junior Keighly Baron, who practiced Daoism, an Eastern philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with the Dao, or 'the way.'....

I Am Your Father

Edit The Atlantic 27 May 2016

To every child, boy or girl, a father must seem, at times, to be a kind of Darth Vader—large, tall, frightening, with a booming deep voice, insanely powerful, and at least potentially violent ... Of course, every father offers his own combination ... One of the things Star Wars is most deeply about is fathers, sons, and redemption ... And in fact, distinguished strands of both Western and Eastern philosophy argue strongly in favor of detachment....

Choosing the Path of Kabbalah

Edit The Atlantic 23 May 2016

It was interesting because I had already been studying various religious ideas ranging from Eastern philosophy (Bhagavad Gita, Tao te ching, Buddhism) to the autobiography of Malcolm X and ......

While there is no pill for every ill, there is an ill following every pill

Edit The Hindu 23 May 2016

The biology taught in school and college, especially in relation to the process of human evolution, does not match my observations of human beings and their illnesses as a doctor for over half a century ... It was very much a human creation ... Eastern philosophies, Indian Ayurveda and yoga systems are built to fit into this living world model proposed by evolutionary biologists even in the West these days ... alone ... hegdebm@gmail.com. ....

Lucy: The fear I felt over my son's illness has inspired this new collection of stories

Edit Belfast Telegraph 21 May 2016

Author Lucy Caldwell drew on her experiences growing up in Belfast and her son's brush with death for her collection of short stories. She tells Una Brankin how she wrote it on her iPhone and about the way Van Morrison helped her out ... The young Lucy developed an interest in Buddhism after becoming a pen pal to a Buddhist monk, as part of a school RE project, and one of the tenets of the Eastern philosophy is woven into Multitudes ... ....

Boomoon - Skogar & Sansu

Edit Huffington Post 19 May 2016

Acclaimed South Korean photographer, Boomoon, was enchanted by a waterfall he discovered at Skogar in Iceland in 2015 ... You can almost hear the roar of nature ... Once again, there is no human presence in them and some critics have noted a tension between the eastern philosophy of a holistic assimilation of the self within nature, and the western romantic notion of man and nature as distinctive forces ... ....

When selling good karma goes bad

Edit The Examiner 16 May 2016

Forthcoming in the Journal of Consumer Research, the study, In Pursuit of Good Karma ... Although karma, the belief that the universe bestows rewards for doing right and exacts punishments for doing wrong, is largely an Eastern philosophy, there are numerous examples of the notion in Western culture, as well, much in line with the sayings "you reap what you sow" and "what goes around comes around." ... University of California - Riverside....

When Selling Good Karma Goes Bad (University of California, Riverside)

Edit Public Technologies 14 May 2016

(Source. University of California, Riverside) ... By Sarah Nightingale on May 13, 2016 ... RIVERSIDE, Calif ... Although karma, the belief that the universe bestows rewards for doing right and exacts punishments for doing wrong, is largely an Eastern philosophy, there are numerous examples of the notion in Western culture as well, much in line with the sayings 'you reap what you sow' and 'what goes around comes around.' ... Top of Page ... (noodl....

How Herbalife's Gospel of Health and Wealth Fuels a Billion-Dollar Deception

Edit Alternet 13 May 2016

Through a model that looks suspiciously like a pyramid scheme. If Whole Foods and Joel Osteen got together and had a child, it would probably look something like Herbalife ... As the Los Angeles Times explained in a 2001 article, Hughes intended “ to start his own operation that would combine the Eastern philosophy of herbal medicine with the vitamin and mineral technology of the West.” By 1985, the company had $423 million in sales....

10 Crazy Facts Behind New Age Practices

Edit ListVerse 19 Apr 2016

In the past several decades, we have seen various groups of people try to create their own spiritual philosophies or medical phenomena. Most of them also claimed to be drawing from ancient traditions—usually a patchwork of pagan beliefs or a misunderstood application of Eastern philosophy and Eastern traditional medicine. Despite the bizarre and often misleading […] ... > ... ....

Holy yoga wars: spiritual spat as Christians stake claim to Hindu tradition

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 16 Apr 2016

Critics say it is a misappropriation of an Eastern tradition and argue that yoga's Hindu roots cannot simply be replaced with another religion ... "Christian yoga sits alongside this real disdain and xenophobic views towards people in countries like India or south Asia and Eastern philosophies, but at the same time feeling like it's OK to take practices from those people."....

How Kevin Pietersen could prove himself the master of reinvention

Edit The Guardian 13 Apr 2016

Marina Hyde. The cricketer’s revelation that he may make himself available to play for South Africa again will delight any selectors who never gave up hope of renationalising the KP industry. Contact author. @MarinaHyde. “Before I met Jeanine,” Spinal Tap’s David St Hubbins once reflected, “my life was cosmically a shambles. I was using bits and pieces of whatever eastern philosophy would drift through my transom.” ... Related ... He announces ... ....