What does it mean to heal our wounds? What does it mean to resolve conflict with others? How are these questions related, and if that was a process, what would it look and feel like? These are the questions I recently explored with therapist and fellow Aikido practitioner Dr. Gary Reiss.
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Unity & Diversity In Aikido
Universal Principles Through The Diversity Of Forms
LIBERAL ON LIBERAL CANCEL CULTURE – UUUGGGHHH!!!:
The Moral Panic Of Identity Politics
In the past 48 hours, I’ve had a heated “cancel culture” experience in a Facebook post I made. In the 130+ comments that ensued, here’s a taste of what my liberal brothers and sisters have been calling me:
The Name-Calling
I have been called; reactive, dismissive, pedantic, patronizing, tone deaf, too “wise” to learn, a fragile white man, an old white man, a middle-aged white man, a white man, an economically privileged white man, a privileged man, a man, a claimer of victimhood, a reverse victim, an oppressor, an abuser, a name-caller, an intentional misspeller of names, an intentional fomenter of controversy, a user of teachers as pawns, a misuser of grammar, a recruiter of warriors against diversity, a jailer of queers, a jailer of kids, a MAGA-ist, Ron DeSantis, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, a DARVO enactor, a denier, and an attacker (…to be fair, I’m at least a few of these).
Always Go To Far…
Albert Camus On Life Beyond The Comfort Zome
Unity & Diversity In Aikido
Exploring Universal Principles Through The Diversity Of Forms
Community Call w/ Patrick Cassidy, Bruno Gonzales, & Miles Kessler
FREE Event, Sunday, Feb. 11th, 2024
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| Date: | February 11, 2023 |
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| Time: | 21:00-22:00 |
| Event: | UNITY & DIVERSITY IN AIKIDO - Community Call |
| Topic: | UNITY & DIVERSITY IN AIKIDO - Community Call |
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Growth and the comfort zone
The 7 Principles Of Living & Dying For The Spiritual Warrior
Bushido Code: The Way Of The Samurai
A Spiritual Warrior is a man or woman who organizes their lives around a set of universal principles. They walk a higher path of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual discipline. This means that every step on this path is a step of self-awareness and self-realization. With an unwavering commitment to universal principles, every relative contradiction, incongruence, and conflict in their life then becomes the territory their path leads them through. By committing to these universal principles, the relative parts of themselves are challenged to grow. These challenges become the practice that leads them forward on the path.
