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    • 1 Dormancy
      • Week 01: Human Worth
      • Week 02: Universality
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Week 27: Openness

Living in Dignity

Living in Dignity

If human worth is the intrinsic life experience, then what is human dignity? In this model, it is the global term for being excellently developed in all three domains of being in a way that enhances ... Read More about Living in Dignity

Communicating: Listening and Discussing

Communicating: Listening and Discussing

In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers. [Fred Rogers.] Language ... Read More about Communicating: Listening and Discussing

Being Ready and Adaptable

Being Ready and Adaptable

Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change. [Martin Luther King, Jr.] (Man is) a tool-making animal. ... Read More about Being Ready and Adaptable

Welcoming – Assisting – Offering: Being Open-handed

Welcoming – Assisting – Offering: Being Open-handed

Becoming actively involved in the world and in the lives of others is the ethical-active component of openness. The attitude is one not only of generosity but of joy, born of an open heart and an open ... Read More about Welcoming – Assisting – Offering: Being Open-handed

Being Open-minded

Being Open-minded

When the facts change, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir? [attributed to  John Maynard Keynes] A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not ... Read More about Being Open-minded

Being Open-hearted

Being Open-hearted

Probably you have heard the expression “open-hearted.” Standard dictionaries define it as frankness coupled with kindliness. The authoritative text Buddhism for Dummies identifies it with generosity, ... Read More about Being Open-hearted

Being Open

Being Open

Konstantin Somov, Open Door on a Garden (1934) For many, spirituality may already have begun to emerge, or may have emerged long ago. For others, an additional distinction may not yet have emerged ... Read More about Being Open

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