Even with the separation of church and state in the United States, it is frequently difficult to separate religiously driven values from public policy. Ethical frameworks are built for a large cross-section of society, at least in part, from some…
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Religious Voice
Tagged with: clergy, dogma, Ethical frameworks, ethics, Ghandi, journey, Martin Luther King Jr., meditaition, moral compass, Mother Theresa, path, politics, predominant religion, public plicy, public policy, reflection, religion, religious voice, secularism, self, seperaition of church and state., social policy.
Posted in Soical Policy
Posted in Soical Policy
A Perspective of Peace
Much as conflict and war, peace is one of the most debated subjects in the social arena. Ranging from the total cessation of violence or conflict in the Western thought to the balance of harmony and needs of Eastern thought,…
Tagged with: community, diplomacy, Dr. King, ethics, Ghandi, lasting peace, life, Marx, non-conflict, non-violence, pathway, peace, perspective, reflection, self, social reality, symbology, transcendance
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Guerrilla Gardening
Civil disobedience, in many forms, can be seen in the actions of Gandhi, Rev. King, Thoreau, etc. It has taken many forms ranging from the violent protests of the 1960’s counter culture to Home Rule to the more recent Arab…
Tagged with: civil disobedience, garden, gardening, Ghandi, guerrilla gardening, Liz Christy, nature, peace, Rev. King, self, spring, symbology
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Informaitional
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Informaitional
Social Conventions
Rebel or visionary…unique individual or attention seeker…. There comes a point where a person has to ask what is the purpose of a social convention. It is always difficult to be the “odd one out”, to differ in some way…
Tagged with: community, disobedience, Ghandi, individual, journey, King, Parks, self, social conventions, unique
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Sea of Humanity
Every person is as unique as a snowflake. While there are communities, philosophies, nationalities, religions, etc; how the world is seen and how people act is given to free will and choice. For this reason, is it essential to temper…
Nian Xióng Hall 