![]() ![]() It is a small but powerful book with a profoundly simple message: “Embrace the present moment as an ever-flowing source of holiness.” ![]() Caussade coined the term “the sacrament of the present moment.” His book Abandonment to Divine Providence was the most recommended book by spiritual directors for many decades. Jean-Pierre De Caussade (1675-1751), a French Jesuit, was surely the Eckhart Tolle (author of The Power of Now) of the 18 th century. Your own ego will end up being the decider and chooser moment by moment. Otherwise, you will tend to float around with no accountability system for what you too easily “believe” in your head. Find your community and be faithful to it. Jean-Pierre De Caussade Sunday, August 2, 2015Īs we continue looking at the mystics and non-dual thinkers in my own lineage, I encourage you to do what James Finley, Thich Nhat Hanh, and others say: Find your practice and practice it. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In this interview, I speak to Professor Steven Pinker about rationality. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Humanist of the Year, a recipient of nine honorary doctorates, and one of Foreign Policy’s “ World’s Top 100 Public Intellectuals” and Time’s “ 100 Most Influential People in the World Today.” In his latest book, Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters ( Viking, 2021), Steven gives us a primer in logical thinking and an entertaining expedition through all the trapdoors we can tumble through when we try to parse reality or bend it to our will. ![]() He is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard and has won many prizes for his research, his teaching, and his books, including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, The Blank Slate, The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Sense of Style, and Enlightenment Now. Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist who conducts research in cognition, language, and social relations. How can a species that doubled its lifespan, sequenced its genome, and developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, quack cures, conspiracy theories, and “ post-truth” rhetoric? ![]() Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding – and appears to be losing its mind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The sophomore issue follows from this exposition, as Klaus embarks on a mission to deliver enchanted figurines and models to the homes of local children, bringing delight where there had been none before. The story so far has revolved around a city, Grimsvig, where a despotic leader confiscates toys for the benefit of his brat son the arrival of the title character, looking more like an knife-wielding barbarian than the traditional jolly patriarch and a hallucinatory development in which Klaus slips into a fugue state to create a host of toys. And then there’s Klaus, in which postmodern Scottish scribe Grant Morrison charts how a certain toy-delivering man in a red suit fell into his particular line of work. Some are strange films like Rare Exports draw on the idea of a sinister past for Santa Claus, sanitized for modern audiences. Some read like folklore, others read like inception tales crafted for a pop-culture age. There are, if you look hard enough, plenty of origin stories for Santa Claus. ![]() ![]() ![]() The concept and world may wear its influences on its sleeve, but it’s handled in such a way that it’s just a treat to see how and where these influences manifest in the story. This story pulls heavily from classic literary works like Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and even Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Instead of Lovecraftian monstrosities or undead Russian wizards, Meinhardt and Knox hunt down good ol’ vampires. ![]() Mignola has once again imagined a brilliantly unique yet somewhat familiar supernatural landscape with lore pulled from European and literary mythologies. From chasing vampires in the Carpathian Mountains to being pursued by werewolves, the two inquisitive slayers meet a cast of strange and intriguing characters both villain and ally in their quest against creatures of the night. ![]() Knox, and Mary Van Sloan set out on a series of monster hunts and misadventures. Higgins Comes Home, Professor Meinhardt, Mr. In a story that follows the characters from Mr. Knox is a unique and intelligent monster tale steeped in literary tradition and comedy in a way that only Mignola’s imagination can offer. Our Encounters With Evil: Adventures of Professor J.T. From the mind of Hellboy, creator Mike Mignola and writer/artist Warwick Johnson-Cadwell comes a new graphic novel steeped in folklore and classic monster myth. ![]() |