Category Archives: Gibran

Passion & Reason: Following Your Head & Following Your Heart (or Tuning Both & Following Both)

Posted on February 17, 2013 by John

. . We’re all at the helm of something with an impressive amount of horsepower—this body, with its heart, ego, and genitalia, each full of their own passions, motivations, preferences, desires, aversions.  The ego wants fame, attention, power, immortality, runs … Continue reading →

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Real Love, Gratitude & The True Joy of Life

Posted on October 6, 2011 by John

It’s easy to say “I love you” to another—easier, typically, than behaving or being truly loving to another. But the only way to truly prove those words—“I love you”—to prove our love for another—is by examining our behavior—by looking at … Continue reading →

Posted in Antilove, Art Linkletter, Conscience, Courage, Differentiation, Emotional Maturity, Fritz Perls, George Bernard Shaw, Gibran, Gratitude, Immature Love, Jr., Love, Love is a Decision, Mature Love, Thoreau, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Thoughts on Love by C. S. Lewis, Kahlil Gibran, Henri J. Nouwen, David Deida, and others. . . .

Posted on July 31, 2011 by John

Often my posts here and on my other blogs serve as missions statements of sorts. They reflect what I aspire to and the standards that I deeply hold myself to. (For example, see my other blog for a companion piece … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Courage, David Deida, Differentiation, Emotional Maturity, Gibran, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Henri J. Nouwen, Love, Love is a Choice, Love is a Decision, Love is an Act of Will, Love is Not a Feeling | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What Is “Love”?

Posted on April 22, 2011 by John

“What is love?” (lowercase “l”) “What is Love?” This is one of the most fundamental and important questions for us each to ask ourselves if we are to truly grow and evolve as persons and transcend ourselves and our conditioning. … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Courage, Czeslaw Milosz, Dostoyevsky, Einstein, Gibran, Jack Gilbert, Kabir, Love, Love is Not a Feeling, M. Scott Peck, Rilke, Rumi, The Road Less Traveled, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments