Haiti Earthquake and Compassion
David | January 17, 2010
In a tremendous example of the Golden Rule in action, the world has responded to Haiti.
New Years Commitments
David | December 31, 2009
I am the sum of all my commitments – Martin Buber (1878-1965), philosopher
Shortly after writing this article, I became aware of Free the Children’s 10×10 Challenge:
I hope that you’ll take a few minutes to visit 10 by 10 and make 10 simple commitments for 2010.
I did.
Do you make New Year’s resolutions?
Although there was a time [...]
A Simple Philosophy, But I Like It
David | November 18, 2009
B6J243HGCYBY When it comes right down to it … You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. - Meister Eckhart (1260-1327), Christian mystic and theologian
Metaphorical God
David | May 29, 2009
The limits of my metaphorical language for God are the limits of my experience of God – Paul McKenna, creator of the Golden Rule Poster
Mystical Loneliness
David | May 27, 2009
Loneliness is the fundamental force that urges mystics to a deeper union with God. An experience of God quenches this thirst for the absolute but at the same time, paradoxically, whets it, because this is an experience that can never be total; by necessity, the knowledge of God is always partial. So loneliness opens up mystics to a desire to love each other and every human being as God loves them. – Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche
Rev. Leslie Mezai Receives Golden Rule Ambassador Award
David | May 23, 2009
Scarboro Missions has responded to the inspiration of the Interfaith Peace Initiative in Ethiopia which is encouraging organizations around the world to recognize Golden Rule Ambassadors for Peace among their constituencies. On May 23, Scarboro Missions honoured the long-standing interfaith commitment of Leslie Gabriel Mezei with a Golden Rule Ambassador Award.
The Best Name for God
David | May 20, 2009
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. – Meister Eckhart (1260-1327), Christian mystic and theologian
The Secret History of Our Enemies
David | May 19, 2009
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find, in each person’s life, suffering and sorrow enough to disarm all our hostility. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). American poet, educator, linguist.
A Peaceful and Helpful Way
David | May 15, 2009
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. – Winston Churchill
I doubt [...]
May I Be An Enemy To No One
David | March 18, 2009
May I be an enemy to no one and
the friend of what abides eternally.
May I never quarrel with those nearest me, and
be reconciled quickly if I should.
May I never plot evil against others, and
if anyone plot evil against me,
may I escape unharmed and without the need to hurt anyone else.
May I love, seek and attain [...]
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