Every Grain of Sand
David | January 25, 2010
Learning to love the whole world with “an abiding, universal love” is an essential step in maturing as a civilization; as humanity.
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
Are You Listening?
David | May 22, 2009
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention….A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words. - Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, Co-Founder of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program
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
Simple Pleasures
David | April 16, 2009
I am very pleased to help raise awareness of the following interview.
As Dan and I have discussed, caregiving is one of the clearest examples of the Golden Rule in practice. If you have the opportunity, I hope you’ll listen in. Even more, drop into Dan’s website and consider his books for a friend or loved [...]
A Little Love
David | April 15, 2009
I am repeatedly pleasantly surprised at how often those who write for newspapers around the world reference the Golden Rule. I have Google set up to “alert” me when it comes across new instances.
Here’s one from the Denver Examiner, complete with a musical number – A Little Love For Today, Sharon Rae, Denver Examiner, April [...]
The Myth of Redemptive Violence
David | March 20, 2009
The myth of redemptive violence defends the belief that violence saves, that war brings peace. It is one of the oldest stories in the world.
It misappropriates the language, symbols and scriptures of Christianity.
– Its God is the tribal God worshipped as an idol.
– Its offer is not forgiveness but victory.
– Its [...]
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 [...]
Gaia – The Golden Rule Writ Large
David | July 26, 2008
Gaia was, in Greek mythology, the original Earth Goddess. From Gaia sprang all life.
The term has become popular with environmentalists and others as a sort of shorthand to identify the interconnectedness of everything on the planet – the entirety of our world as one living, interlinked organism. A “Gaia Hypothesis” was put forward by James [...]
What We Say
David | July 10, 2008
Resolved, never to say any thing at all against any body, but when it is perfectly agreeable to the highest degree of Christian honor, and of love to mankind, agreeable to the lowest humility, and sense of my own faults and failings, and agreeable to the golden rule; often, when I have said anything against [...]
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