David | August 7, 2010
Changing the world, as Johnny Reid sings in Today I’m Gonna Try and Change the World, isn’t about earth-shattering events. It’s about applying the Golden Rule to each and every moment of our daily lives.
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David | January 17, 2010
In a tremendous example of the Golden Rule in action, the world has responded to Haiti.
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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
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David | May 28, 2009
Perhaps history takes such a long time because we are unwilling to bring it into being more quickly. Perhaps, with the energetic application of the Golden Rule, we can make injustice history just a little more quickly.
Couldn’t hurt to try.
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David | May 22, 2009
The basic principle on which the practice of non-violence rests is that what holds good in respect of oneself equally applies to the whole universe. In essence, all humankind is alike. – Gandhi
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David | May 21, 2009
Martin Buber described the “world of relation” as comparable to three spheres. The first – life with nature; the second – life with humanity; the third – life with spiritual beings.
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David | May 17, 2009
All life is meeting – Martin Buber. All life is meeting – connecting – relating. Although we’re isolated as human beings, we’re still social creatures. We seek out the “other” in order to create meaning in our lives.
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David | May 9, 2009
If you treat your employees as you would want to treated (or as you would want your wife, kids, parents, etc. to be treated), most employment cases would never be filed – John Hyman The above is an excerpt from an article in the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog. Hyman calls it the “Golden Rule of [...]
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David | March 19, 2009
Putting the Golden Rule into Practice These 7 Questions are drawn from the Golden Rule as written in the life affirming faiths and philosophies of the world. They are intended to help develop our moral intuition, and to encourage us to become more deliberate in the application of the Golden Rule in our daily lives. [...]
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David | February 16, 2009
We can deepen our understanding of the universal Principle of Mutuality expressed in the Golden Rule by becoming more intentional in applying it to our daily lives. Try this simple end-of-day exercise. If you wish, have a piece of paper and a pen nearby for journaling. Make yourself comfortable in your favorite chair or other [...]
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