
Compassion: Another “C” Naming What It Means to be Human
We are exploring an overall question the last few months: “What does it mean to be human?” The great rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel addresses our
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We are exploring an overall question the last few months: “What does it mean to be human?” The great rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel addresses our

This morning a DM subscriber took me up on my comment that the books I write have often surprised me. I will attempt a few

M.C. wrote a poem about what potters do which ends this way. Potters like sun and starsperform their art–endowed with myth,they make the meal holy.

M.C. Richards, was potter, poet, painter, philosopher and a cherished teacher in my creation spirituality programs over many years. In her classic work Centering, she

We continue our meditations on the “C” of Creativity in our search for understanding what it means to be human. We find this dimension to

Imagination and the arts tap into soul and soul uses them as an instrument for expressing its wisdom. Says Dona Marimba Richards, Our deepest feelings are

Slavery was a system designed to dehumanize and annihilate the soul and a people. It brought a people to a state of Nothingness. Says Dona Marimba

Creativity is at the heart of our being human beings. Among the songs of the Mesoamerican peoples are the following hymns about the Toltecatl artists.

We are considering the role of creativity and art in calling forth what it means to be human. Among the Hopi peoples of the southwestern

Creativity and wisdom go hand in hand. As Hildegard puts it, “there is wisdom in all creative works.” In medieval Europe, when the university was
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