January 2012
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice →
There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.
The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in...
pica
n. the smallest measurable unit of human connection, typically exchanged between passing strangers—a flirtatious glance, a sympathetic nod, a shared laugh about some odd coincidence—moments that are fleeting and random but still contain powerful emotional nutrients that can alleviate the symptoms of feeling alone.
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“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It...”
– Rumi
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“I told her, “Don’t touch me that way.
Don’t come at me with that sour-cream...”
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Dorothy Allison
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“Until a radical change takes place and we wipe out all nationalities, all...”
– J. Krishnamurti
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“Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is...”
– Gary Zukav
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“But - you see, a bank or a company can’t do that, because those creatures don’t...”
– John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
“What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive,...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
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“I think one response we see too often is that in attempting to comfort ourselves...”
– Richard Drinnon
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“It’s like ecological succession. The groups that emerged from the 1960s are...”
– Stephanie McMillan,
Why are there so many small groups on the Left?
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“Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within...”
– Dogen
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Brahman is beyond personality and impersonality,... →
The teacher said: If you think: “I know Brahman well,” then surely you know but little of Its form; you know only Its form as conditioned by man or by the Gods. Therefore Brahman, even now, is worthy of your inquiry.
The disciple said: I think I know Brahman. The disciple said: I do not think I…
“Start to face it. Start to see it. In the simple willingness to see yourself, in...”
– Adyashanti (2004-12-01). End of Your World, The (Kindle Locations 589-596). Sounds True. Kindle Edition.
“My whole effort is somehow to convince you - not with my words but with my...”
– ~Osho
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“When I cannot sleep, I stroke you,
and like a napping cat that purrs
and...”
– Martha Elizabeth
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“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”
– Mother Teresa
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The Surprising New Cause of Weight Gain →
Sometimes it’s not just the food—but what farmers spray on your food—that can make you fat. Increasingly, scientists are linking certain chemicals, including pesticides, to weight loss woes. The latest evidence, appearing in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, finds that persistent organic pollutants, including some synthetic pesticides, accumulate in fat cells where they play a...
“It is difficult to believe that such a widespread violence (that girls twelve...”
– Allan Griswold Johnson
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“My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
– Rumi
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