Posts tagged non-violence
Charlottesville Is All-Right

Certain thoughts stayed with me throughout the white supremacist rallying cries that began on Friday night at the University of Virginia. As I received texts on Saturday from a business owner at the scene of the counter-protest on the Downtown Mall, and received encouraging emails and calls from friends and family, I worked to come to grips with all of it. Deandre Harris lying bloody and beaten by poles in the hands of white supremacists—inside the parking garage I used two days ago

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Blog: From the Philoso...Cameron Krest" Christian Picciolini, "Life After Hate, Albert Camus, alt-right, Charlottesville Downtown Mall, charlottesville va, Heather Heyer, martin luther king, Neo-Nazi, non-violence, Taliesin Neche, white nationalism Comments
What the Dalai Lama Knows

"The only mistake you can make is to give up hope." I often think of this statement from the Dalai Lama which closed his talk that I attended in 1998. His visit to this country last week heartened many, including President Obama in their meeting at the White House. About to turn 81, His Holiness was 77 when I wrote this blog. Truth ages well.

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Blog: From the Philoso...mariettacompassion, Dalai Lama, David Hume, forgiveness, hope, inner calm, non-violence, optimism, peace, President ObamaComment