Our enemies also have pain
From The Intelligent Optimist Winter 2017 All religions advocate the Golden Rule—Never treat others as you would not like to be treated yourself. Only when learn to implement this rule—24 hours a day—there can be a viable world. By Karen Armstrong All the great religious traditions of our Read More...
The healing force of constructive agression
From The Intelligent Optimist Winter 2017 Heal yourself in 12 empowering steps with Ruediger Dalhke’s transformative medicine. By Carol Greenhouse A formidable paradox lies at the heart of Western medicine. While modern health care is designed to bring about resurrection, its primary means is Read More...
An ode to tolerance
From The Intelligent Optimist Winter 2017 T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E is a sculpture created by French sculptor and painter Guy Ferrer in 2004, in reaction to the preoccupying rise in religious tensions and the risk of a new clash of religions. The sculpture, that has been presented at exhibitions around the Read More...
Iconic images of non-violence
From The Intelligent Optimist Winter 2017 Tiananmen Square After the death of pro-democracy leader Hu Yaobang in mid-1989, students began gathering in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mourn his passing. It was the beginning of large demonstration for greater freedom that lasted seven weeks. The Read More...
Non-violence issue: Earth I love
From The Intelligent Optimist Winter 2017 The economy is based on competition—violence. Nature is exploited to make money. There can only be an end to poverty and pollution when we discover the spiritual economy that is based on relationship, not ownership, with each other and with nature. Read More...