The first phase of the Self-reflective Society website has been completed
Date: 1 August 2011
The Self-reflective Society project has its roots in the Awakening Earth proposal that I wrote in November 2009. Only the first phase of the project has been completed. It grapples with acquiring self knowledge and overlaps with the subject matter of deliberate living from my second book. The next two phases - Ideal Society and Current Society - require research in the fields of psychology and sociology and may be some time in coming...
The book Living Deliberately is published
Date: 4 July 2011
The book is finally published! It has taken many months, but hopefully the end result is worth the effort. It is available from Amazon and other electronic book sellers. Only the paperback format is available at present; electronic ones (Kindle and others) should follow in the coming weeks. So should the spin-off website...
A new article has been written: Vocations
Date: 12 April 2011
The article exposes the shortcomings of our customary approach to choosing a career by contrasting it with an approach that is based on life purpose. Ever since uncovering my life purpose and refining it to the point where it can effectively guide career-related decisions, it has been clear to me that life purpose is a critical element of this process that is usually overlooked.
The book Living Deliberately enters the promotional phase
Date: 20 March 2011
The book is scheduled to be published on the 4th of July. I thought that the U.S. Independence Day symbolism was suitable for what is essentially a manifesto for personal independence from social norms. I have made about a third of the book available as excerpts. This should make it easy for you to decide whether buying it would be worth your while. The book is currently available from the Publisher Direct book store, for review purposes.
A new article has been written: The Power of Contrast
Date: 3 January 2011
It is essentially a continuation of the Experiencing Abundance article. While the Experiencing Abundance article attempted to discover the most effective way for us to feel affluent - be it in terms of material wealth or skills - this article builds on its answer to explore why we can do this more easily and effectively by uplifting other people than by trying to bring about similar changes in our own lives.
A new course has been added: Wheel of Life
Date: 20 November 2010
I was so moved by the material presented in Bill Plotkin's book Nature and the Human Soul that I decided to structure it into a course and offer it alongside my course on deliberate living. The people at the Animas Valley Institute were gracious enough to let me do this. While at it, I've used the opportunity to restructure the course section of the website and dispense with condensed version of the courses.
Two new books have been added to the recommended reading list
Date: 29 October 2010
Both are hefty tomes that have been written by depth psychologist, ecotherapist and wilderness guide Bill Plotkin. They are Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche and Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World. The first book is really a more focused version of the second - it explores a particular stage of Plotkin's life model that is presented in its entirety in the second book.
A new poem has been written: Introductions
Date: 13 October 2010
This is my first attempt at poetry since primary school. I don't intend to do this often, so I decided against creating a brand new web page dedicated to poetry and instead listed it with the articles. While it is no masterpiece by any stretch of imagination, I hope that its message is clear.
A new article has been written: Purposefully Adopting Beliefs – Part 3
Date: 6 August 2010
This is the third and last instalment in the belief saga. It tackles the question of what can be done to alter the foundation that our worldview rests on, and what we can expect to gain from doing that. It complements the discussion from the previous two articles on the same subject and is intended to be read in conjunction with them.
Two new book reviews have been added
Date: 30 June 2010
The reviews are of Martin Seligman's book Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life, and two books that were edited and partly written by Dale McGowan - Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion and Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief.
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