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A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space.  He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.  This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.  Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.  Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)  Mathematical Circles

Pay attention, then you will know there are other options. It will actually be within your power

to experience a crowded, hot, slow, consumer-hell type situation as not only meaningful, but

 sacred, on fire with the same force that made the stars:

love, fellowship, the mystical oneness of all things deep down.

David Foster Wallace, Commencement Speech

Love alone can unite living beings so as to complete and fulfill them... for it alone joins them by what is deepest in themselves. All we need is to imagine our ability to love developing until it embraces the totality of men and the earth." 
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

"LOVE AND DO WHAT YOU WILL"  St. Augustine

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Dass Guided Imagery

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9-3,EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE . x160-212

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TODAY'S GOALS:

 

 [2A2] ETHICS: The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: "have experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems." Our ethics goals include    [   [2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience.    [2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.

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TODAY'S TOPICS: 

Who are you? do you know? Are you dead or are you alive? are you in pieces or are you whole? have you been virtually "lobotomized" [had one part of your brain(left side?) severed from another (right side?)]?  how are you feeling? right now?

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TODAY'S ACTIVITIES:; MEDITATION,QUIZ and then Blog DISCUSSION.

 

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On the heath, King Lear asked Gloucester: “How do you see the world?” And Gloucester, who is blind, answered:" I see it feelingly."

REQUIRED READING: COURSE ANTHOLOGY:

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EMOTIVE BUSINESS ETHICS

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160-161           Covey bio

162-169           Covey, Principled Leadership: Service, Law of Love, Seek first to Understand Focusing on that which is greater than the ego Conscience, Character, …..Left Brain/Right Brain

170-181           Covey, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness: The Whole-­‐Person Paradigm, incl. Spiritual Intelligence, Compassion and Conscience Ethos, Pathos, Logos Character

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

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182                  Know Thyself

183-186           Leadership, EQ, and Both Sides of the Brain

187-189           Emotional Intelligence

190-192           Harmonizing Emotion and Thought

193-194           "The Man Without Feelings"

195-196           "The Roots of Empathy"

197-199           Empathy vs Video Games

200                  David Lee Powell, Plan II student?

201                  Molesters and Sociopaths

202                  "I Am a Rock";

202                  "Comfortably Numb"

203-206                "Turn It Off".

207                   Definition of "Sentimentality"

301 Definition of Compassion;  

311 Definition of Sympathetic Imagination

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING;

208-209             Meditation and Guided Imagery

210-212             Feedback and Emotional Intelligence

1113                   Ram Dass / Einstein Guided Imagery 

1111-1112          Song Lyrics: "Born Free"; "Get Together"; "Peaceable Kingdom"       

EMOTIONAL LITERACY

 

213-220           Emotion Words checklist

221                  Children's Feeling Words

222                  Vocabulary of Emotions

223                  Intensity of Feelings Chart

           224-225           Writing Emotions

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REVIEW:

113-115                 Moral Dystopia" Ideology 1 "Greed is Good" 116-117           Enron + Madoff 118-121           Enron vs. Empathy 122-127           Wall Street Ideologies 2: Christianity and business ethics 128-129           Paul's First Letter to Timothy: Radix Malorum Est Cupiditas: (the root of evil is greed)? 130-132           Billy Graham et al 133-138           Pope Francis University of Texas Ethics 139-145           Ethical Challenges selections 146-151                 Honor Code of U.T.  see  also  993-994 Paraphrasing vs. Plagiarism   BUSINESS ETHICS   152                Sisodia, Ethical Capitalism 153                Cox, Ethics in Business Education 154-159         Harvard students' MBA Ethics Oath

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LOOKING AHEAD:

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DUE BY MIDNIGHT 9-4:

QUESTIONNAIRES DUE : -5 PER CLASS DAY UNTIL RETURNED BY EMAIL

INTRODUCTION BLOG 15 PTS. AT STAKE

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9-5 EXTRA CREDIT driving with passengers: 10 pts.; 20 pts. for proof of attendance* at first event, 8 pts. each for proof of attendance at one other event

FOR GLOBAL CULTURES AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY FLAGS AND PREPARATION FOR SIDDHARTHA

Janmashtmi Utsav  Krishna birthday celebration at Radha Madhav Dam   400 Barsana Road, Austin, TX, 78737

• 6:30pm – Kirtan starts in Prayer Hall.  Dinner Prashad starts in Dining Hall

• 6:30pm – Food Booths, Games and Kids Craft Booths Open Outdoors

• 8:00pm – Speech on Krishna Leelas and Pastimes

• 8:30pm -  Cultural Program – Krishna Leelas – Dance Drama Production

• 9:00pm - Dahi Handi Breaking …. Govinda Aala Re Aala

• 930pm -  Dandia Dancing to Live Band singing

• 10:30pm – Kirtan Chanting begins

• 11:45-pm – Prakatya (Appearance) Leela of Baby Krishna

• 12:00 am – Midnight Janm Celebration and Baby Krishna Aarti

 

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TUESDAY 2015 Liz Carpenter Lecture LBJ Library   7:00pm - 8:30pm in Lady Bird Auditorium No tickets or rsvp required. Robert Reich," The Future of Inequality" Professor Reich is one of the world's leading thinkers about work and the economy. Now Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, he has served under three national administrations, most recently as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton. He also served on President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. In 2008. His new book coming out in late September, is "Saving Capitalism - For the Many, Not the Few".