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INSPIRATIONS
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David Foster Wallace, Commencement Speech
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ETHICS GOALS
[2A2] 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 primary approach is the oldest: ethics guided by lovingkindness; more specifically, by three nonbinary emotions: biophilia, inner peace, joie de vivre
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.
OTHER GOALS
[3C1] To unify the self: our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.
LOOKING AHEAD:
1-26 Compassion and the Sympathetic Imagination
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And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven*
Matthew 18.3, 6 New International Version *"the kingdom of God is within you" Luke 17:21 KJV
instructor 70 years ago
170-190 Mellons, Animals and Children
191-195 Fudge,
196-200 Salisbury, Ethics in Children's Literature
https://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/PK/Sanctuary....mp4
tps://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/PK/ChildrenAnimals....mp4
https://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/PK/ChildrenAnimals1....mp4
Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, once wrote, "to allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times.
More than that, it is cooperation with violence. The frenzy of the activist neutralizes his work for peace. It destroys her own inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of his own work because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful."
One interpretation: The fear of failure and the need to get things done create this downward spiral of the spirit. To break this "circle of violence" we must step back, reflect, meditate. While at rest we may be able to see things anew, which will increase our "fruitfulness at work" and at home.
"Stress Recess" Stressed by papers? Tests? Relationship issues? For these and other stressors, take a few minutes to check out a new interactive website called "Stress Recess" at http://www.cmhc.utexas.edu/stressrecess, a component of the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center. This site is loaded with videos, animation, video games, body scans, quizzes, clickable charts and graphics and practical information tailored to YOU. Learn what causes stress, signs of stress and—most importantly---what you can do to manage stress in healthy ways!
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