My Internet Rants – in Blog Form
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 4: Composed 2018-02-21 in the afternoon. A Psalm of Sophia recounting being driven from a long-time church at the start of gender transition. Why have those I thought of as friends turned on me? They say that Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 3: Composed 2018-02-18 in the evening. Wise are those who follow reason and logic, Who are not ruled by emotions nor bound to preconceptions, Who keep their minds always open to reality Who always strive to see Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 2: Composed on 2018-02-11 in the evening. How long will the foolish stay in power? How long will they continue their reckless schemes? How long will they hold the world in jeopardy Believing that God will fix Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm #1: Composed 2018-02-11 in the early morning hours. All the animals and all the plants Come from a common ancestor. Less than four billion years ago Lived the life from which we all sprung. To read the full Read more
It is part of Plurationalist teaching that we should not surrender to our emotions, but master them. Here is why Plurationalism is right in teaching that. Click here to read the full piece at Sophia’s Virtual Stoa.
Possibly the most time-honored of all the ingraining techniques used in Stoicism is the use of a meditative journal – of which the most classic examples are the twelve books written by the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius, in the last Read more
While both Stoicism and the Serenity Prayer both focus on the importance of discernment between what is and isn’t in your locus of control, resigning to one, and taking command over the other – there is a very key, far-from-trivial Read more