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integral feminism
October 2009 
Philosopher Notes
Posted on Jul 30th, 2009
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sass
sass
While in Bali recently I had the good fortune to be able to drop in on a couple of Brian Johnson 's Philosopher Notes classes.
Brian's a lucid, articulate and intelligent teacher, who while exploring the Big Ideas of one text, wove insights from various Philosopher Notes texts together, to demonstrate the way thinkers from various disciplines arrive at similar points, and drew on his own experience to illustrate. As a result the Notes aren't cheap soundbites but skillfully extracted insights.
The last class I attended focused on The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. They are:
At the moment Always Doing My Best involves 'practising' a bigger, more mature self. I've been comtemplating the way practice means not perfect, means moving towards. Until my bigger self stabilises, doing my best means I am consciously 'practicing' it again and again, realising when I have fallen back into my smaller, young self, and recognising it, returning to 'practice', starting again...
The tides of life often leave me time-poor so I'm looking forward to more succint dharmic reminders from the Notes. I like Brian and I respect what he is doing.. and I am all about finding ways to support each other in following our bliss.
So, my summary is - Philosopher's Notes... worth checking out.
Brian's a lucid, articulate and intelligent teacher, who while exploring the Big Ideas of one text, wove insights from various Philosopher Notes texts together, to demonstrate the way thinkers from various disciplines arrive at similar points, and drew on his own experience to illustrate. As a result the Notes aren't cheap soundbites but skillfully extracted insights.
The last class I attended focused on The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. They are:
- Be Impeccable with your speech,
- Don't Take Things Personally,
- Don't Assume, and
- Always Do Your Best
At the moment Always Doing My Best involves 'practising' a bigger, more mature self. I've been comtemplating the way practice means not perfect, means moving towards. Until my bigger self stabilises, doing my best means I am consciously 'practicing' it again and again, realising when I have fallen back into my smaller, young self, and recognising it, returning to 'practice', starting again...
The tides of life often leave me time-poor so I'm looking forward to more succint dharmic reminders from the Notes. I like Brian and I respect what he is doing.. and I am all about finding ways to support each other in following our bliss.
So, my summary is - Philosopher's Notes... worth checking out.
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