by Chris Johnson | Jan 20, 2015 | Acts of Terrorism, Beliefs, Consciousness, Truth, Values, Violation
So, our “problem” with beliefs is nothing to do with beliefs themselves, as they are neutral psychological constructs developed by our egos so that we can make sense of the world. The problem lies with the amount of energy our egos assign to our beliefs over time—both...
by Chris Johnson | Jan 14, 2015 | Acts of Terrorism
My 95-year-old mother-in-law has a phrase she uses for when she thinks you are making fun of her – “Are you poking Charlie at me?” – she will say. It probably originated as a latter-day distortion of the verbally less genteel “poke bogey,” a colloquialism for “poking...
