the Golden Rule Radical

A Matter of Degree

david@goldenruleradical.org (David Keating) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:33:37 +0000

Have you ever noticed that where a person grows up determines their tolerance for heat or cold? What one person considers a balmy day is another’s scorching afternoon, or chilly morn. Be it...

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Barack Obama – How Will We Respond?

david@goldenruleradical.org (David Keating) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:33:26 +0000

How will we respond to the opportunity embodied in Barack Obama's emphasis of the Golden Rule in his speeches, and indeed in his exemplification of it in his efforts to open a new global dialogue?

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Obama Cites Golden Rule in Cairo

david@goldenruleradical.org (David Keating) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:05:35 +0000

There is also one rule that lies at the heart of every religion - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. This truth transcends nations and peoples - a belief that isn't new; that...

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O Siem

david@goldenruleradical.org (David Keating) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:14:39 +0000

I've always found O Siem, by Susan Aglukark, to be a very inspirational piece of music. The song includes the words "Take the hand of one close by .... And watch the walls come tumbling down."

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Making Space

david@goldenruleradical.org (David Keating) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:15:01 +0000

Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the...

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Understanding

david@goldenruleradical.org (David Keating) — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:37:14 +0000

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace. - Helen Keller 1880 - 1968, author, activist

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Metaphorical God

david@goldenruleradical.org (David Keating) — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:15:26 +0000

The limits of my metaphorical language for God are the limits of my experience of God - Paul McKenna, creator of the Golden Rule Poster

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The Beginning of Wisdom

david@goldenruleradical.org (David Keating) — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:52:27 +0000

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom -Theodore Isaac Rubin, American psychiatrist and author

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A Matter of Time

david@goldenruleradical.org (David Keating) — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:43:30 +0000

Perhaps history takes such a long time because we are unwilling to bring it into being more quickly. Perhaps, with the energetic application of the Golden Rule, we can make injustice history just a...

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Mystical Loneliness

david@goldenruleradical.org (David Keating) — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:26:13 +0000

Loneliness is the fundamental force that urges mystics to a deeper union with God. An experience of God quenches this thirst for the absolute but at the same time, paradoxically, ...

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