If contemplation is the cultivation of our relationship with those Ideas worthy of being with,

Organization is the way that relationship manifests in our everyday life.

A basic discernment, to know the difference between a wholesome thought and an unwholesome one, is a kind of prerequisite for choosing values, for choosing friends, and for exercising discernment in the world.

We need a renaissance of discernment, the result of a humble and more pure form of investigation, guided by truth.

Christine Provine speaks about her personal journey exploring the Japanese Tea Ceremony and the life lessons she imparts to attendees which the ceremony reveals.

Justice as an individual virtue, and as a governing principle for society, constitutes the very basis of individual and collective well-being.

One aspect of Justice that is often left out of the conversation is its interior nature and origin, that Justice is a virtue to be lived within ourselves, before it can be expected of societies.

This podcast aims to zoom in a bit on this interior aspect of Justice.

Consider the habits of temperance to be to be a gift to yourself, the greatest gift you COULD give yourself.

The gift of new healthy habits of temperance will engender new experiences, new opportunities for growth and for meeting new people  - those who share those same healthy habits of temperance.

A philosophy of life, and in turn the development of a philosophical attitude might well be symbolized by the ancient Roman God Janus who, with his two heads, gazes into the past and future at the same moment.

But what if two-headed Janus only had one head.

Courage is essential for every meaningful step in life. Most importantly, courage is essential as we seek to live the life we want to live. Plato helped illuminate the conditions in which courage emerges in an individual and countless books including Steven Pressfield’s Gates of Fire reveals that courage and love are the closest of partners.