The Stage at C3

Guest speaker Michael Dewilde discusses the ethics of assisted suiciee. Does respect for the autonomy of an individual, or a callous indifference to the sanctity of life? A compassionate response to pain, in it many forms, or an efficient if selfish way to spare the living unwanted costs of care? A responsible use of medical training, or the undermining of all physicians are supposed to hold dear?

Memento mori—Latin for “remember that you must die”—may sound grim, but this ancient Stoic reminder is really an invitation to live more deeply by remembering our mortality. Death is not the opposite of life but part of it. When we face our impermanence with honesty and curiosity, fear begins to soften, gratitude deepens, and life itself grows more vivid.

Brad Ruggles walks us through our past and continuing history as the C3 community holds its annual celebration.

Lead Teacher Brad Ruggles presents the last segment in our series, The Empire of Screens: Wisdom for Living in the Attention Economy.

The Empire of Screens: Wisdom for Living in the Attention Economy is our current focus, and this week Lead Teacher Brad Ruggles continues with Part Three: Watching the Watchers.

The Empire of Screens series continues with Lead Teacher Brad Ruggles’ teaching, Part 2: The Attention Economy

It’s a new series! This week The Empire of Screens series begins with Lead Teacher Brad Ruggles’ teaching, Part 1: Digital Empire.

Lead Teacher Brad Ruggles continues his series on Stories That Shape Us with Part 3, Absolutes…

Last week, we began our new series Stories That Shape Us by looking at the story of Separation. This week we turn to Scarcity, the story of “not enough."

Brad returns beginning with the first of a two-part talk called Stories That Shape Us. This first week, Scarcity and Separation, explores how the inherited stories of “not enough” and disconnection shape our daily lives. Scarcity breeds hurry, greed, and comparison, while separation convinces us we’re cut off from one another and from the natural world.