Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein

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The Liberation of Auschwitz: Making "Never Again" a Reality
If you have learned a few facts about the Holocaust and come away with the notion that evil people did horrendous things, you have learned little.
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Are You a Servant of Tyranny or Liberty?
“The biggest mistake of my life was that I believed everything faithfully which came from the top."
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About Time, Session 1: Look Towards What You Are, Not What You Have
Please read “The Unexamined Life is Not Livable,” posted earlier this week, as a preface to our “About Time” study.
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The Unexamined Life is Not Livable
What are we afraid of?
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Is There Hope In Politics?
Let’s start change with ourselves; societal flourishing doesn’t come from politics.
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Avoiding Conflict: Seneca's Perspective
Most of us think we are responding to events that we interpret accurately and that others, not us, are causing conflict.
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Asking the Most of Ourselves
Living a meaningful life
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Seneca, Session 3: Cutting Each Other Slack
“Anger exempts no stage of life, and no class of people either.”
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Robin Williams Taught Us about Kindness
We all know the inner voice that speaks for kindness, compassion, and Love.
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Is Opportunity Now Here or Nowhere?
How many of us are able to look beyond our old mental models and consider new possibilities?
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Coming to Know Reality
Seeing the fundamental invalidity of our fragmented worldview
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