by Sean | Mar 5, 2023 | Glossary, Mental Health
What is toxic positivity? It is a “pressure to stay upbeat no matter how dire one’s circumstance is”, which may prevent emotional coping by feeling otherwise natural emotions. Toxic positivity happens when people believe that negative thoughts about...
by Sean | Feb 19, 2023 | Glossary
Abhidharma Literally meaning “higher knowledge,” Abhidharma refers to a collection of Buddhist scriptures that pertain to psychology, phenomenology, and cosmology. anatman Literally meaning “no-self,” anatman refers to an important Buddhist teaching...
by Sean | Feb 15, 2023 | Glossary
The argument and thought-experiment now generally known as the Chinese Room Argument was first published in a 1980 article by American philosopher John Searle (1932– ). It has become one of the best-known arguments in recent philosophy. Searle imagines himself alone...
by Sean | Feb 15, 2023 | Glossary
3rd times the charm Based on a consultation of the trilateral contact group on joint steps aimed at implementation of a ceasefire plan for president zelensky and president of russia v. putin. Based on the results of considerations and discussion of the proposals made...
by Sean | Jan 29, 2023 | Glossary
This article is about the philosophy. For an extremely unreasonable, silly, or foolish thing, see Absurdity. For absurdist humour, see surreal humour. For the literary genre, see Absurdist fiction. Sisyphus, the symbol of the absurdity of existence, painting by Franz...
by Sean | Jan 8, 2023 | Glossary
n essence, the short text entitled Eight Verses on Training the Mind presents the practices of cultivating both conventional bodhicitta, or the altruistic aspiration to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all beings, and ultimate bodhicitta, the profound insight into...
