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Let’s Reimagine the Übermensch: Creative Freedom in Service to Something Greater
Every culture has its superheroes. There is Hercules, the legendary Greek hero and son of Zeus, who achieved god-like status through his extraordinary actions. Then there is Arjuna, the epic warrior prince from the Hindu Mahabharata, renowned for his unmatched courage...
Inside The Moth Atlanta: A Night of Stories About Belonging, Bravery, and Being Human
At the Moth spoken word storytelling event yesterday, the stage was literally set. But, I was never meant to be there. Who pays $80 and drives to downtown Atlanta on a weeknight to listen to five ten-minute stories? I had told myself. But then came a last-minute nudge...
The Invisible Brandons Hiding in Plain Sight – Read By Rachana
https://youtu.be/m64m4MyMcIM - Want To Listen To The Article Instead? - A Night To Remember I came home and couldn’t go back to bed without cleaning my kitchen countertop with my hands. As I cleaned, I thought of Brandon and how he was a...
Love Made Me Do It – A Poem By Rachana {Audio Podcast}
https://youtu.be/toLd4m-ofRk - Want To Listen To The Article Instead? - As you slip and fall, my thoughts ride along with youatop the death train – La Bestia. A smiling young man you were, one heartbeat ago,the next – a limp body in the overgrown,...
Babysitting and Brain Rot Stations: What Kids Can Teach Us About Living in the Now
- Last week, one of our funniest Swamijis (Ramakrishnaji) was in town for a Satsang, so I was assigned the task of babysitting kids at a local chapter of the Chinmaya Mission. As I got on with the task of monitoring what I wondered would be a wolf pack of...
When East Met West Under the Georgia Sky: A Fusion Wedding at Serenbe
Two Worlds, One “I Do” What can two families born 8000 miles apart yet raising their kids in the deep south of the US have in common? Their children, who inspite of cultural differences, might go on to make promises to love each other forever. And that's what I...
What Marcus Aurelius and Kahlil Gibran Can Teach Us About Surviving (and Thriving) in the Age of AI
- The Poet In My Memory "In your longing for your giant self lies your goodness, and that longing is in all of you." Kahlil Gibran wrote in his seminal work, The Prophet. The first time I came across the name Gibran was in my childhood when my mom would read...
Ancient Dreams, Modern Wake-Up Call: What Buddha and Rama Teach Us About Life Today
- Challenging Our Heroes With Prompts On a prompt challenge from a friend, I asked ChatGPT questions on what Buddha and Rama would have been thinking at times of extreme turmoil in their lives, especially during some inflection points in life like when...
When AI Becomes More Human Than Humans: Relationships, Intimacy, and the Age of the Promptstitute
- Erotica, Intimacy And AI It feels like yesterday we were seeing huge societal changes happen in the way Gen Z is turning to AI for emotional support instead of actual dating. I had written about it here. And just this summer, I was whining about how adults...
Frida, Unfiltered. Frida (2024) Is A Tasteful Tribute To A Trailblazer.
- Challenging The Limits Of Personal Freedom Since I first read about her, I've avoided getting too close to Frida Kahlo. Frida was a Mexican painter known for her iconic self-portraits and surreal symbolism that explore themes of identity, the body, and death....
Why Vulnerability Is the Ultimate Superpower in Life and Leadership
- Discovering the Power of Vulnerability A few years ago, when I discovered Brené Brown through her books and her podcasts, something shifted in me. I had been asking myself a lot of questions on staying true to my nature and finding alignment in how I acted in...
News for the Unemployed: Kris Jenner Got Plastic Surgery and Now Looks Like Kim’s Twin. LMAO.
- In a classic “I don’t know what I was thinking” moment, I once wrote a crash course on the Kardashians. And even wondered what Nicki Minaj was referring to when she was talking about the Anaconda in her song. By that time I already had two kids, but you know,...
Meta AI Scandal: Leaked Guidelines Allowed Chatbots to Flirt With Children
https://youtu.be/tSgvsXe-cwE - Want To Listen To The Article Instead? - Meta AI's Perilous Child Chat Guidelines 🚨 Multiple news outlets are reporting on a controversy surrounding Meta AI's internal guidelines for chatbots interacting with...
David Baldacci Slams Big Tech as AI Threatens Copyright Protection for All Creators
- The Need For Updating the Copyright Law David Baldacci, an American novelist, is hitting back hard at Big Tech over AI and copyright. He went to a Senate Judiciary Hearing this month to lay out how the tech giants are exploiting author content. He insists...
How Entertainment Is Killing Public Discourse: Neil Postman’s Warning in the Age of Screens
- Want To Listen To The Article Instead? - Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they...
Put Your Phone Down to Reclaim Your Life Says Angela Duckworth 🤳📵
- Put Your Phone Down, Pick Your Life Up: A Lesson from Angela Duckworth 🤳📵 "Where you physically place your phone may be one of the most consequential decisions you make." I just watched Angela Duckworth’s graduation speech at Bates College, and I have to tell...
How Jung’s Mandala Unlocks Deep Healing, Self-Discovery, and Inner Peace
- The Healing Mandala: Jung’s Bridge Between Psyche and Self Carl Jung, the Swiss psychoanalyst, observed that when our human psyche is in distress or transition, we often reach for symbolic language to express what the rational mind cannot yet articulate. One...
I Sit, Scroll, Rot and Repeat. Yes, It Was The Damn Phones | A Powerful Poem By Kori Jane Spaulding 📵🤳
- Sit and Scroll and Rot 📵🤳 For years, I've been writing about all that Ms. Spaulding talks about in her poem "It was the damn phones". But, hearing this from someone like her from Gen Z stands out because she understands that "We are the product." The weight...
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