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Inside or Outside? The Wise Humanity Blog on Earth’s Day
It was Earth Day last week and, while I was preparing this blog post, I was thinking, “OK, what is the most Wise Humanity way to encourage respect and promote love for the planet?”
Davide Pagnotta · 28 April 2021 · 2 min read
You’re Not Finished Growing
Imagine buying a strawberry ice cream cone for a beloved child in your life, a three-year-old. Imagine the grin on her face as she receives it and gives it one big lick.
Elisabeth Sperling · 13 April 2021 · 2 min read
You Are not Defective. Our Model of Romance is.
Have you ever felt that nobody will ever love you again? That you’re incapable of keeping a lover? That you’re not worthy of love and a happy relationship?
Davide Pagnotta · 31 March 2021 · 4 min read
Become Fascinated by Your Reactions
Years ago, one of my students was having frequent arguments with his wife. The conflicts would start over something trivial, like dirty socks left on the floor, but quickly escalate into accusations, shouts, threats of divorce, and even calls to the police.
Elisabeth Sperling · 23 March 2021 · 3 min read
Outgrowing Ambiguity
The tools we normally use to deal with ambiguity don’t really solve the uncertainty we find ourselves in; they mainly help us navigate it. But we can use a more radical approach and outgrow ambiguities altogether.
Davide Pagnotta · 16 March 2021 · 5 min read
You Are How You Eat
They say that the way a person does one thing is the way they do everything, and I can attest that if I bring peace and attention to one thing every day, that sense of peace expands into the rest of my day. I might as...
Elisabeth Sperling · 9 March 2021 · 5 min read
A New Perspective on Goal Setting: Put the New You into the Equation
It’s popular advice that, whenever we want to achieve a goal, we should visualise our objective, the destination, and then work out the journey to get there, step by step, backwards.
Davide Pagnotta · 2 March 2021 · 5 min read
How to Relate to the Voice in Your Head
If you could get a complete printout of all the thoughts that go through your mind in one day, every single thought, what would it look like? What do you think you would find out about yourself?
Elisabeth Sperling · 23 February 2021 · 7 min read
Empower Your Values, Free Yourself from the Circumstances
At one of our courses, we recently talked about how we can use our values to guide our choices in every situation.
Davide Pagnotta · 16 February 2021 · 4 min read
Does Your “I” Love Your “Self”?
Some years ago, when I was feeling discouraged in my search for love, a good friend suggested I concentrate on loving myself. I was a little taken aback, but I also recognized that she was pointing to an area of opportunity for me. Maybe I had a lack inside that I should investigate.
Elisabeth Sperling · 9 February 2021 · 4 min read
The Only Time Is Now, Even Physics Says So
In this blog post I talk about the nature of time, according to contemporary, counterintuitive physics, and its practical implications in our lives. I start by giving some context, but you can skip to the “Practical Implications” part below if you want to go straight to the hands-on bit.
Davide Pagnotta · 2 February 2021 · 6 min read
The Lucky Amoeba
In fourth grade, I was fascinated by a diagram in my science book, showing the living blob of an amoeba. Consisting of just one cell, invisible to the eye, the amoeba moves and eats by changing the shape of its body.
Elisabeth Sperling · 26 January 2021 · 2 min read