Democratic Philosophy and Organizing

Democratic Philosophy In order to understand democratic philosophy, I decided to read the book that supposedly inspired Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. It's called, "Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals," by Saul D. Alinsky. It provides a perfect example of level confusion.  Here is quote by Mr.…

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Eliminating our Rulebook: The Good Persona and the Positive Persona

By Cathy Eck   The return trip to our True Self is crazy.  We move forward toward freedom; and then, we hit blockages, caused by the false self, that usually feel like we've gone backwards.  That's normal.  We're meeting every belief that we accepted as true in the past.  Stopping…

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The Illusion of the Fight or Flight Response and Stress

By Cathy Eck   Fight or Flight Response Science tells us that the fight or flight response is real.  They say it's a normal reaction to all the scary things out there...things that we can't protect ourselves from.  We label the fight or flight condition stress. Medicine admits that most…

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Eliminating Competition and Comparison From Our Lives

By Cathy Eck   Competition and Comparison Competition is insanely normal in our life.  Or perhaps, I should say insane and normal.  We compete for jobs.  Teams compete in all kinds of sports.  Wanna be artists compete on reality television shows for record deals, modeling jobs, and the right to…

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