Martin Buber

ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER: TRAVEL STORIES A Way of Looking at Travel Diversity itself is a path to self-knowledge. In our meetings with the Other, we come face-to-face with aspects of ourselves that we project onto the Other. As we take back our projections, we also come to terms with the…

Today I walked again. I found much to marvel at and many interesting encounters along the way. I saw a parent quail with several newly hatched chicks and wondered where the other parent was. A parent of any species tending their young is always strangely engaging, regardless how often we…

I will start this summary with a confession — I thought I was sufficiently intellectual to try my hand at reading philosophy. I was wrong :) I read this book without understanding more than a sentence or two. I was amazed to discover I did not understand the meaning although…

The poet Rumi wrote in ‘Out Beyond Ideas,’ — Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. I am no Rumi, but here are my thoughts I — It is the pathology that has written our history. The want of certainty cleaves us into rows scorching the humanity between us. Discourse expires in sound bites destroying our intentions. The contest defines us wasting everything.

If Life Is Relationships — Not Cells, Would We See Abortion Differently? — The central issue of Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice is human abortion. The Pro-Life contention is that abortion of an unborn living fetus is homicide (murder of a human life). The Pro-Choice position contends for the human freedom of a pregnant woman to choose abortion, difficult as that choice may be. …

Clearing up the confusion around a famous misunderstanding In 1956, Martin Buber gave a celebrated series of lectures at Columbia University. Among other things, he discussed the human experience of exile from God. Joseph Campbell was present, and asked a provocative question after the lecture. That question led to an exchange which has become notorious, especially among students…

To understand relationships, it is essential to understand what the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber meant by I and Thou. Buber was an existentialist, but unlike most existentialists, who smoke too many cigarettes, wear black, disbelieve in God, and say a lot about individual authenticity, Buber was very religious and he…

It is hard to summarize a succinct philosophy of teaching honestly. I have learned so much and in such a short amount of time to figure out the most prescient points to develop my own personal pedagogy. I think this is because as teachers we should always be learning. Teaching…