In today's conversation, Vietnam war veteran and Zen Buddhist priest, Harvey Hilbert, shares his experience, thoughts and feelings about war. The conversation explores history, curated narratives, how we think about war, and why after thousands of years, we still do it. We touch on how the emotions of fear, hate and anger are intentionally stimulated in order to drive people to war - and why the practices of compassion, humility, and love are most often disregarded. The conversation touches on media, misuse and distortion of language. Harvey offers as a possible measure for improving the future of humanity, learning how to talk to each other and how to teach ourselves and our children to value open and respectful conversations; how to get to know and accept those who are different.
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Today, guests Nia Rucker and Trisha McCaul share their observations after hosting a "Death Over Drafts" event in Las Cruces. Death Over Drafts is a setting for casual community discussion about death and dying, over beers and snacks. Held at a local brewery with about 25 people in attendance, the group conversations spanned a broad spectrum of death and dying related experiences, thoughts and feelings. Trisha and Nia offer their insights as individuals and as conveners of the event. From his vantage point as a family therapist, Jack Turney made some carefully considered inquiries and shared some relevant perspectives as well. Welcome to a fun and thoughtful conversation about how we think (or avoid thinking) about death in our culture.
Death Over Drafts Alua Arthur - TED Talk - Thinking about Death The Death Deck - A Lively Party Game Today's conversation with Jack Turney focuses on asking why we think we know, what we think we know. The exploration includes considerations of awe, wonder, gratitude, science, religion, and humility in relationship to knowing and not-knowing. We talk about distinctions between ideas of truth, perspective, and reality. We ask if individuals and society benefit more from holding on to what we think we know, or perhaps benefit more from what we might learn in a posture of not-knowing. As a default practice of thinking, where might the greatest potential for wisdom exist?
Jack Turney joins us for a conversation about the ancient Chinese philosophy known as - Tao-te Ching. The oldest known copy of the text predates the birth of Jesus by 300-500 years and is second only to the Bible among the most published books in history. Using the Stephen Mitchell translation, we open an initial exploration of some aspects of this book of revered Chinese wisdom and what it may or may not mean for humanity today.
After an extended delay, stuck behind an overturned semi-truck on I-10, Shahid Mustafa and Tameika Hannah join us for a brief look at their thoughtful and informative new show on KTAL - entitled Black-English-Vernacular. The show airs and streams from 9:30-10:30 pm - Monday nights on KTAL; treating our community to a whole lotta' good history, with an emphasis on Black History.
Before our guests arrived, family therapist Jack Turney and I explored a little about co-operatives, food as related to the mental and physical health of families, and community in general. Upon their arrival, Shahid and Tameika treated us to a brief but insightful conversation about their new show. And, as this month is National Coop Month, they introduce us to the fascinating untold history of original Black owned and operated farming/food cooperatives. Jack Turney returns for an encore conversation about how as a millennial he perceives the challenges we face in our country and around the world today. The exploratory process touches on some external considerations like technology, climate change, media, social media, and cultural norms. Some of the internal elements that get attention are expectations, critical thinking, attitudes, adaptive processes, and the differing values contained in differing stories of the consumer industrial complex that shape our lives. He gives some focus as well to how awareness of our predicament may bring both appropriate and inappropriate despair and how to bring realistic hope into the equation.
It was January 20, 2020. That day we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. That day, the rapid collapse of many of our country's fundamental political and social norms was fully evident. That day, we were unknowingly staggering into the abyss of Covid 19's deadly embrace of humanity. On that morning, we had a conversation with millennial, Jack Turney. Now, nearly four years later, he joins us again.
With a master's degree in social work and a background of working with underserved members of our community, Jack currently works as a practicing therapist and family counselor. As a member of the millennial generation, he shares how the views of he and his peers have changed. He shares on his perceptions of our country's skyrocketing mental health issues and the unconscionable shortage of care providers - and much more. A lot of the conversation centers around Jack's reversion to a closer personal practice of Catholicism, how and why that's happening for him, and how it informs his life in these trying times. We welcome Harvey Hilbert back for a follow-up conversation on the intellectual, social, emotional, and cognitive elements related to changing ideas of the words "Patriot" and "Patriotism". He touches on the static and the dynamic perceptions of how we understand our language. The conversation evaluates some words that seem to morph dynamically; words like "Moral" "Ethical" "Borders" "Religion" and others. It's an exploration of how and why our thinking influences our language, ourselves, and the world around us.
Harvey shared his intriguing concept of the "Eco-Patriot": One who understands and supports the planet to be deeply and completely interconnected and interdependent in all dimensions. more information: Borges and Heisenberg - Quantum Poetics Harvey Hilbert, a combat wounded Vietnam Veteran who enlisted in 1964, offers some of his observations about how we think about patriotism, why we think the way we do, and why that matters. Twenty-two years ago today, on September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon spawned "The Patriot Act" and 20 plus years of war in the Middle East. Currently, we see some of the most murderous culture wars in America driven by those who identify as patriots. The conversation touches on who in 2023 may be genuine patriots, and who merely wrap themselves in the word and the flag to justify strongly held, hateful, un-American reactions to the challenges of our times.
more information The Patriot Act Patriotism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Eric Hoffer - The True Believer The Patriot Movement in America CNN Opinion on Patriotism in America Associated Press - How to define Patriot? Today we have a terrific conversation with poet and retired English professor, Joseph Somoza. He shares his personal, daily writing process and some of his own poetry. The conversation is a thoughtful exploration of poetry, language, and the science and magic of the spoken and written word. He shares his observations on speech and language. He talks about the process of finding one's own true voice, how our brains and our emotions shape our interpretations, and thoughts about ego, humility, and the uniquely liberating joys of writing poetry. Joseph opens an expansive consideration of the influences of language, and poetry in our everyday lives and our relationships to ourselves, and the world around us. In the links below, you'll find some of Joseph Somoza's poetry. His books are available at online booksellers and at COAS Books in Las Cruces, NM.
more information: The Poets Weave Origami Poems Project The Loch Raven Review Innisfree Poetry Journal Bobby Byrd Blog 2007 |
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