VILLAGE IDIOT’S UPCOMING COURSES: WISDOM AND CREATIVITY FOR A FRAGMENTED WORLD The upheavals of the 21st century (Gaza, Israel, Ukraine, Sudan) can be overwhelming - even for the politically astute or spiritually centered. WISDOM FOR A FRAGMENTED WORLD is a unique course designed to help students engage with greater equanimity amidst the unprecedented complexity and chaos of the age. These are not ordinary times. Even a Dali, Vonnegut, or Martha Graham might have struggled to be brilliant if they were as overscheduled and overwhelmed as we are. CREATIVITY FOR A FRAGMENTED WORLD is a unique course designed to help students rediscover their inner creativity, without grossly simplifying our world or retreating into escapism. Wisdom is no longer merely a spiritual or philosophical choice, while creativity is no longer merely an aesthetic or recreational choice. They are existential imperatives. Democracy and our own sanity depend on it. WISDOM COURSE DETAILS: 12 Consecutive Saturdays, June 8-August 24 90 minute sessions, 10-11:30 am EST REGISTER NOW: https://lnkd.in/e2qheCJU CREATIVITY COURSE DETAILS: 12 Consecutive Sundays, June 9-August 25 90 minute sessions, 10-11:30 am EST REGISTER NOW: https://lnkd.in/e2qheCJU FEE: Early Bird Special: $300 by May 20/ $350 after May 20 Countries outside of North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea: $125 by May 20/ $150 after May 20 If your location qualifies for a discount or you would like to be considered for a need-based scholarship, please contact Ashok Panikkar (villageidiotstudio@gmail.com).
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The Village Idiot Studio is an irreverent attempt to demystify our messy world. Through courses, videos, articles, and artwork, we hope to inspire foundational questions about how society, and the world (really) works - instead of the ways we hope it will.
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The Progressive Left of the Democratic party have spent decades trashing-talking men and condemning male traits as 'toxic' masculinity. And then they still expect black men to vote for them? How can you be anti-male and expect black men to trust you? https://lnkd.in/emikB56Z
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What a safe and secure society we must be living in to challenge the idea of men and masculinity? I'm quite sure the Palestinians and the Ukrainians are not having these conversations. Do we have to be attacked before we see sense? https://lnkd.in/eikJVB6j
Opinion | We Can Do Better Than ‘Positive Masculinity’
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Power doesn't just corrupt, it wishes to silence all dissent. What a shame that the Democratic Party is so deranged by the prospect of being challenged on their progressive assumptions that they openly advocate shutting down free speech. https://lnkd.in/eXXeS9pF
Opinion | Criticize Harris and Walz While You Still Can
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Check out my Substack on THINKING. https://lnkd.in/exDEHxz5
THE GREAT BETRAYAL
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Minorities can never lose "their instinct for danger, which had preserved them through the ages.” The post- Civil Rights era is a chimera or at best a passing tolerant phase. We do not 'Awaken' our way out of bigotry. https://lnkd.in/eBh--7J2
Opinion | The Year American Jews Woke Up
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It is sobering to realize as one gets older, that we have far less agency than we imagine. So much is out of our control. https://lnkd.in/eDm26w36
Opinion | Donald Trump, You Lucky Dog
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When Feminists support women, at the expense of men. When black people support each other at the expense of white people. We shouldn't be surprised that white Christians will do the same. This is why identity politics is a killer of democracy. https://lnkd.in/er4g3eA9
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“Nobody over the age of 14 listens to that kind of music,” his mother wrote, “and if they did, they wouldn’t be somebody we would want to know.” https://lnkd.in/ecAyRxyZ
Kris Kristofferson: the soldier turned star made a tough life into tender poetry
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There are over a hundred named phobias- so many things to be afraid of! It takes a strong mind to brush aside phantom fears and irrational anxieties. Intelligent people have what I call, cognitive insulation. They are protected against the daily noise that can overwhelm the rest of us. The Village Idiot Studio's “JOY OF THINKING” is a 12-week course based on critical and systems thinking. Learn HOW TO THINK- so you can avoid logical fallacies and make decisions that you can actually work for you. Ashok Panikkar (M.A. Critical and Creative Thinking, University of Massachusetts, Boston) has been teaching people how to develop their thinking capabilities since 1988. 12 consecutive Saturdays- 5th October to 21st December from 10:00 to 11:30 AM EST. OWN YOUR MIND! Sign up for the JOY OF THINKING course today before seats fill up. https://lnkd.in/gY-FBwnv Also, check out our social media pages to stay up-to-date: https://lnkd.in/gw-KhmmR https://lnkd.in/exf9t94H #CriticalThinking #CriticalThinkers #creativethinking #Empowerment #openmind #openmindedness #educationalcontent #howtothink #developingmind #thevillageidiot #JoyOfThinking #OvercomeFear
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