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What makes a man? | Modern Masculinity

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The Guardian
Premiered May 16, 2019

As part of a series on Modern Masculinity, Guardian journalist Iman Amrani is exploring what masculinity means to a range of men from diverse backgrounds. In this third episode, Iman speaks with Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow, grime artist D Double E, Status Quo’s Francis Rossi, musician MNEK, Love Island’s Jack Fowler and playwright Vinay Patel about the role models and influences that have made them the men they are.

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Barbara Marx Hubbard, 89, Futurist Who Saw ‘Conscious Evolution,’ Dies

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Barbara Marx Hubbard in 1978. Her book “Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential” is a core text among those who think the human race is on the brink of an enhanced way of existing.CreditCreditLyn Alweis/The Denver Post, via Getty Images

Neil Genzlinger

May 15, 2019 (NYTimes.com)

“The office of the vice president is the perfect place to call forth the genius of our people to build a world equal to our power and our aspirations,” she said.

When Ms. Hubbard died on April 10 in Loveland, Colo., at 89, her vision of a newly vital vice presidency remained unrealized. But her ideas, books and lectures had reached countless seekers looking to clarify their purpose and expand their consciousness.

Peter Hubbard, a grandson, said she died after a brief illness.

Barbara Marx Hubbard’s Vice-Presidential Nomination Speech in 1984CreditCreditVideo by HumanitysTeam

Ms. Hubbard was a frequent speaker at seminars and conventions organized by groups like the World Future Society, and her 1998 book, “Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential,” is a core text among those who think the human race is on the brink of an enhanced way of existing.

“Conscious evolution is occurring in our generation because we are now gaining an understanding of the processes of nature: the gene, the atom, the brain, the origin of the universe, and the whole story of creation from the big bang to us,” she wrote. “We are now changing our understanding of how nature evolves; we are moving from unconscious evolution through natural selection to conscious evolution by choice.

“With this increased knowledge and the power that it gives us,” she continued, “we can destroy the world or we can participate in a future of immeasurable dimensions.”

Barbara Suzanne Marx was born on Dec. 22, 1929, in Manhattan. Her father, Louis, founded Louis Marx & Company, a leading toymaker.

“By the time I was 6 years old,” Ms. Hubbard said in “American Visionary,” a recent documentary about her directed by Karen Everett, “I had so many toys that I learned one big lesson: More toys cannot make us happy.”

Her mother, Irene (Saltzman) Marx, died of cancer when Barbara was a teenager; her father, with his self-made-businessman ethos, was a strong influence.

Ms. Hubbard was among the speakers at “A Call to Conscious Evolution: Our Moment of Choice,” an event at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2010. Credit Vivien Killilea/WireImage, via Getty Images

“I had asked my father, who was completely areligious, ‘What religion are we?’ ” she recalled in the documentary. “ ‘Oh,’ he said, ‘you’re an American. Do your best.’ ”

The atomic bombing of Japan that ended World War II made a stark impression on Barbara when she was a teenager, she said: It underscored the truth that the human race had attained the ability to wield enormous technological power that could be either beneficial or destructive — or both.

“The first major question to shape my life was, ‘What is the meaning of all our new power in science, industry and technology that’s good?’ ” she said.

She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1951. That same year she married Earl Hubbard, an artist she had met in 1949 while in Paris. They settled in Connecticut and had five children, but Ms. Hubbard was not content with fitting into the suburban-housewife mold of the day.

She began reading the works of the philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who wrote about the further evolution of the human race; worked with Jonas Salk and the future-oriented Salk Institute; developed an interest in space exploration; and more.

Her marriage ended in the 1970s, a casualty of her increased activity in these areas, which included founding an organization she called the Committee for the Future. She also took to organizing “synergistic convergence conferences,” or Syncons, at which representatives of disparate groups would exchange perspectives and ideas.

From 1972 to 1976 she organized 25 such conferences. One brought together members of Los Angeles street gangs, police officials, crime victims and more. “All participants met as equal members of the community,” she wrote in “Conscious Evolution,” “trying to work out something together.”

A pivotal moment in Ms. Hubbard’s life came in 1966, when she had a particularly strong spiritual vision.

“In a flash, I was catapulted into the future, and I could see a few frames ahead in the movie of creation,” she said. She saw human knowledge and social systems meshing into a positive, empathetic force.

“What Christ and all the great beings came to earth to reveal is, We’re one, we’re whole, we’re good, we’re universal,” she said, an insight that came with the message “Go tell the story, Barbara.”

Her eldest son, Wade, died in 2008, and her longtime partner, Sidney Lanier, died in 2013. She is survived by a son, Lloyd; three daughters, Woodleigh Hubbard, Suzanne Hubbard and Alexandra Morton; two sisters, Jacqueline Barnett and Patricia Ellsberg; a brother, Louis Marx Jr.; a half brother, Curtis Marx; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Though many of Ms. Hubbard’s ideas were somewhat esoteric, one that she expressed in the 1984 address to the Democratic National Convention involved a very practical rebranding.

“Eighty percent of our scientific and technological genius is focused on killing,” she said.

“We must bring together the genius now focused in the War Room in a Peace Room in the White House,” she continued. “Its purpose will be to defeat the real enemies of humanity: hunger, disease, illiteracy, poverty and war.”

A version of this article appears in print on , on Page A26 of the New York edition with the headline: Barbara Marx Hubbard, 89, Spiritual Thinker Who Saw A ‘Conscious Evolution’. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

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The difference between healthy and unhealthy love

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In a talk about understanding and practicing the art of healthy relationships, Katie Hood reveals the five signs you might be in an unhealthy relationship — with a romantic partner, a friend, a family member — and shares the things you can do every day to love with respect, kindness and joy. “While love is an instinct and an emotion, the ability to love better is a skill we can all build and improve on over time,” she says.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.

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By educating young people about the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, Katie Hood hopes to derail abusive behavior before it starts and impact the relationship health of an entire generation.

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Scorpio Full Moon, May 18, 2:11 pm PDT

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Wendy Cicchetti

The Scorpio Full Moon protects hidden worlds, secrets, and deeper feelings. The Sun in this lunar phase, however,conjoins Mercury, making forms of communication vital. With safety or loyalty issues at stake, some secrets cannot be passed on, and lips will remain sealed! Yet, as psychology author John Bradshaw states, secrets can be a source of trauma — particularly if handed down in families. Secrets revealed and acknowledged can bring healing, even when they cannot be widely shared. The Scorpio Full Moon is a typical time for such manifestations, with emotional and psychic energies surging high. The Scorpio Moon’s watery nature can allow emotional intensity to swim up from the deep, and once it surfaces, it probably won’t feel so scary.

The Sun conjunct Mercury in Taurus emphasizes tangible forms, which makes keeping a physical record more important. When dealing with sensitive information, we may need to take a physical trip somewhere, rather than handling matters over the telephone or Internet. Safe ways can be found to hold secrets close, whilst releasing some of their energy — such as noting sensitive information in a journal kept firmly locked. An extra safety layer might involve writing in a personal code.

The Sun and Mercury trine Pluto, and the Scorpio Moon is opposite Mercury and sextile Pluto — these are the only other major lunar and planetary aspects, allowing just over a strict 4° orb. Pluto underscores this sign’s hush-hush quality. The timing may not be right to open up about something. Not all secrets relate to something negative, of course! There may be a good reason to keep something nice under wraps — such as plans for a surprise party. Occasionally, it is preferable to keep a matter to ourselves, simply because sharing the information would make someone else’s life awkward, or because we have been sworn to secrecy. Scorpio is known for being resourceful, though, and this may come in handy when we are asked any awkward questions, which could put forbidden information under threat of spilling out! Mercury’s presence in this lunar phase points to the usefulness of preparing answers to such questions.

Conversely, a Scorpio Full Moon may mean that we need to go digging, to get to the core of a situation and find an answer that has eluded us. We might have to press someone else for details or to get extra help. Given the Sun–Mercury conjunction, however, others may be more forthcoming than we expect. Traditionally, Mercury so close to the Sun is “combust,” so we should be cautious about what we are told, as information may not be reliable. Knowledge keenly sought could turn out to be less significant than imagined. Moon–Pluto aspects often signify power issues, but with a sextile aspect we can get closer to a resolution, once we identify how to make the best of our opportunities.

Mars, is traditionally termed in its “fall” in Cancer, indicating a lack of power or a problem with expression. Mars, a planet of directness and quick action, is in a watery environment; the way forward may be less direct and take longer, since water is harder to navigate through. Since the water element links with feelings, we could also need extra emotional intelligence. Rather than ask for something bluntly, we benefit from a subtle approach. Additional patience and diplomacy may be essential, if we are to make solid, lasting progress. It will help to look to the future, seeing that putting effort into building trust in a relationship now will pay greater rewards over the longer term.

Written by Diana McMahon Collis for the Mountain Astrologer Magazine

A Full Moon symbolizes the fulfillment of the seeds planted at a previous New Moon or some earlier cycle. Each Full Moon reminds us of the seeds that may be coming to maturity, to their fullness, to fruition, to the place where the fruits or gifts are received. It may seem that fulfillment of our goals takes a long time. Some intentions may manifest within the two week phase prior to the next New or Full Moon. Some however, depending on their complexity, may take a much longer time. Just remember that our thoughts and emotions set Universal Action in motion and much work takes place behind the scenes as everything is orchestrated for fulfillment. Keep visualizing your goals as though you have already attained them and they will eventually manifest. Do not concern yourself with current conditions or worry about controlling it. The universe takes care of those details. Just keep seeing what you want, and move in that direction with your actions, and give no energy to what you don’t want. Patience is required.
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Rocky and Bullwinkle | Wossamotta U

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Rocky and Bullwinkle
Published on May 16, 2019
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The lead characters and heroes of the series were Rocket “Rocky” J. Squirrel, a flying squirrel, and his best friend Bullwinkle J. Moose, a dim-witted but good-natured moose. Both characters lived in the fictional town of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, which was based on the real life city of International Falls, Minnesota.[25] The scheming villains in most episodes were the fiendish spies Boris Badenov, a pun on Boris Godunov, and Natasha Fatale, a pun on femme fatale. Other characters included Fearless Leader, the dictator of the fictitious nation of Pottsylvania and Boris and Natasha’s superior, Gidney & Cloyd, little green men from the moon who were armed with scrooch guns; Captain Peter “Wrongway” Peachfuzz, the captain of the S.S. Andalusia; various U.S. government bureaucrats and politicians (such as Senator Fussmussen, a recurring character who opposed admitting Alaska and Hawaii to the union on grounds of his own xenophobia); and the inevitable onlookers, Edgar and Chauncy.

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What Can We Learn From Bizarre Phenomena? with Bernardo Kastrup

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New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove
Published on Jan 30, 2019
Bernardo Kastrup, PhD, is a computer scientist. He is author of Rationalist Spirituality, Why Materialism is Baloney, Dreamed Up Reality, Meaning in Absurdity, Brief Peeks Beyond, More Than Allegory, and The Idea of the World. He has published several papers in Scientific American arguing for metaphysical idealism.

Here he reviews a number of nonsensical events ranging from bizarre UFO encounters to religious miracles to psychedelic visions and dreams. He suggests that there are certain common themes that run through dreams, fantasies, and reports of paranormal occurrences — and that they all speak to us symbolically. He also proposes that the deep archetypes of the Jungian collective unconscious can manifest in what we think of as the physical world.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is past-vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and is the recipient of the Pathfinder Award from that association for his contributions to the study of consciousness.

(Recorded on January 3, 2019)

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The Phoenix and the Turtle

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Let the bird of loudest lay
On the sole Arabian tree
Herald sad and trumpet be,
To whose sound chaste wings obey.
But thou shrieking harbinger,
Foul precurrer of the fiend,
Augur of the fever’s end,
To this troop come thou not near.
From this session interdict
Every fowl of tyrant wing,
Save the eagle, feather’d king;
Keep the obsequy so strict.
Let the priest in surplice white,
That defunctive music can,
Be the death-divining swan,
Lest the requiem lack his right.
And thou treble-dated crow,
That thy sable gender mak’st
With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st,
‘Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
Here the anthem doth commence:
Love and constancy is dead;
Phoenix and the Turtle fled
In a mutual flame from hence.
So they lov’d, as love in twain
Had the essence but in one;
Two distincts, division none:
Number there in love was slain.
Hearts remote, yet not asunder;
Distance and no space was seen
‘Twixt this Turtle and his queen:
But in them it were a wonder.
So between them love did shine
That the Turtle saw his right
Flaming in the Phoenix’ sight:
Either was the other’s mine.
Property was thus appalled
That the self was not the same;
Single nature’s double name
Neither two nor one was called.
Reason, in itself confounded,
Saw division grow together,
To themselves yet either neither,
Simple were so well compounded;
That it cried, “How true a twain
Seemeth this concordant one!
Love has reason, reason none,
If what parts can so remain.”
Whereupon it made this threne
To the Phoenix and the Dove,
Co-supremes and stars of love,
As chorus to their tragic scene:
                 threnos
Beauty, truth, and rarity,
Grace in all simplicity,
Here enclos’d, in cinders lie.
Death is now the Phoenix’ nest,
And the Turtle’s loyal breast
To eternity doth rest,
Leaving no posterity:
‘Twas not their infirmity,
It was married chastity.
Truth may seem but cannot be;
Beauty brag but ’tis not she;
Truth and beauty buried be.
To this urn let those repair
That are either true or fair;
For these dead birds sigh a prayer.
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Iris Murdoch on Love and Chance

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By Maria Popova (brainpickings.org)

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In the mid-1960s, a rebellious twenty-something sculptor named Rachel Brown became infatuated with her RCA thesis supervisor — the great Irish novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch (July 15, 1919–February 8, 1999). An intense emotional relationship developed between the two women, but Murdoch considered it a friendship while Brown yearned for more and grew increasingly forlorn. She eventually married and became Rachel Fenner, but her depression — perhaps predictably — only deepened.

In the spring of 1967, about to go into therapy seeking relief from her lovesickness, Fenner reached out to Murdoch for solace. In a letter found in Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934–1995 (public library) — which also gave us her intensely beautiful love letters — Murdoch offers a brief and brilliant meditation on causality, chance, how love gives meaning to existence, and why every aspect of it, including the difficult and seemingly unbearable, is essential to our human wholeness.

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Iris Murdoch

She writes on May 28, 1967:

2e292385-dc1c-4cfe-b95e-845f6f98c2ec.pngCausality and chance … are the same things looked at two ways. Of course we are rather mechanical, and psychoanalysis can offer us some useful generalities about ourselves. But everything that is important and valuable and good belongs with the little piece of us which is not mechanical and no one who is not bemused by philosophy or a youthful mood really doubts the existence of this piece.

I think the sage who saw us as naturally reaching out towards the good had got something. We know, in the best part of ourselves, to use Platonic language, that great art is good, that work is often good and love often good. And if we have any certainties in the human condition these are they, and much more evident certainties than semi-philosophical stuff about all is flux. Of course much is flux, perhaps most is flux — but there is the other small thing and by this and in this one lives — I think almost involuntarily. (It’s very bad really to believe that certain aspects of love in one’s life are meaningless or worthless.)

In an earlier letter to Fenner, Murdoch had articulated the kernel of the same truth:

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Cognizant of the paradox of trying to move the heart through the intellect, Murdoch sends a short note to Fenner the following day, May 29:

2e292385-dc1c-4cfe-b95e-845f6f98c2ec.pngRachel, just a PS to send love. I fear my metaphysical letter won’t have been exactly cheering. One is very chemical really, and if one is depressed, words, such words anyway, may seem pretty empty. Though actually you seem to me to be elated as much as depressed at present. These winds blow to and fro when one is young and when one is an artist.

Fenner went on to become an acclaimed sculptor, painter, and environmental artist.

Living on Paper is a magnificent read in its entirety, brimming with Murdoch’s bewitchingly articulated wisdom on life, literature, and love. Complement this particular portion with philosopher Alain Badiou on how chance and causality conspire in why we fall and stay in love, then revisit Murdoch’s love letters.