Creativity is an engine of Humanistic religion. Harmony is its navigation system. The domains of creativity may be seen as “artistic originality, scientific discovery, and comic inspiration”. ... Read More about Being Creative
Sunday
Restoring the Self
Our mental and emotional well-being demands that we take time occasionally to restore ourselves: to calm down, to reflect and to rest. Personal restoration is strongly linked to recovery. Means of ... Read More about Restoring the Self
Being Assertive
Often distinguished from aggressiveness, assertiveness is standing up for yourself without being abusive or overbearing. Most of the values in our model are assertive, for the simple reason that ... Read More about Being Assertive
Displaying Citizenship
No man is an island entire of itself; every manis a piece of the continent, a part of the main;if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europeis the less, as well as if a promontory were, aswell as a ... Read More about Displaying Citizenship
Displaying Courage
Unknown man facing down military tanks in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, June 5, 1989 (Jeff Widener photograph) It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something ... Read More about Displaying Courage
Agape
When we care about other people for their sake instead of our own, we transcend the primal bonds of ego. This may be the essential building block for a just society. ... Read More about Agape
Being Wise
The transcendent intellectual virtue is wisdom. King Solomon’s court is said to have marveled at his wisdom when he ordered the baby cut in half, knowing that would identify the mother; even if he was ... Read More about Being Wise
Transcending Previous Limitations
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. [Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (1903).] Ellen’s test of mastery was also a moment of surrender, or an act of radical faith, ... Read More about Transcending Previous Limitations
Being Open
Konstantin Somov, Open Door on a Garden (1934) For many, spirituality may already have begun to emerge, or may have emerged long ago. For others, an additional distinction may not yet have emerged ... Read More about Being Open