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Mar 31, 2022
"Humility is not a peculiar habit of self-effacement, rather like having an inaudible
voice. It is selfless respect for reality and one of the most difficult and central of all virtues." --Iris Murdoch
A Selfless Respect for Reality
"Thinking about our current global situation, I recall the work of Kazimierz Dabrowski, the Polish psychiatrist and psychologist who proposed a theory of personality development called positive disintegration. This is a transformational approach to psychological growth based on the idea that crises are important for our personal maturation. Dabrowski's concept is similar to a tenet of systems theory: living systems that break down can reorganize at a higher and more robust level--if they learn from the break-down experience." Roshi Joan Halifax shares more.
BE THE CHANGE
For more inspiration, check out this post by Maria Popova on, "Iris Murdoch on Truth, the Meaning of Goodness and How Attention Unmasks the Universe." More ...
