7 Ways To Deal With Destructive Behavior – Part II
I talked in the previous article about the top four ways to deal with a destructive behavior. I recommend reading it because it combines very well with the information that you will receive from this article. 5. People who behave destructively don’t have something personal with you Most often it is their problem and not […]
Hedge Fund Manager: Key to US-China Trade War Is Geopolitics
Trade tensions between the United States and China — the two biggest economies in the world — have been hotly debated in financial circles and in the media since July 6 when Washington announced the first tariffs to be levied on Chinese imports. Beijing responded with its own tariffs, which were met with more tariffs […]
Journey to the West Abridged: Part 3
Part 3 The Four Seas and Thousand Mountains All Submit, In the Ninth Hell the Tenth Category Is Struck Off the Register Monkey is worried about attacks by some human monarch or king of birds or beasts, so he procures weapons for the monkeys. Monkey decides he needs a weapon himself and visits Ao Guang, […]
Journey to the West Abridged: Part 2
Part 2 He Becomes Aware of the Wonderful Truth of Enlightenment, By Killing the Demon He Realizes His Spirit-Nature After a ten-year search, Monkey finds a teacher who gives him the name `Sun Wukong`, which means `Monkey Awakened to Emptiness’. Monkey studies language and deportment under his spiritual elder brothers, expounds the scriptures, discusses the […]
Journey to the West Abridged: Part 1
Journey to the West is one of the most famous novels in Chinese history. It was produced in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty. It has influenced countless other stories, works of art even in to the modern day, such as the anime Dragonball and the film The Forbidden Kingdom drawing inspiration from this […]
Trump Takes a Practical Stance Against Global Nuclear Proliferation
On July 16, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki, Finland. Even before the summit, however, international mainstream media mostly adopted a negative attitude. In particular, U.S. media and politicians had mocked the meeting as a futile gesture. In fact, the summit presents an important step in Trump’s efforts to […]
On Bach Rewriting His Own Music
“Our Bach didn’t shy away from recycling music. How could he do such a thing? Well, for some reason during that period, it was customary that every music piece could be played only once. If you liked a particular piece and wanted to hear it again, you could recycle it but for a different ensemble…and […]