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It's not often that an article about climate change becomes one of the most hotly debated issues on the internet — especially in the midst of a controversial G20 summit.
But that exact thing happened following the publication of a lengthy essay in New York Magazine titled "The Uninhabitable Earth: Famine, Economic Collapse, a Sun that Cooks Us: What Climate Change Could Wreak — Sooner Than You Think."
In the course of 7,200 words, author David Wallace-Wells chronicled the possible impacts of catastrophic climate change if current emissions trends are maintained, including, but certainly not limited to: mass permafrost melt and methane leaks, mass extinctions, fatal heat waves, drought and food insecurity, diseases and viruses, "rolling death smog," global conflict and war, economic collapse and ocean acidification.
Slate political writer Jamelle Bouie described the essay on Twitter as "something that will haunt your nightmares."
It's a fair assessment. Reading it feels like a series of punches in the gut, triggering emotions like despair, hopelessness and resignation.
But here's the thing: many climate psychologists and communicators consider those feelings to be the very opposite of what will compel people to action.
"Based on my research on climate communications, this article is exactly what we don't need," says Per Espen Stoknes, Norwegian psychologist and author of What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming: Toward a New Psychology of Climate Action, in an interview with DeSmog Canada.
"It only serves to further alarm the already alarmed segment of people. "
Climate Psychologists Recommends 'Positivity Ratio' of 3:1
Let's get one thing out of the way.
Critics of the New York Magazine article — and other instances of doomsday journalism — are not anti-science. These are all people who firmly recognize the severity of catastrophic climate change, and are certainly not petitioning for a bury-your-head-in-the-sand approach, shielding the public from the potential horrors.
Rather, they suggest that most people will only process such facts about climate change if it's framed in an appropriate way that acknowledges how individuals and societies respond to potentially traumatic threats.
"It's really important to understand that it's not just about facts and numbers, but having a way for people to interpret them and know there's something they can do," says Kari Marie Norgaard, associate professor of sociology and environmental studies at the University of Oregon and author of Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life, in an interview with DeSmog Canada.
Stoknes notes there's a well-known "positivity ratio" for optimal engagement of a 3:1 ratio of opportunities to threats. He says the New York Magazine piece was around nine threats to every one proposed solution.
In other words, a tripling of the ratio in the wrong direction.
Article Sticks to Hard Science, Ignoring Role of Social Sciences
The author of the New York Magazine article has already responded to a series of criticisms on Twitter, including on the scientific merit of some of his claims.
A rather revealing moment was when Wallace-Wells replied to a critique from renowned futurist Alex Steffen — who had described the article as "one long council of despair" — by suggesting that "my own feeling is that ignorance about what's at stake is a much bigger problem."
The clear implication is that Wallace-Wells assumes a confronting of ignorance about scientific facts could help compel people to action and avoid the most dangerous manifestations of climate change.
But Daniel Aldana Cohen — assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the response piece in Jacobin titled "New York Mag's Climate Disaster Porn Gets It Painfully Wrong" — suggests in an interview with DeSmog Canada that Wallace-Well's approach indicates a failure to engage with any questions about broader sociopolitical systems.
"I think in the politics of climate change, a narrow idea of climate science is fetishized," says Cohen, adding that even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change largely fails to include social sciences in working group reports.
"It feels like the most realistic, the most unvarnished truth is what the science predicts," he continues. "But the thing is that in some way, climate science registers the impact of human activity, but it's not actually an integrated account of the dynamic feedback between social and political activities and physical events in the atmosphere."
In other words, Wallace-Wells' article sketches out a narrative of catastrophic climate change that assumes people don't act on the knowledge of the situation.
But in a cruel twist, by only focusing on the science without any attempt to contextualize it in society or political systems, it could well have the reverse effect by making readers feel even more powerless.
This isn't a new problem: Stoknes notes that as identified by James Painter of Oxford University's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, about 80 per cent of media coverage on the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report used "catastrophe framing," with less than 10 per cent using "opportunity framing."
"It's not just about pointing your fingers at the climate skeptics and saying that's the problem," Norgaard says.
"Of course, it's a major problem. But the apathy or acquiescence of the majority of people who are aware and do care is a larger problem. It's about how we mobilize those people."
If Framed Correctly, Idea of Apocalypse Can Help People Imagine Alternatives
Stoknes argues that thinking about such a sobering subject as apocalypse or death, if done correctly, can actually help people conceptualize new ways of thinking and being.
"This psychological approach to the apocalypse is very important, and I found it completely absent in the article," he says. "It is not about predicting a certain year in the future of linear time, when everything will be collapsing. Maybe this notion is more like a call in the here and now, calling attention to the urgent need for a deep rethink of where we are and letting go of some cherished Western notions that we've been stuck in over the last century."
Such a sentiment is echoed by climate psychologist Renee Lertzman and author of Environmental Melancholia: Psychoanalytic Dimensions of Engagement, who emphasizes in an interview with DeSmog Canada that predictable fault lines have formed in the wake of the New York Magazine piece.
A key factor for her is how humans actually process information that may be challenging and bring up difficult feelings. She says the consensus is that we can become "cognitively impaired" when the brain's limbic system becomes activated, resulting in reduced capacity to have functions for strategy, foresight, collaboration and tolerance.
"That goes out the window when your limbic system is activated, which arguably articles like this are going to do," she says. "The best way to deal with that reality is to address how we can soothe and disarm our defences."
'We Need to Also Be Engaged in Collective Political Action and Solutions'
That's certainly not going to be an easy feat. But there are plenty of initiatives out there that are embracing a bit more nuance.
Lertzman points to Project Drawdown — an attempt to compile the 100 top solutions to climate change — as a powerful initiative, although she suggests "even that is missing the emotional taking stock of where we are." Cohen shouted out the work of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and Texas Tech climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe.
But central to progressing beyond the gridlock of current climate discourse is likely via bringing it closer to the local level, where people feel they can actually influence things.
CBC's new podcast 2050: Degrees of Change is a good example of this. While it paints a dramatic picture of life in B.C. under climate change, it also uses a scenario under which the world has drastically decreased greenhouse gas emissions.
"We wanted listeners to end off realizing this is a middle of the road scenario and things could be worse and they could be better depending on what we choose to do now," Johanna Wagstaffe, podcast host and CBC senior meteorologist, told DeSmog Canada.
Norgaard says engaging with issues on a local level can give people a leverage point into even greater engagement.
"We really need to on the one hand be aware that it's something we need to respond to as a collective," she says. "Riding your bike is great, but we need to also be engaged in collective political action and solutions. That's part of what helps people to do something proactive that's real."
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Title text: Facebook, Apple, and Google all got away with their monopolist power grabs because they don't have any 'S's in their names for critics to snarkily replace with '$'s. |
In the late 1990s Microsoft started bundling its web browser, Internet Explorer, with its Windows operating system. This effectively destroyed the Netscape company, who up until then had the most market share with its browser, Netscape Navigator. Microsoft was involved in a legal case against the U.S. government, which required Microsoft to allow IE to be uninstalled among other remedies. Removal of Internet Explorer has no clear solution as libraries and utilities associated with Internet Explorer are used across other Windows applications.
The comic sarcastically states that this stopped companies from creating a monopoly on software practices. Unfortunately, platform developers such as Apple, Sony, and Microsoft have restricted third-party software distribution over the internet via their own curated online stores in recent years, and will come full circle with the introduction of Metro Applications on the Windows 8. The comic also mocks the triviality of browser debates compared to current antitrust cases concerning privacy and price fixing.
Apple bundled a browser in on both its desktop and mobile platforms. Apple also requires all iOS developers to sell their apps only through the Apple App Store, paying sizeable commissions to Apple, and Apple can refuse to sell any app. In some instances, Apple has developed its own versions of popular third-party apps. [1]
On Android, Google bundles in a mobile version of Chrome web browser (as of version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), but you are allowed to change the default browser. The company has a majority market share in web search engines, being the most popular search engine available. On Facebook, users face difficulties in accessing or removing their profiles and personal information, among other issues. Recently, this has been mitigated by the ability to download a zip file of all content ever posted to Facebook, but it still remains difficult to delete data from Facebook.
Apple has been widely criticized for trying to force all users of Mac OS or iOS to run only content approved by Apple and distributed through the Apple App Store, each sale from which gives royalty payments to Apple.
The title text refers to mocking Microsoft as Micro$oft or M$ for attempting to take too much money from consumers, and jokingly suggests that the inability to easily do this with other companies' names (Fa¢ebook? Appl€? Goog£e?) is how they succeeded at amassing power where Micro$oft failed.
- Megan: Remember when we prosecuted Microsoft for bundling a browser with an OS? Imagine the future we'd live in if we'd been willing to let one tech company amass that much power.
- Ponytail: Thank God we nipped that in the bud.
Let the discussion begin! (replace this stub with actual content?) Odysseus654 (talk) 04:29, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Well in the case of Microsoft they already dominated the market and so threatened to gain monopoly power. In the case of Apple (disclosure: I use a Mac) the market share is insignificant, really. As for Facebook and Google, the oversight is puzzling to say the least.220.127.116.11 05:16, 8 October 2012 (UTC)ExternalMonologue
- ¬I Ummmmmmm... Why does my IP address show?? Other peoples' addresses don't show. How do I prevent this from happening?126.96.36.199 05:19, 8 October 2012 (UTC)ExternalMonologue
- Click the "log in / sign up" icon in the upper right and login or create an account for youself. Then you will no longer be known by your IP addressOdysseus654 (talk) 06:27, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
- I think the reason Microsoft was noticed and Facebook/Google didn't was that Netscape complained. It didn't helped him, of course. Which may also be reason why nothing is happening with Facebook/Google: seriously, WHAT do you think can the court do? And about Apple: yes, they could forbid Apple to control the list of application, but ... RIAA/MPAA will then complain. They WANT to end the era of "you own the device, therefore you can install whatever you want on it", because THEY want that control. -- Hkmaly (talk) 08:24, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
One could add that the European Union did the same thing (see Wikipedia:European Union Microsoft competition case), first because of Windows Media Player (imagine any operating system coming without media player), but later also because of Internet Explorer. (It was already laughable back then, even before Apple completely dominated the mobile and tablet market.) Thanks to that we now have Wikipedia:BrowserChoice.eu, and we are a free people. --126.96.36.199 08:49, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
- In the tablet and smartphone markets, Apple's market share is not at all insignificant. Furthermore, legal solutions are supposed to be even-handed, not "it's okay if these other guys do the same thing because." If a situation arises with a particular party arises such that one of its practices is determined to be abusive, then that practice is restricted, not that party.
Note that Microsoft has been in the news recently because they (accidentally?) broke the agreements they made (or were forced into) when the last browser rulings came down Odysseus654 (talk) 22:43, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
What about Fa€ebook, App£e, and Goog£e?
- In retrospect, the whole Internet Explorer thing seems pretty dumb. I guess at the time web browsers still weren't considered to be an essential, fundamental piece of computer functionality. But they certainly are now. It would be weird for an operating system, ANY operating system, to not have a built-in web browser at this point. 184.108.40.206 20:42, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Wouldn't Fac€book be more exact?
- Yes, the browsers ARE essential and BECAUSE of that it's important WHICH browser you have. Personally I can't understand why the OS (any of them) can't came with multiple browsers preinstalled. I find hard to believe it's because of size. -- Hkmaly (talk) 08:36, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- How many web browsers? What standards are used to select them? Which one is the default? How are naive users to decide? As a semi-power user, I would be irritated to know that a bunch of redundant bloatware came pre-installed, especially when it's an application that often intertwines with the operating system. Frankly, it's NOT that important which browser you use for most users, just that you have one. The ones for whom it is important are going to change theirs regardless of what came preinstalled. - jerodast (talk) 17:51, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
- Apple bundled their OS with two browsers at least twice. First, after Microsoft told Apple they would no longer commit to maintaining IE for Mac, Apple began installing both IE and Mozilla. I don't remember anyone complaining about that. Much later, they started preinstalling Safari (and installing it with updates) alongside Firefox. People did complain about that, but only the people who thought Safari was not ready for prime time, who would have been even unhappier if it were the only preinstalled browser... (OS X also comes with Emacs preinstalled with, IIRC, two different text-mode web browser packages in it, as do many linux and *BSD distros, but I doubt anyone complains that they want emacs but don't want www-mode because they already have a browser...)
- Meanwhile, the way to solve the problem of the browser intertwining with the OS is to not intertwine it with the OS. You can have WebKit or KHTML3 or gecko or whatever as a shared lib if you want to share between programs without making Safari or Konqueror or Firefox the default browser. There really is no reason to organize things the way Microsoft did unless you're deliberately trying to make it hard for people to switch to Netscape.
- Anyway, this is no longer the same issue it was at the time. The first-gen browser wars were about trying to lock people into other technologies; the current ones are about making products (phones and tablets) better. Android comes with Chrome instead of WebKit or Gecko because it means Android devices do better on benchmarks and feature checklists so more people want to buy them, not because Google wants to lock people in to Chrome. Google has plenty of evil ways to make money, but this isn't one of them; it's a sincere competitive loss-leader. 188.8.131.52 11:15, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
Would it also be relevant that, a week before this comic, Google surpassed Microsoft in market value? —220.127.116.11 13:30, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
I don't really understand the advantage of browser market share. Browsers are free and have no ads. If the advantage is in using browser features to promote other services (like search), then THAT's the bundling that should be scrutinized. In contrast, forcing users to funnel all purchases for your system through your own store is much more abusive. - jerodast (talk) 17:51, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Let's start again shall we?
IE hurt Netscape but Windows is Windows, Netscape should have got its own OS while it was still warm.
Today we have a multitude of OSs and can control what we do either by not doing it or by doing it everywhere even places we aren't really. This would make people following us work bloody hard.
Next we take all their toys away by speaking to "friends" in codes that are unbreakable, using a made up language and converting a mutually shared book into that language and just picking out one word from it occasionally to tell the friend the one particular thing he needs to know. Or substance of this.
After that the internet is pretty much secure again except for ordinary people not in the business of foiling secret services. Everyone who needs to know this knows this. It is about as obvious as the supply of a choice of web browsers to an operating system.
The business of your IP address showing up pretty much foils the secret service's desire to know the things about you that you don't even know about you is marred if you go to hell and back and stop off at ever shop on every street corner along the way. Also if you pop into every supermarket and chase every dog and do all the stupid things that stupid people do, such as sending quasi-secrets on the name tags on kittens in pictures of kittens.
That will fuck with GCHQ and the NSA, it would even get on the nerves of the FBI and the CIA eventually. Not that they would notice.
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Miss America: Teresa Scanlan Wins the Crown
Posted on Sunday January 16, 2011 by Tatiana under teresa-scanlan
Miss America 2011 was named last night after days of competition for scholarships and the title. Miss Nebraska, a 17-year-old Teresa Scanlan won the title. She is officially the youngest contestant to win the title since the first 1921 pageant, where a 15-year-old Margarate Gorman won before age restrictions applied.
Miss Nebraska only saw her age as something that could hinder her from winning the crown, though when interviewed about it said, "we were on an even playing field. From 17 to 24, that can be a huge age range. But with these girls, they are all at the highest level imaginable."
Scanlan's platform issue was about eating disorders, aptly named "Eating Disorders: A Generation at Risk." She also displayed her goals for her future. Teresa Scanlan wants to attend law school and pursue politics.
When discussing current issues, Teresa said she regularly discussed them with her family. In the question portion of the pageant, Teresa was asked about her thoughts on the Wikileaks website.
"You know when it came to that situation, it was actually based on espionage, and when it comes to the security of our nation, we have to focus on security first and then people's right to know, because it's so important that everybody who's in our borders is safe and so we can't let things like that happen, and they must be handled properly," she responded.
This is the first time a contestant from Nebraska has won the title of Miss America in the pageant's history.
Teresa Scanlan Miss Nebraska Crowned Miss America
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17-year-old Teresa Scanlan of Nebraska has become the youngest winner of the Miss America crown in 90 years. She won a $50,000 scholarship and a year-long rein with the crown after beating out 52 other contestants at Planet Hollywood casino and resort in Las Vegas. She is the youngest Miss America since the pageant's first competition in 1921, which Margaret Gorman of the District of Columbia won at age 15.
First runner-up Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady won $25,000, while Miss Hawaii Jalee Fuselier won $20,000 for third place.
Caressa Cameron, who was crowned Miss America last year, handed off the coveted crown to the new winner after a two-hour competition. Contestants hailed from each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The pageant, which has not aired on ABC since 2004, began with an opening number, after which hosts Brooke Burke from "Dancing with the Stars" and Chris Harrison of "The Bachelor" announced 16 finalists, which included one finalist chosen by fans through online and mobile phone voting.
The 16 finalists competed in four categories: categories: swimsuit, evening gown, talent and interview competitions.
Saturday's finale was the culmination of a week of build-up competitions that have seen several contestants take cash prizes after winning preliminary swimsuit and talent competitions.
Miss America 2011: A Toast to the Cornhusker State
Posted on Sunday January 16, 2011 by Tatiana under teresa-scanlan
Cornhuskers everywhere will want to ring in midnight with a toast of family-friendly "Cornhusker Champagne" (recipe below). For the first time in history, their state took home a win for the Miss American pageant.
With plans study American politics at Patrick Henry College in Virginia and become a judge after earning her degree, 17-year old Teresa Scanlan, the representative from Nebraska took home the $50,000 Miss America scholarship tonight. Scanlan made marks during the competition as she played "White Water Chopped Sticks" on the piano, strutted her stuff on a black bikini, and offered a passionate response on the topic of Wikileaks security.
Also crowned tonight were first runner-up, Alyse Eady (Miss Arkansas), and Miss Hawaii Jalee Fuselier took second runner-up.
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Concern about New Jersey mom's copper complexion has spread.
May 3, 2012— -- The New Jersey woman who has denied charges she allowed her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth has gained national attention for her own increasingly copper complexion, prompting a suggestion that she suffers from "tanerexia."
Patricia Krentcil, known as the "tanning mom," is facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted of second-degree child endangerment. Child services intervened after a nurse at daughter Anna's school noticed she had a rash and the little girl told her it was from going tanning with her mother.
The owner of City Tropics tanning salon in Nutley, N.J., who only identified himself as Anthony, said Krentcil pays a flat fee of about $100 per month for unlimited tanning sessions, and that she tans about 20 times per month, roughly five days per week. The owner added that Krentcil does the maximum time of 12 minutes in a standup booth.
Her attorney, John Caruso, said Krentcil, 44, wants people to stop judging her by the way she looks, and says that she is a loving mother that would never hurt her kids. Anna is in her father's custody.
Anthony said that employees who were there on the day in question told him that Anna remained outside with her father and brother, and didn't go into the tanning booth while Krentcil was inside.
"I never once in my life let me daughter, especially at that age, go into a tanning booth," Krentcil, who is out on $25,000 bail, explained, adding, "I'm very tan and I've been tanning my whole life."
Concern is growing that the woman might have her own problem now that she has appeared on national television. A comparison of the mug shot taken of her Monday with interview footage of her skin, which was an even deeper bronze when she sat down for a Tuesday night interview, has left cause for concern.
"When you look at this, this is somebody who has a problem who most likely has a condition called "tanerexia," where they just don't realize just how much color they have," New York dermatologist Doris Day said. "She's at higher risk for skin cancer, and it also doesn't send the right message to her child."
Krentcil maintains that her daughter's burn was from the sun -- from a day spent gardening -- and not from a tanning bed.
"It's very wrong to presume something that didn't happen, because it didn't happen," Krentcil said, adding that after she gained national exposure, "all of a sudden like I was a murderer."
Her husband, Richard Krentcil, has said that Anna never entered a tanning bed.
"They wrote the story saying Patricia took her into the tanning booth, [that] they were tanning together," he said. "Totally false."
Krentcil's lawyer adds that he does not believe she is addicted to tanning.
"Obviously, she tans," Caruso said. "To call her an addict, I think is a real leap. It feels like it's being exaggerated, to be like, 'Well look at her, she must have done this.'"


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In a remote corner of Arnhem Land in central northern Australia, the Aborigines left paintings chronicling 15,000 years of their history. One site in particular, Djulirri, the subject of "Reading the Rocks" in the January/February 2011 issue of ARCHAEOLOGY, contains thousands of individual paintings in 20 discernable layers. In this video series, Paul S. C. Taçon, an archaeologist, cultural anthropologist, and rock art expert from Griffith University in Queensland, takes ARCHAEOLOGY on a tour of some of the most interesting and unusual paintings—depicting everything from cruise ships to dugong hunts to arrogant Europeans—from Djulirri's encyclopedic central panel.
Samir S. Patel is a senior editor at ARCHAEOLOGY.


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'Hi Shi'an, just curious – all the reflections, experiences and sharing are your written work? [Editor: Yes, other than some in Book 1] Cos I'm impressed.. I make it a point to read at least one article every night before I sleep because it makes me feel more grounded and thus sleep more easily. Thank you for the sharing. Appreciate your effort and time.' — Lina
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'The series of TDE books are well written, and are indeed very inspiring, entertaining and meaningful. The articles are relevant, informative, comprehensible, thought-provoking, and are suitable, especially for laypersons seeking Dharma knowledge. The quotes and excerpts are good reflections and serve as constant reminders for our Dharma practice. The more I read, the more am I mindful. I am looking forward to more commentaries relating to sutras in your future releases. Amituofo, Tony'
'Hi Shi'an, I went to a Light Offering & Aspiration Making event today… While circumambulating the compound, we kept reciting "Homage to our Original Teacher, Sakyamuni Buddha". Towards the end, it dawned on me that there's another teacher to whom I should send my gratitude as well. Hence this email. Thanks for making Dharma learning easily available here and now. Be it through your Dharma classes or printed books (The Daily Enlightenment Books 1-5, Be A Lamp Upon Yourself). I believe all these means have benefited many (and will continue!) =) With gratitude, Soo Ee'
'What I like about the book are its physical aspects. It is small and light enough to enter my trousers' pocket. There are enough stories to last a long bus journey from Bedok to Bukit Batok and back. The length of the articles is quite ideal when you are on the move and would like to read something short, light and meaningful. With metta, Vincent'
'The article I like most from TDE Book 5 is 'The Story Of The Needle Versus The Knife'. Was flipping through the pages and it caught my eye. It made me think of how and why I am determined in trying my best to stick to a vegan diet. Recently, I fell and injured my elbow. One day, a nurse was helping me to remove the solid cast on my hand. She had to use a saw-like cutter machine with an irritating sound to cut it open. I was so afraid that it was going to cut my hand. I can imagine how it's going to be like for the poor animals waiting to be slaughtered for food.
When I went for acupuncture sessions, I could feel some pain on my skin when the needles are being inserted. Seeing some people with needles all over their bodies, it made me wonder if committing of killing results in poor health? [Editor: Much killing can karmically lead to much poorer health, although poor health is not always due to killing.]
Love this sentence – 'He remarked that the pain made him think about how much more pain animals have to suffer when they are being slaughtered for human consumption. What he experienced was just the prick of a single thin needle point, and it was already very difficult to endure. How much more horrifically painful it must be, for, say, chickens, who gets their throats slashed with a butcher knife…without any anesthesia!' … This article serves as a reminder as to why I decided to abstain from meat. Another reason for going vegan is to stay healthy. Amituofo, Sherri'
'The article 'Contentment' (in The Daily Enlightenment Book 1) delivered a key message – 'Contentment is the greatest wealth', as taught by the Buddha. This is absolutely true. This principle is simple yet one of the most difficult to grasp and understand. Our mind, which is the forerunner of all, is often in a precarious position, dependent on our thoughts. Where do all these thoughts stem from? For the unenlightened, often the 3 poisons – greed, hatred and delusion. The definition of 'enough' seems to differ for everyone in different situations. We can't seem to understand why contentment never seems to be placed in the same position for the human race when it comes to the value of money. As the saying goes, 'money is never enough'. But I never hear anyone say 'contentment is not enough'.
As mentioned in the article, 'Don't need a car, as public transport is good enough. Apartment is big enough. Salary is ample.' I often ask myself this question – Why do people want all these? We need basic necessities to survive, anything more than them are wants… But sometimes, having a car does make things convenient, e.g. out of need for medical purposes… but one can still take public transport, right? A house is for staying, the exterior and size do not really matter… but if the upgrading of the house is to accommodate more children and provide a comfortable environment for them to grow up, is this 'greed' able to justify and surpass the contentment?[Or would it become a need then?]
The definition of 'salary is ample' is even harder to comprehend. We need food to sustain our lives, yes, three meals a day will do… But if money is needed for medical, educational etc. purposes; not for chasing material things, does this need surpass the position of contentment? I guess it will take human race trial-and-errors in this lifetime of ours to fully understand the meaning of contentment, with some achieving this earlier or later, or perhaps, never in this lifetime, but in their next, or next… lifetime.' — Priscilla
'I have had the good fortune to read The Daily Enlightenment Books 1 – 4 and find myself returning to all four volumes. Not only do I open one of them daily but quite frequently many times during the day. I find them to be both very enlightening and refreshing. As a professor of Religious Studies I have quoted from them during my student lectures. I encourage my students to get the Daily Enlightenment series and make reading them a part of their morning practice. Thank you for putting together such great treasures of knowledge and wisdom.' — David I. Lynch
'I have just read the article 'Good & Bad News for You' (in a TDE book) and would like to thank you for this great article. As I was really upset and disappointed with some people around me lately, after reading your article, did I realise I had actually given my power away, which is the power to choose to be happy. The truth is I do not have to depend on outside conditions which include how my very own loved ones relate to me. How true! More often than not, we allow outside conditions to control us and therefore rob us of our True Happiness, which is our divine birthright. Thank you for this enlightening article! With gratitude, as I have truly
learned a lot from you. May you be well and happy.' — Doris
'I usually read the book at the end of the day, after a day's of hard work, trials and tribulations sometimes… It serves to help me reflect on the day's journey, renew my emotional resources, and recalibrate my moral compass. Thank you.' — Ailing
'Enjoyed reading all the articles.' — May
'The Daily Enlightenment (TDE) books are great and light reads, in terms of content and physical weight. They are an excellent source of inspirations on how we can practise the Dharma in our everyday lives. TDE books are just for you if you are unable to finish everything at one go. The many short articles are easily comprehensible yet thought-provoking and insightful. Terrific Dharma books to bring along whenever you go!
I came to read TDE books when I was just a beginner in Buddhism. I must say that TDE books have fuelled my interest in Buddhism because ever since, I have started to read more into depth about Buddhism. For any Buddhist beginners, I would encourage you to read them as I have thoroughly enjoyed reading them myself.
What I really like about TDE books is that the reflections are written in a clear, lucid manner, that I could easily comprehend. Most of all, as a variety of topics on everyday life are covered, I am able to relate to the stories and not get bored from reading. I find that there are always new insights whenever I were to reread them. The reflections have inspired me to lead my life more mindfully and to be more aware of my surroundings, and have given me the chance to view perspectives from a Buddhist point of view. The [Stonepeace] quotes often fascinate me – how they are fun play with words, yet so concise and meaningful.
One such reflection from the latest TDE book 5 changed my perspective when I was suffering from motion-sickness when travelling on a plane one day. As I shut my eyes, I suddenly remembered the article about an experience on the Battlestar Galactica's Cylon [roller-coaster] ride. And it hit me. I saw that moment as an opportunity to put into practice what I have learnt in words. With my eyes closed, I learnt to let go of my attachment to stability and focused on projecting Amitabha's image and chanted Amituofo in my mind. The effects were almost immediate as I felt a sense of calm, and became no longer queasy. Subsequently, I have practiced this method and have been successful in overcoming my motion-sickness.
An all-time entertaining book series that continuously inspires us to practise the Dharma diligently in every possible moment. The Daily Enlightenment books are a must to read for practising Buddhists in this modern, hectic world.' — Amituofo, Kai Ying
'I have just completed reading TDE 4. The short stories/articles share many valuable lessons about life, each to be learnt, internalized and practiced mindfully before true wisdom can be gained. Always bearing in mind the Charter of Free Enquiry [in the Kalama Sutta], I questioned a lot about the practicality and truth behind each lesson.
Incidentally, the apparent 'contradiction' about Karma and Attachment struck me. On one hand, Karma suggests that one should always be mindful about his/her action such as to avoid creating negative karma and actively create positive ones. This accordingly will lead to a good rebirth and subsequently aid enlightenment. On the other hand, attachment suggests that we should let go and not hold on too much to something (be it tangible or intangible). Contemplating on both concepts, I feel that too much attachment to karma might not necessarily lead one to true happiness, since one might be doing good for the sake of one's good karma, not truly to help others. (At least, that is the secondary intention).
The basis of True Happiness, in my opinion, should arise from qualities such as the Four Immeasurables. Pondering on how Buddha gained enlightenment in the first place, he might not have known about Karma beforehand but discovered it along his journey. He might also not have known that there is an end state called enlightenment. What fuels him right from the start is undoubtedly his loving-kindness and compassion for all sentient beings. This unconditional love for all is what we should anchor our practice on.
As much as one should be mindful of his/her thoughts, words, actions and the corresponding karmic links and impact on oneself, he/she should not lose sight of the great aim… that is to look beyond that which points to the truth, to truly see the truth. In the pursuit of happiness, the primary source of motivation should be derived from true altruism – the true unconditional love for all sentient beings. Shi'an, many thanks for all the enlightening Dharma sharing and discussions!' Just my two cents worth, Han Yang
'The first TDE book I came across was way back in 1999. I picked it up on a visit to a monastery on Vesak Day. The tile was 'The Daily Enlightenment I: Jan-Jun'. The book was written in the format of a journal of a practising Buddhist, reflecting daily life encounters with references to Buddhist teachings. In retrospect, it was a simple read but with not much insights. [The book has since improved and expanded to cover 366 articles as TDE Book 1.]
Almost a decade later, I happen to chance upon the TDE books again. The design and contents differ vastly from the first above. These books appeal to me instantly primarily because of the direct and simple approach in using daily life experiences as a platform in sharing the Dharma. Each and every article is written with an intent of a lesson to be learned and teachings to be practised. The detailed thought given to each subject and the perspectives shared are always enlightening. The [Stonepeace] quotations included at the beginning and end of each article highlight and summarise the article aptly. Many of the quotes are inspirational and insightful and serves as a good guiding principles for applications in our daily lives. [Look out for Stonepeace Book 1, a compilation of some quotes!]
Given that Buddhist teachings are profound and most reads are rather 'heavy', I personally find these books easy to read and comprehend. In fact, I would say that they can well serve as interesting reads for non-Buddhists as well.
I have also noticed that you do film reviews with the objective of sharing them with Dharma perspectives. I personally enjoy reading these reviews very much and most of the time very much impressed by the views and thoughts given to them. [Look out for Dharma@Cinema Book 1, a compilation of some reviews!] Great work and please continue to write and share the Dharma in your own unique ways!' — Glenda
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