Why the Dalai Lama Rocks
I don’t know exactly when I first became aware of the (current) Dalai Lama, but I can vividly remember reading his autobiography and being utterly impressed and astonished at the depth of his thinking and his compassion–even for people in my (young and not very compassionate) view who “didn’t deserve it.” (e.g. those that had [...]
March 9, 2009
Tags: attitudes, Buddhism, compassion, conservatives, Dalai Lama, helping others, Republicans, sanity, thoughts Posted in: Sane 
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Helping You
A newly found (and newly admired) fellow blogger really sparked my imagination today. His name is Rajesh Setty and his blog is Life Beyond Code. In it, among many other useful thoughts and ideas, I came upon his exhortation that we should allВ “Increase our capacity to help other people increase THEIR capacities.”В In other [...]
March 3, 2009
Tags: attitudes, blogs, capacity building, culture, helping others, priorities, questions Posted in: Sane One Comment
Critical Thinking is the Key
Having grown up in the USA, and been educated here, obviously nearly all of my experience is with American culture. Simply because of pure dumb luck, I was exposed through my work to some well-educated Americans who understood the importance of critical thinking, at the ripe old age of about 32, and who made a [...]
February 23, 2009
Tags: attitudes, business, common sense, critical thinking, culture, thoughts Posted in: Sane 5 Comments
What Is This All About?
Welcome to Manic Meltdown.В We aim to offer a bit of sanity in a world that has clearly gone insane. Look around, make yourself comfortable, and feel free to put in your two cents. Thanks for stopping by! The poster to the right was apparently seen in the United Kingdom during World War II. The [...]
February 4, 2009
Tags: attitudes, calmness, thoughts Posted in: Tips 2 Comments
