Episode 62 - Xanadu Relaxation Manoeuvres - Soaking in Vulnerability, Mindfulness, and Waxing Poetic about Critical Thinking

The Hopeful Humanist Cafe

Welcome to a glimpse into a snippet of a private sharing from myself to Captain Jack. From the outside, I must say, this episode is definitely unconventional and hopefully it will not prove to be a slippery slope (haha!). The flavour of this episode is reminiscent of my "T-shirt ideas, novel first sentences, and et cetera moments" concept piece. Here, literally, I am soaking in some thoughts about a quote, share a T-shirt idea, and instead of a novel first sentence offer a stream of consciousness outpouring on critical thinking. I hope you enjoy it!

Orienting Quote: "There is nothing certain except that nothing is certain, and nothing more wretched than Man nor more arrogant." Pliny ... Taken from page 12 of "KNOW-IT-ALL-SOCIETY," by Michael Patrick Lynch. What do you make of the quote?

T-shirt Idea: How is your big left toe? (Body Scan activity)

Concluding Question: What did I miss?

Resources:

1) Get critically reflective by reading "Know-It-All-Society," by Michael Patrick Lynch. Hopefully, you can access it at your local library or click here to buy it from Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Know-All-Society-Dogmatism-Arrogance/dp/1631493612/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QPP5VH7T2PG0&dchild=1&keywords=know+it+all+society&qid=1617469743&sprefix=know+it+all+society%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1

2) Interested learning about Logical Fallacies, click on this website: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/common-logical-fallacies

3) Curious about the other book I am reading? It is called, "Happiness," by Darrin M. McMahon. I am sure I will have more to say about this book in the future. Here is the link to Amazon - https://www.amazon.ca/Happiness-History-Darrin-M-McMahon/dp/0802142893/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=happiness+by+Darrin+M.+McMahon&qid=1617474237&sr=8-1

Lock-Down Activity:

For those of you like myself, who will be going into another lock-down, after reviewing the above information about logical fallacies, you can listen to the speech I have attached to see if you can spot any of the fallacies. It is an activity to flex one's critical thinking muscle. Click on this You Tube video to listen to the speech - https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030.html.

Please email me at [email protected] to share your cool tool resources for others to consider for their spiritual tool boxes and/or any activity that you think can nurture the human need for creativity.

Thank-you for joining me. This episode is a preamble to my upcoming episode with Danielson where we will talk a whole bunch more about critical thinking and the critical thinking mindset.

Peace, take care, be well, and share

------The Hopeful Humanist