November, 2021

Teaching Stories – GOD 4.0 – Dr. Robert Ornstein & Sally Ornstein

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking & an important work, by Dr. Robert Ornstein & Sally Ornstein. Robert Ornstein was a noted psychologist and a leading expert on the brain. Founder and president of the Institute for the Study   →

The World – The Commanding Self – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation) today we look at yet another aspect of our personalities commanding self, highlighted through this tale. “The Commanding Self” here points to the “mixture of primitive and conditioned responses, common to everyone, which inhibits and distorts human progress and understanding”. Written in response to requests for “clarification, interviews,   →

The Boy Without A Name – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention a story from a series of illustrated books for young people, ‘The Boy without A Name’  by Idries Shah. Among the many insights that this story introduces to children is the idea that it takes patience and resolve to achieve   →

Awe, Some (and Belief) – God 4.0 – Dr. Robert Ornstein & Sally Ornstein

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking & an important work, by Dr. Robert Ornstein & Sally Ornstein. Robert Ornstein was a noted psychologist and a leading expert on the brain. Founder and president of the Institute for the Study   →