My Life Philosophy - Some Keys

01 — Authenticity, Responsibility & Integrity

The first step on any spiritual path is total commitment to honesty and authenticity. Only in authenticity can real responsibility for your own growth take place. Only in authenticity can one develop true integrity. I guide, through role-modeling, this critical process.

02 — Rational Open-mindedness

Upon a bedrock of authenticity and integrity, the search for wisdom can proceed, and the key to developing intuitive, lived wisdom is creating a habit of rational open-mindedness. I explain and role model my theory of rational open-mindedness.

03 — Empathetic Service to Others

As social beings, we achieve our ultimate purpose in helping and inspiring each other. Happiness stems from authentic empathetic connection and creating mutually-affirming relationships. Authentic empathetic connection is the cornerstone of all my relationships and it will ground ours.

04 — Spiritual Wholeness

Spiritual wholeness is the result of simultaneous openness to connection, psychic stability, and dedication to a cause greater than oneself. This is a challenging achievement that I guide and role-model for you.

05 - Complex Moral Character

I teach University classes in virtuous ethical character, and I bring an ever-present awareness of the necessity of inculcating moral character for sustainable life fulfillment. Our moral character matures insofar as we understand that all people share the same alphabet of feelings, and we learn to see innocent strangers as “us,” and not as “them.”

06 - Healthy, Balanced Relationships

Healthy, balanced, reciprocal relationships are the true treasures of life. In our work together, we will examine the respect, empathy, trust, forgiveness, communication patterns, conflict styles, reciprocity, and much more in your relationships to determine if they are conducing to mutual growth.