Purity and Anger

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/opinion/sunday/anger-an-american-history.html?_r=0

Jesus, empathy, and literalism

"Every time Jesus mentioned the equivalent of a church tradition, the Torah, he qualified it with something like this: “The scriptures say thus and so, but I say…” Jesus undermined the scriptures and religious tradition in favor of empathy. Every time Jesus undermined the scriptures (Jewish “church tradition”) it was to err on the side of co-suffering love. " 
http://www.salon.com/2014/11/03/why_conservative_christians_would_have_hated_jesus_partner/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

The passive frame and Buddhism

http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/02/think-your-conscious-brain-directs-your-actions-think-again/

Stream of consciousness

"The Abhidharma philosophers agree that the mental stream is always changing, but they argue that it appears to flow continuously only to the untrained observer. A deeper examination indicates that the stream of consciousness is made up of discontinuous and discrete moments of awareness." http://philosophyofbrains.com/2015/07/29/is-consciousness-a-stream.aspx 

Christian resurrection: BBC documentary

http://www.bbncommunity.com/jesus-buddhist-monk-thought-provoking-documentary-bbc/

"Sometimes your mind can be so open, your brain falls out."

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/01/boomer_parents_destroyed_us_i_needed_rules_and_boundaries_not_parents_who_want_to_be_friends/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Empathy learning

http://startempathy.org/blog/2014/05/6-ways-teach-yourself-empathy

The writer George Orwell is an inspiring model. After several years as a colonial police officer in British Burma in the 1920s, Orwell returned to Britain determined to discover what life was like for those living on the social margins. So he dressed up as a tramp with shabby shoes and coat, and lived on the streets of East London with beggars and vagabonds. The result, recorded in his book Down and Out in Paris and London, was a radical change in his beliefs, priorities, and relationships. He not only realised that homeless people are not “drunken scoundrels” – Orwell developed new friendships, shifted his views on inequality, and gathered some superb literary material. It was the greatest travel experience of his life. He realised that empathy doesn’t just make you good – it’s good for you, too.

http://startempathy.org/blog/2014/05/8-ways-cultivate-empathy-kids