Who’s Inside the Muslim Box?

Religious freedom vs. wisdom

President Obama, after saying that building a mosque at Ground Zero fit our “commitment to religious freedom,” (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081304357.html) backtracked, saying he wasn’t commenting on the ‘wisdom’ (http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/mte-admin/mt.cgi) of building it so close to ‘hallowed ground.’

A Fox News poll showed that while 61 percent of Americans believe that Cordoba House has a constitutional right to build near Ground Zero, 64 percent believe it is not appropriate to do so. (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/13/fox-news-poll-percent-think-wrong-build-mosque-near-ground-zero/)

Does Obama’s hedging show a lack of ethical convictions? Does Hamas’ endorsement change the debate? (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/08/breaking_hamas_sides_with_obam.html) What is behind public opposition to the site? Can you believe in religious freedom but not believe the mosque is appropriate?

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Daily Inspiration

When you perceive yourself as spirit, you will not simply feel love–you will be love. -Deepak Chopra

Healing Emotional and Verbal Abuse

I am 16 years old male who grew up in a household with a bipolar alcoholic father. He left when I was 12 but he would come back some nights to scream at me and my mother and then I ended up in and out of mental hospitals for a time for wanting to take my own life at age 13 but I have made a great recovery over the past years but recently my father has been sending me abusive messages and he says that our relationship is over but I feel there is still hope so how do I go about dealing with him while I try to further my own recovery?

Anger and Justice

Is it healthy to suppress anger, a natural emotion, in order to be non-violent in our communication? Is it wrong to condemn an act/ crime in strong words, especially if one is a victim? What would be your advice to a person who has been a victim of physical, social, emotional and psychological abuse/ crime- forget the incident and carry on with your life for there’s a lot life has to offer or fight the culprit legally and socially and bring him to book (because for a fight the person must preserve one’s anger otherwise the fight just fizzles out, going by how our police and the legal system work)?Wouldn’t the first option lead to more crimes, for I’ve rarely seen ‘Gandhigiri’ work?