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:*Resources for Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness and Compassion) meditations
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::*The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.  [http://www.contemplativemind.org/practices/recordings]
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::*A "progressive Christianity" site's resources.  [http://progressivechristianity.org/resources/loving-kindness-meditations/]
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::*"The Buddhist Centre" [https://thebuddhistcentre.com/text/loving-kindness-meditation]
 
*[[Wisdom Movie List]]
 
*[[Wisdom Movie List]]
 
*[[Wisdom Project and Research Suggestions]]
 
*[[Wisdom Project and Research Suggestions]]

Revision as of 19:43, 22 January 2016

Main Course Links

Google Forms, Class Audio, and Peerceptiv

  • Peerceptive Sign up for Peerceptiv today! The class code is "hire12". Cost is $6.95 for the semester. Choose research option "yes"
  • You will receive 5 points for signing up and completing payment by Friday. .
  • Tell Me - A general form for telling me anything anonymously or not.
  • Audio From Class
  • To access audio from class, fill in the weblink following this example: alfino.org/audiofromclass/447TJAN12.m4a
  • Note the use of a "T" for Tuesday's class or "W" for Wednesday's class.

Resources for Projects and Practica

  • Resources for Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness and Compassion) meditations
  • The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. [1]
  • A "progressive Christianity" site's resources. [2]
  • "The Buddhist Centre" [3]

General Links to Wisdom related Resources

  • Friends of Wisdom site, Nicholas Maxwell: [4]
  • Review of a recent book by biologist David Sloan Wilson on group selection and altruism. [5]
  • Some details about aging from Atul Gwande's new book, Being Mortal: Media:AgingDetailsGwandeBeingMortal.pdf
  • Americans as outliers, Pew research. [6]
  • Mischel impulse control video. very cute. [7]
  • New Yorker article on delayed gratification [8]
  • Wiki page on "deferred gratification" [9]
  • Mather Amygdala Study Article
  • Forest of Friendship, Baggage Carousel of Jerks[10]
  • So You Think You're Smarter Than A CIA Agent, [11]
  • Sikh Wisdom: [12], [13]
  • Ngram for wisdom and related terms [14]
  • TED talk on misdirection: [15]
  • multi dimensional scaling [16]
  • Video for the Trolley Problem [17]
  • Wisdom Self-test

Notes from Previous Version of the Course