In other articles in this blog, I have been proposing a view of NATION that includes three parts: the people, government, and culture. Under this scenario, CULTURE plays the role of HEART; the people play the role of stomach; and the government plays the role of brain. In this article I will consider further the
Tag: Spirituality
Thomas Aquinas and the Back-to-the-Body Perspective
A fundamental tenet of the Back-to-the-Body Perspective is that “the truth is within you”—that is, in your body. This means that, for the great questions of life, we should look at the body for answers. For example, one of the great questions of life is the question of struggle, or war. The paradigmatic imagery about
Obesity: An Affliction of the Stomach
In 2004—that is, ten years ago—I visited Brazil and conducted a series of formal and informal meetings with friends and family about three scourges that are impacting people’s lives: obesity, religious extremism, and depression. From the Back-to-the-Body Perspective, obesity has to do with the “stomach”; religious extremism has to do with the “brain”; and depression
Vivir Feliz: Cómo Desbravar el Camino del Corazón
Según Nietzsche, la espiritualidad se desarrolla en tres etapas: camello, león y niño. Dice Nietzsche en Also Sprach Zarathustra: Tres transformaciones del espíritu os menciono: cómo el espíritu se convierte en camello, y el camello en león, y el león, por fin, en niño. (“Drei Verwandlungen nenne ich euch des Geistes: wie der Geist zum
Paulo-Juarez Pereira 