A Christmas Story

By Don SalmonPosted on December 22, 2016March 31, 2017Cat SocietyLeave a comment

This story was read aloud on the US National Public Radio show, "This American Life." *********** Well, it all began at Christmas two years ago when my daughter was four-years-old. And it was the first time that she had ever asked about what did this holiday mean. And so I explained to her that this… Read More »

Where is Martin Neimoller?

By Don SalmonPosted on December 14, 2016March 31, 2017Cat SocietyLeave a comment

Televangelist Pat Robertson said Trump was a “harbinger of the Apocalypse” and the return of Jesus was imminent. “Now we have a man of God back in the White House, Jesus Christ will soon return,” said Robertson. “Sure, he’ll massacre all the atheists, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, yoga practitioners, witches, psychologists, Scientologists and alien worshippers, but… Read More »

Midnight stories

By Navni GujralPosted on October 7, 2016March 22, 2017Cat Psychology, Society2 Comments

Late last night my brother reached out to me to chat. Unsure of his way forward professionally, he mumbled that the endless advice from those concerned was only confusing him. “Why are you listening to them then?”, I asked comfortably from the sideline. “The thing is…I don’t really know what I want, and maybe they… Read More »

Drunken dancing

By Navni GujralPosted on August 26, 2016October 8, 2017Cat Poetry, Psychology, SocietyLeave a comment

In a home built for all each brick insists his red's the best. A test laughs uncontrollably teasing time in it's face: How many games will we play how many robes will I change before your toys trade their nervous fractions for the smell of togetherness, and find infinity dancing drunk on freedom, together singing… Read More »

Gazing at fear

By Lucas BockPosted on August 9, 2016August 9, 2016Cat Miscellaneous musings, Society3 Comments

A hairline crack in the idyll Würzburg, Munich, Reutlingen, Ansbach – some dead, some injured, many scared. Four outbreaks of violence within six days, partly rampage, partly religiously motivated terror, in places not far from where I live. No more do these things only happen to other people, in far off places, where you might… Read More »

Shifting authority from outside to inside

By JyotiPosted on July 9, 2016March 22, 2017Cat IPI, Psychology, SocietyLeave a comment

I have spent a lot of energy in trying to grapple with a sense of guilt. The reason is that a few years ago I ventured to break the norm, and swim against the tide. I had my reasons for doing what I did, but I could not share all of them, and, perhaps, they… Read More »

Zen and the Art of Cycle Maintenance

By David C. NiermannPosted on November 26, 2012December 3, 2012Cat SocietyLeave a comment

A few days ago I rented a cycle for the coming three months. The most beautiful cycle I ever had. She is incredibly heavy, rusty and greasy but all of that doesn't matter. Have a look at her to convince yourself: Isn't she a beauty? Now to the actual story that I want to tell.… Read More »

Why do we need Indian Psychology?

By MatthijsPosted on July 17, 2011November 3, 2011Cat Cognition & Methodology, Society2 Comments

When modern psychology discovered in the beginning of the 20th century that introspection was not a very reliable method of enquiry, it did not discover anything new. The Indian civilization had discovered this thousands of years ago. What was different however, was how modernity reacted to this discovery. It is good to stand still at… Read More »