Dr. Ron Miller speaks at the Theosophical Society in America in 2009 on pluralism and diversity, and what factors contribute to how we deal with it. Ron references Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ books titled Dignity of Difference and The Home We Build Together: Recreating Society. “I can be different and yet not see that difference as …
This talk by Dr. Ron Miller was recorded at the North Shore Unitarian Church in Deerfield, Illinois. Ron discusses how it’s not so much the circumstances that determine our experience of the world, but the attitude we take toward the circumstances. Ron then wraps this concept around Islam in today’s world. The center of this …
Watching Republicans wave signs of “The Country First” I sense once again the iconic character of this election. On the one hand, we have a leprously white old rich guy. His world is “the country” and whatever lies beyond its borders is there only to serve this country’s interests. He represents a long tradition of …
Dr. Ron Miller speaks at the Theosophical Society in America in 2008 on Sex and Spirituality. Two models of spiritual growth were in competition in the early Christian centuries. The first Ron calls “blessed participation” and it comes from the biblical tradition as understood in Judaism. The second he dubs “holy abstinence” and comes from …