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National Education Framework in Bhutan: Part One

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Bhutan is a small, mountainous country to the north of India, also bordering China, Nepal and Tibet. It has a population of less than 1 million and is the first nation to express its “wealth” as a measure of its … Continue reading

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A Pressing Moral Imperative and Emotional Intelligence

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Today’s 3D Eye post is a development of recent thoughts on “emotional intelligence”, and a reminder of what Daniel Goleman said in his seminal book which he simply called Emotional Intelligence. A Pressing Moral Imperative These are times when the … Continue reading

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More Thoughts on Spiritual Intelligence – and Emotional Intelligence

Further quotations from the Dalai Lama: Concern for others’ well-being. There is much confusion, as often among religious believers as among non-believers, concerning what spiritual practice actually consists in. The unifying characteristics of the qualities I have described as ‘spiritual’, … Continue reading

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More Thoughts on Emotional Intelligence

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To be emotionally intelligent is to have an intelligent approach to managing our emotions. It’s the ability to use a range of skills that enable such management to be effective. It involves a determination to ensure that destructive emotions do … Continue reading

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Rumi, the Buddha, and Spiritual Intelligence

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Regular readers of 3D Eye will be aware of our interest in what we call ‘spiritual intelligence‘. This encompasses the study of various schools of philosophy and religion, and their convergence on matters concerning human values and human virtues. Our … Continue reading

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Derek – the Series

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We first came across Ricky Gervais’ fictional character ‘Derek‘ in April last year, and wrote a review of the pilot episode here: http://3diassociates.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/derek/ The first complete series has now been produced, the first episode of which was broadcast last night … Continue reading

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Culture, Knowledge and Learning; Polarity & Unity

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The BBC has again come up with a masterpiece of broadcasting thanks to Radio 4 and Melvyn Bragg. The current series of programmes about “Culture”, which is on air at 9.00am every morning this week, is fascinating. Today’s programme was … Continue reading

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Desolation Row Revisited

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Watching last night’s documentary on the life of Roy Orbison (BBC4) it was fascinating to see footage of the Traveling Wilburys, and in particular shots of Bob Dylan singing and interacting with the rest of ‘the gang’ – George Harrison, … Continue reading

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Seasonal Values – For Every Season: Selflessness, 24th December

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24. Selflessness “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” Dalai Lama XIV “Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. … Continue reading

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Descriptions of Fully Evolved Humans – Part Three

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This is the final part of our three-part series on the characteristics of those individuals who, through education and through life’s experiences, have highly developed multiple intelligences beyond mere ‘IQ’ – according to psychologist Abraham Maslow. The following descriptors, along … Continue reading

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