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Season Two: Beauty, & You!


An Existential Trialogue!
Talking with a friend, a '20s-something friend, the subject of retirement came up... "Now that you're in the workforce, having finally...

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A Morning Breeze, Rising
... the exhale, inhale, and exhale of spirit ... Robert Blecher “like unto April winds, blow freshness through those human trees, and...

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A Morning Breeze, the Podcast!
I speak often, openly, about the qualities and powers of the spirit, along with my musings on history, philosophy, sociology,...

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Teenagers Always Seem to Ask the Very Best Questions!
Robert Blecher December 23, 2021 On October 14, 2021 I spent the day at Lyons Township High School in LaGrange, Illinois, on stage...

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Social Change? It's Possible!
Robert Blecher March 2022 “Is not the object of every Revelation to effect a transformation in the whole character of mankind, a...

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Possibilities for Social Change, Part 1: Some Initial Questions...
I was asked, several months ago, to share my views on social change in a series of interviews. It is important to note, at the outset of...

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Possibilities for Social Change, Part 2: Individual Transformation
This is the second interview I provided on the subject of social change. In this interview, I focus on the individual transformation, the...

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Social Change, Part 3: Relationship & Community...
In this third interview, my conversation with Matt moves beyond individual transformation to the transformation of society. How can we...

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Social Change, Part 4: The Question of "Who"...
In this segment I discuss with Matt the question of "who" ... that is, who will take part in the transformation of society, and what role...

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Social Change, Part 5: The Big Picture!
Until now Matt and I have focused on how we, as individuals, must prepare if we are to participate, creatively and constructively, in...

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Social Change, Part 6: The Guiding Principle?
Well, Matt and I have come a long way in our conversation! How far? Far enough to begin discussing the principle of integration, that...

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Social Change, Part 7: This Present Moment!
Matt and I have come a long way in our conversation about the nature and dynamics of meaningful social change. We’re now at the point in...

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Social Change, Part 8: Envisioning the Future, an End and New Beginning...
Matt and I have finally gotten to the end -- or, shall I say, beginning -- of our discussion on the nature and dynamics of meaningful and...

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Rethinking Education, The Blog...
Robert Blecher December 12, 2022 This transcript is edited from a talk I gave earlier this year on what can and should be done about our...

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Podcast: Rethinking Education!
In this episode I present listeners with a brief overview of how, together, we might begin to rethink the whole idea of education. The...

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Fundamental Truths...
Robert Blecher January, 2020 This entire adventure in podcasting, writing, and community has been inspired by a vision of beauty, our...

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An Honest Conversation
December 11, 2020 Robert Blecher It’s taken quite some time to get to this place in my life, compelled to write. I’m really not sure that...

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Metaphysical Materialism...
What does modern spirituality look like? In this, the third entry of his second season, Mr. B moves beyond modern society's censorship of...

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I'M NOT ANGRY!
Mr. B is about to walk through a door that's "supposed" to remain closed, to enter a space censored out of "correct" public discourse, a...

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Anger? I'm Loving It...
Well, Mr. B's come clean: He's finally admitted to himself (and the world) that, no matter how hard he has tried to deny or avoid the...

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Angrrr... I'm Triggered!
In this diary entry, Mr. B continues to explore our twenty-first century anger: What, exactly, triggers this anger?!? He's already taken...

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Mad "Power" ...
Well, so far in this exploration of modern anger, Mr. B has considered various ways that anger is expressed in society today, the true...

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Anger? I'm Free!
This is it, the culmination of my series of diary entries that examines the phenomenon of modern anger. It's what (I think) we've all...

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Me = Space!
Hey, I saw this scientific fact and it made me question ... everything, including "who I am," my own identity. Join me, as I share this...

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am i Spring today?
Birds sing out, only, thrilling creation. Every branch, reaching upward. Do I? Tree roots deep, weaving, hidden sharing. Each leaf open,...

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Going Through ...
Let's face it, that is,... the reality that so many in the world today live within the midst of tremendous suffering, both material and...

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"Words That Come Before All Else"...
Today we have gathered and when we look upon the faces around us we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to...

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"Words That Come Before All Else" ... Transcript!
Robert Blecher February, 2022 Welcome to “Beauty & Mr. B.” I’m Mr. B! I’ve been thinking a lot, lately, about what might be of value for...

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Introducing This Podcast
The world today continues to disintegrate, and so … this attempt to examine the true nature of reality through the widest possible lens.

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Introduction, The Transcript!
Edited Transcript Welcome to "Beauty and Mr B." I'm Mr B! This is the first episode of my podcast, and the only purpose of today's...

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The Story of the Podcast
This is the first full episode of the podcast. It's meant to answer a few basic questions, like... "Who is Mr B?" "Why did Mr. B refer to...

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The Story, Transcribed...
Edited Transcript Season 1, Episode 2 Robert Blecher Welcome. This is “Beauty and Mr. B,” and I’m Mr. B! Today, I'd like to share my...

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The Wide Angle of Beauty
In this episode Mr. B takes a look at how narrowly society has trained us to view reality, he provides an example of what it means to...

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Transcript: Beauty = ?!?
Edited Transcript Season 1, Episode 3 Robert Blecher Welcome to “Beauty & Mr. B,” the podcast. I’m Mr. B. Today’s episode is “The...

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Sad Beautiful
This episode examines the relationship between beauty and sadness. Here, Mr. B explores the nature of sadness itself, a few realities of...

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Wordly Truths
In this episode, Mr. B examines how what we see as real, as true, is influenced by the words we know and how we understand them. By...

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Questioning Answers
We've all been brought up in school according to the idea that each correct answer we accumulate constitutes another bit of knowledge...

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Living Growth, Part One
This episode explores the meaning of "growth," especially personal growth. In this, Part One, Mr. B outlines the modern idea of growth,...

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Living Growth, Part Two
This episode continues with what it means to truly grow as a person and become an active agent, a protagonist, in the genuine progress of...

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poeTRYit...
I know that Mr. B has lately been encouraging listeners to really dig in and engage actively in living out the difficult process of...

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Mr. B & ... Beauty?!?
It's time, finally, to dig into the meaning and importance of beauty in our lives! In this episode, the first of three parts, Mr. B...

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Mr. B & ... "Mind"!?!
In this segment Mr. B moves past his examination of "beauty" and begins to consider the truth of the translogical statement, "I know in...

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Mr. B & ... Heart!?!
This is the last installment of the final episode of "Season One." It builds on the others, and is intended to bring our discussion of...

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