Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Hot Docs Independent Cinemas Relief Fund Established

HOT DOCS LAUNCHES INDEPENDENT CINEMAS RELIEF FUND  TO HELP SUPPORT SHUTTERED CINEMAS ACROSS CANADA Toronto, April 6, 2021— Hot Docs is pleased to announce the launch of Hot Docs Independent Cinemas Relief Fund in response to the extreme challenges of the past year, which forced the closure of independent cinemas across the country. Developed and administeredContinue reading “Hot Docs Independent Cinemas Relief Fund Established”

Thinking About Nothing! I Challenge You

You know perhaps that mindfulness attempts you to slow down your mind and focus on the present moment. That makes sense as the only moment you have is indeed the present moment. But so many of us are caught up with going beyond and before the present moment. We can take issue with being inContinue reading “Thinking About Nothing! I Challenge You”

Thinking About Nothing! I Challenge You

You know perhaps that mindfulness attempts you to slow down your mind and focus on the present moment. That makes sense as the only moment you have is indeed the present moment. But so many of us are caught up with going beyond and before the present moment. We can take issue with being inContinue reading “Thinking About Nothing! I Challenge You”

Thinking About Nothing! I Challenge You

You know perhaps that mindfulness attempts you to slow down your mind and focus on the present moment. That makes sense as the only moment you have is indeed the present moment. But so many of us are caught up with going beyond and before the present moment. We can take issue with being inContinue reading “Thinking About Nothing! I Challenge You”

“Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 35 “Zorollia Sparks its Demise”

The ragged remnants of the Opposite Party in Zorollia hijacked a Zortixian Spaceline flight from Zortixia City to the Zortixian city of Kloip. The Opposite Party hijackers landed the plane in the Zorollian province of Idididi ruled by the treacherous Kampoola who had distinguished himself through idiotic and cannibalistic acts. At one time he hadContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 35 “Zorollia Sparks its Demise””

Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”: Meditation as Non-Doing

“Meditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavour I know that does not involve trying to get somewhere else, but rather, emphasizes being where you already are. Much of the time we are so carried away by all the doing, striving, the planning, the reacting, the busyness-that when we stop just toContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”: Meditation as Non-Doing”

What CDC Says What You Should and Can do After Being Fully Vaccinated

When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated How to Protect Yourself and OthersUpdated Apr. 2, 2021LanguagesPrint COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting sick. Based on what we know about COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some things that they had stopped doing because of the pandemic. We’re still learningContinue reading “What CDC Says What You Should and Can do After Being Fully Vaccinated”

Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”

“’Quite!’ said Longarine. “I’m sure that what you say is true. The fact is that every man who’s ever wanted to be my devoted servant has always started by declaring that my life, my welfare and my honour were all he truly desired. But in the end it’s only their own interests that count, onlyContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron””

Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Stimulation

“Once you understand introversion and extroversion as preferences for certain levels of stimulation, you can begin consciously trying to situate yourself in environments favourable to your personality-neither overstimulating nor understimulating, neither boring or anxiety-making. You can organize your life in terms of what personality psychologists call “optimal levels of arousal” and what I call “sweetContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Stimulation”