Teaching Empathy
Empathy is not merely an innate sense of compassion, it's also a learned skill that can be taught.
If you ever wanted to read a single post that gives insight into me, the human condition, and why those motivate me into writing the Philosophy of Balance, I believe this is the one:
Teaching Empathy: philosophyofbalance.com/blog/teachin...
#Empathy #Humanity #Philosophy #PhilosophyOfBalance
10.11.2025 11:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Philosophy is the study of truth and wisdom.
Wisdom is the art of knowing when to apply which truth.
#Philosophy
09.11.2025 15:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The #PhilosophyOfBalance aims to find a rational understanding on the value of #empathy as well as an empathic understanding on the value of #rationality. It teaches us how to live in #balance, for the betterment of ourselves, our relationships with others and ultimately, society as a whole.
09.11.2025 08:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Cage is Open
I'm going to describe a scientific experiment that was conducted by studying mice, and if you don't want to read that part, you can just start below the photo.
Loved this, from my dear friend Emily....
"You'll know you're in some learned helplessness when someone offers suggestions about your stuff and no matter what they say, you have a 'yeah but' for why that won't work."
08.11.2025 16:16 — 👍 74 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 1
Materialism Is an Illusion
Materialism is but an incomplete view of the world. The higher truth is consciousness.
#Materialism is an illusion.
"To remain intellectually honest, not just with ourselves, but with the universe at large, we must accept that materialism is a mere illusion, a projection of the mind."
philosophyofbalance.com/blog/materia...
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfBalance #Physics #Metaphysics
07.11.2025 10:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Help me out with this #showerthought: Is #anarchism just the most radical form of #liberalism? Because they believe no individual may be forced into doing anything…
06.11.2025 14:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Free Will Is Real And You Better Believe It
Free Will exists. We may not be able to prove it, but believing in it is our most rational option by far.
Free Will is real and you better believe it!
That's a bold statement, I know, and one that I cannot prove. Yet I do believe it is our most rational position to take.
Read on: philosophyofbalance.com/blog/free-wi...
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfBalance #FreeWill
31.10.2025 09:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Child of the Moon
Child of the Moon - Kindle edition by Silver, Aron. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Child of the Moon.
With only a few days left until #Halloween 🎃, what better time to travel to an abandoned hamlet in a dreadful glen in #Scotland, 1924?
Child of the Moon is an eerie #horror #mystery that will keep you pining… 🌕
www.amazon.com/Child-Moon-A...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #fiction #novel
27.10.2025 16:33 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Establishment of Self-Awareness
A short post on the importance of self-awareness and what we can do to reinforce it.
I wrote a post on The Establishment of Self-Awareness on my blog about Philosophy of Balance: philosophyofbalance.com/blog/self-aw...
If you like, I also take requests for topics you want me to write about!
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfBalance #SelfAwareness #SelfImprovement
24.10.2025 15:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Child of the Moon
Child of the Moon - Kindle edition by Silver, Aron. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Child of the Moon.
With #Halloween 🎃 right around the corner, what better time to travel to an abandoned hamlet in a dreadful glen in #Scotland, 1924?
Child of the Moon is an eerie #horror #mystery that will keep you pining… 🌕
www.amazon.com/Child-Moon-A...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #fiction #novel
24.10.2025 08:05 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m looking for reviewers/critics from various religious and ideological backgrounds. Is this something I might interest you in? If so, please let me know and I can send you an advance copy. Regards, Arend. 2/2
22.10.2025 14:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
@justinberkobien.bsky.social Dear reverend, hope you don’t mind me intruding. I’m working on writing a book called the Philosophy of Balance (and Why I Believe in a Universal God). The purpose of the book is a unification of belief systems that can hopefully reduce polarisation. 1/2
22.10.2025 14:18 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
+1 for experimenting with "abnormal" ways of living. New ways of living can open up a new political reality if they succeed in making people less reliant on working endless hours merely to afford housing, for instance. As for "abnormality" in general: If you mean thinking outside the box, please do!
22.10.2025 12:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
… doing exactly that*.
17.10.2025 16:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Salem’s Lot was a foundational novel for me as it was the one that convinced me to start writing an outline for a story myself, as I saw the protagonist doing exactly what. Two years later, that outline became my first published novel, Child of the Moon.
Love you forever for that one!
17.10.2025 15:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Child of the Moon
Child of the Moon - Kindle edition by Silver, Aron. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Child of the Moon.
My award-winning #horror #mystery Child of the Moon will remain on #sale at #Amazon #Kindle for the next 5 days. But the discount is getting less over time…
So travel now to #Scotland, 1924, and uncover an eerie truth.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
#WritingCommunity #novel
16.10.2025 09:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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