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Published: Saturday, July 7, 2007 01:01 am
The Futility of Revenge
• Revenge is Poison
“Vengeance is like a poison that can take you over, and turn you into something ugly” Aunt May
• Life & Death
Health Care - Capital Punishment - Torture
"I don't think it's up to us to say who should live or die” Aunt May
• Evil: External X Internal
Romans 7: 15-20; James 1: 14,15
• The Power of Forgiveness: Spider-Man Forgives Sandman
"Whatever comes our way, whatever battle is raging inside us, we always have a choice. It's the choices that make us what we are, and we can always choose to do the right thing." Peter Parker/Spider-Man
• Shower: Religious significance of Baptism
Published: Saturday, July 7, 2007 12:53 am
• Vulnerable People need Empowerment not Bankruptcy
• A Humble Nation Learn from others
• Self-Absorption is dangerous for individual and nations
• Health Care as a Human Right
• Health Care as a Moral Issue
• Health Care is above Politics
Among the rare gems here is one of Richard Nixon's taped conversations, in the Oval Office with John Ehrlichman on the eve of Nixon's 1971 law promoting managed care. You can rest assured, Ehrlichman promises Nixon, "all the incentives are towards less medical care."
Published: Saturday, July 7, 2007 12:53 am
• The three American revolutions
• Abolition of Slavery – Abolition of Segregation – Abolition of the Empire of Greed
• “Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it”
• A Revolution is Coming
"A revolution is coming--a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough--But a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability."
• The Day of Small Changes
"Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events...
Each time a man stands up for an ideal...he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."
• Don't Fear the Path of Truth
"Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it." June 6th, 1968 (From the last speech Bobby gave) At a time when through out the world we seem to have lost our way and our belief in our political leaders is perhaps at its lowest ebb…. we see a reminder of what we had lost.
Published: Saturday, July 7, 2007 12:53 am
• Dixie Chicks’ anti-war views triggers financial war against the group
• The Tyranny of Media Monopoly
• Dixie Chick’s Principle Oriented Refusal to Bow
• Democracy includes Safety in Diversity
• Free Speech is a Mental Health Factor
“It seemed like traditional values had been temporarily suspended. I didn't recognize this country, we didn't know what year it was and we didn't know what country we were in. The Republicans and right-wing groups were very organized and they knew exactly what they were doing. It seems like our media is dominated by right-wing media moguls like Rupert Murdoch (Fox News). If you don't share their opinions, they label you as a terrorist or a person who doesn't have any family values. Unfortunately, people in the US who don't have the time to seek out the truth through neutral news sources have a real problem” Natalie Maines
Published: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:47 am
1.Traditional misunderstandings of Mental Illness: Demon Possession
2.The Double Wounding of the Mentally Sick
3.Harry Sullivan as Insight in The Psychiatric Interview
4.Bono and the Power of Humility
5.Colin A. Ross: Most "mental disorders" are trauma related
6.The Power of Word to Heal and to Harm
7.The Imperative of Comprehensive Care (It Takes a Village)
8.Medication is needed but does not cure
9.Communities of Acceptance X Communities of Rejection
10.The Brazilian Lectures by Dr. Wilfred Byon (Insight and Wisdom)
11.How we live our lives in the present is how we gain control over the future?
12.The Battle against Mental Sickness includes a Fight Against Fear. Fear is at the core of many pathologies
13.Roman Empire symbol of evil (666) Today as symbolic number for evil is (9/11)
14.A Positive Perspective for a Global Sunshine Future
15.We all need Friends and Encouragement
16.The importance of human touch
Published: Sunday, September 25, 2005 07:22 pm
1.Jealousy
2.Anger
3.Hatred
4.Violent Thoughts
5.Suicide Attempt
6.Anger at God (Analogy: Cain & Abel)
7.Plot to kill Mozart
8.Admission of Personal Mediocrity
9.Admission of Mozart as Bold, Brilliant Genius
10.Madness driven by Guilt
11.Inter-dependency as an alternative to madness
DSM-IV Application:
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Eating Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Self- Mutilation
Suicide
Dementia
Published: Sunday, August 21, 2005 09:32 pm
As Jeff Shannon comments, in adapting his own novel The Cider House Rules for the screen, John Irving sacrificed at least some of the depth and detail that made his humanitarian themes resonate, while the film--directed with Scandinavian sobriety by Lasse Hallstram--is often vague about the complex issues (abortion, incest, responsibility) that lie at its core. Allowing for this ambiguity (which is arguably intentional), the film retains much of what made Irving's novel so admired, and like Hallstram's earlier feature What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, it's enriched with a generous, forgiving spirit toward the mistakes, foibles, and desires of its many engaging characters. In this sense, the movie is an expression of realistic compassion in the context of human failures. Our recorded perspective avoids divisive topics in our search for ethical development
Central to the story (set during World War II) is Homer (Tobey Maguire), a young man raised in a Maine orphanage, where the ether-sniffing Dr. Larch (Michael Caine) rules with benevolent grace while performing safe but illegal abortions. To expand his horizons, Homer follows a young couple (Charlize Theron, Paul Rudd) to do fieldwork on an apple farm, where his innocent eyes are opened to the good and evil of the world--and to the realization that not all rules are steadfast in all situations. Homer's love relationship with Candy suggests the importance of personal responsibility and decision making as opposed to wait and see and doing nothing as a valid ethical approach. The alternative to intentional personal choice is manipulation based on casual and selfish needs. This podcasting presentation also explores three different ways of using Hebrew and Christian Scriptures in the process of resolving ethical dilemmas.
This movie amplifies the words of Jeremiah 17:9: The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful,a puzzle that no one can figure out.
Published: Sunday, August 14, 2005 08:32 pm
Spider Man is viewed in this talk show through counseling lenses as the following themes are explored:
1. A concept of power based on Peter Parker exercise of his super spider resources as a champion of the common men
2. Power as an expression of insanity (intelligence without wisdom)
3. The principle that with great power comes great responsibilities
4. The view of dream as the justification for living
5. Life can be scary and dangerous even among our closest relationships
6. Understanding Grief with Ambiguity
7. The potential unfairness of life
8. Your gift can be your curse, and your curse can be your blessing
9. Mary Jane Watson and the principle of individuality
10. Those who care for others may be in need of finding someone to save their own lives
Published: Monday, August 8, 2005 10:00 am
It is the first podcasting presentation of Movie Therapy Radio whose programing discusses in a conversational style counseling perspectives from the movies. This first "show" is based and inspired by the excellent movie Love Actually (2003). Now available in DVD by Universal Studios Home Video. What follows is an incomplete list of counseling themes reviewed by Dr. Hannibal Silver:
1. Love Grows Through Stages
2. Love Creates Healthy Boundaries
3. Love is Single Minded
4. Four Expressions of Love: Affection, Friendship, Eros, Compassion
5. Physical Attraction X Personal Attraction
6. Love is not Addictive
7. Love Can be Painful
8. Love is an Art & a Discipline
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