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According to wikipedia "conceptual frameworks are a type of intermediate theory that have the potential to connect to all aspects of inquiry (e.g., problem definition, purpose, literature review, methodology, data collection and analysis). Conceptual frameworks act like maps that give coherence to inquiry." I view it as an explicitly stated understanding of what you know to be true. So we go through life making tons of assumptions:… Continue

Have you ever been stalked by beauty? Have you ever had a magnificent work of art continuously revisit your life like a persistent recurrent dream? A symphony, a painting, a novel, a few lines of calculated prose...you know, that stuff that speaks more than the words which sometimes compose them...I have. There's a poem by John Donne entitled "The Expiration." I came across it one fateful undergrad day in the university library as I was vigor… Continue

I have recently had the opportunity to participate in a forum wherein the participants have been exploring the foundation of the current global economic system and challenging some of the basic assumptions that may not represent our current understanding of reality. Though I think virtually everybody on that forum is far more qualified and capable of providing meaningful input to the discussion, I wanted to share some thoughts that I posted on my blog.

My own formal training in economics was on… Continue

Spending the last week at the Rainbow Mansion I've had a lot of conversations about the Choza, but also about community development in general. Tonight we were chatting with Raven Zachary who stopped by for a few minutes and he also asked the question "What is the intersection of everybody in this house." Robbie and… Continue

"Liken the world of existence to the temple of man...among the parts of existence there is a wonderful connection and interchange of forces which is the cause of life of the world and the continuation of these countless phenomena."

‘Abdu’l-Bahá

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