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This American Life (with Ira Glass): Unconditional Love

I have listened to this episode of This American Life 3 times now, and it chokes me up every time. There is something about the mechanics of infant bonding and the psychological stumbling blocks we all possess that fascinates me to no end. Again, surely this is a function of my impending parenthood:-)

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This entry was written by Steven Nishida and posted on September 27, 2007 at 8:02 am and filed under human nature, perspective, happiness, parenting, psychology, learning, teaching, baby, personal. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment(Latest is displayed first) or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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  1. Speaking of Uncondiitonal Love, here is another expression of it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyheJ480LYA

    Don’t quit watching until the end.

    1. Jeanne on October 1st, 2007 at 4:50 pm

  2. Jeanne (Mom): Interesting skit, for sure. They did a great job with the choreography and performance. As you well know, I agree that faith provides a unique opportunity for many lost souls to experience unconditional love, and to find a bit of life direction. I’m glad that there are vast communities of kind-hearted individuals who are prepared to support those who are down and out.

    What I disagree with is religious extremism (of any brand), and aggressive peddling of religious beliefs–often for despicable ulterior motives. Generally speaking, I have serious issues with any church that is after “converting” others, even if it’s disguised as “salvation.” There is a fine line between reaching out to those in despair, and preying on the weak.

    As long as we are aware of the common pitfalls of organized faith, investigating spirituality is an endeavor I highly recommend. Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse, blew my mind when I read it in high school. More recently, I found The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, by Dan Millman, to be quite provocative.

    Thanks, as always, for sharing (and for being a great mom!).

    Steven

    2. realityonastick on October 1st, 2007 at 5:57 pm

  3. Steven,

    I think we are pretty much on the same page about organized religion. When you and your brother were growing up, we let you experience different areas of faith, spirituality and religions and go off on your own with bible study and such. We provided a base for you that stressed kindness/fairness to others, obeyance of laws (natural and ordered) and belief in yourselves and what you could accomplish. You ultimately decided what was best for yourselves. We are happy with that and very proud of you both.

    I did not mean to talk about any particular religion with the video; only the “unconditional love” aspect of it.

    3. Jeanne on October 2nd, 2007 at 3:19 am

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