Wearing of a red dragon on an individual's HKIS sports uniform for as long as the team continues to win is an example of this meme.
What is the purple meme?
This flower in the HKIS pond is a symbol of enlightenment from Asian religions.
What is the lotus flower?
When we went to the beach, skipping a stone represented....
What is releasing of deep emotion?
Name of the decluttering guru who says one should only keep those things that SPARK JOY!
Who is Marie Kondo?
The name of the religion whose monastery I lived in for two weeks this summer.
What is Daoist?
The dominant HKIS meme.
What is the orange meme?
A powerful form of Japanese pottery that emphasizes that a bowl is more beautiful for having been broken and repaired than for never having been broken at all.
What is kintsukuroi or kintsugi?
This group notes the background images (Make sure you can explain the why!)
According to the Geography of Thought, the Asian worldview trains people to see context-sensitive more than Westerners, who focus on the foreground.
This famous prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr reads: "God, grant me the _______ to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference."
What is "serenity?"
The healing energy modality I've been studying since 2020.
What is kinesiology?
Service clubs at HKIS are this meme.
What is the green meme?
What two religions are clearly represented by the HKIS fountain area?
What is Daoism and Christianity?
According Nisbett's Geography of Thought, the difference between how traditional culture trains Westerners and Asians differently.
What is that cow and chickens are animals, and hay is a plant? Westerners historically have emphasized abstract categories (e.g., animals), while Asians have valued relationships (cow and hay)
This famous Chinese book of wisdom teachings has been translated more than any other book in world history besides the Bible.
What is the Dao De Jing?
Our humanities colleague who is trying to recover in hospital from a heart attack.
Who is Mr. Suh?
Integration of opposites begins, as the left brain, for example, includes feelings.
What is the yellow meme?
Name of the famous story of the Jewish people escaping from slavery.
What is the Exodus (from Egypt)?
The punchline of this famous story is "maybe." (You must have TWO words to answer this question correctly.)
What is the Daoist farmer story?
Two contrasting types of justice (have to say the words correctly!)
What is "retributive and restorative justice?"
My wife's surname who is dealing with lung cancer (mesothelioma) and who has been teaching at HKIS since 1983.
Who is Ms. Talbot?
The key teaching as one moves up the spiral is to "________________" and "________________."
What is "transcend and include?"
The American sculptor Paul Granland who made this centerpiece of our campus described the two figures in the center as symbolizing "spiritual growth from a________________ to f__________________." Name the two words.
What is "awakening to fulfillment?"
The inner movements of the body that one is pays attention to during a spirit walk. (Word begins with an "I".)
What is "interoception?"
This transportation metaphor was used early on in the semester to suggest that we can just let our thoughts go by.
What is the sushi train metaphor?
The 5-word title (not including subtitle) of my book.
What is the Wisdom Way of Teaching?