"Killers of the Flower Moon," Civilization, and Discontents (Adobe stock image by anastasy_helter, licensed by Ravi Chandra)

Hi all,

My "Love Your Enemies" article in East Wind got a boost from republication at The Greater Good Science Center, and I published a shortened version at Psychology Today. Here are all three versions:

MOSF 19.1: Love Your Enemies? Jesus, King, Buddha, and the Psychology of Love (February 3, 2024)

Six Tips for Loving Your Enemies (Greater Good Science Center, February 9, 2024)

Love Your Enemies? These 7 Tips Could Help (Psychology Totay, February 15, 2024

Love helps us heal our own suffering, but loving our enemies is a tall order. How might we do it? Should we even try?

And here's one more new article in Psychology Today, hot off the press!

"Killers of the Flower Moon," Civilization, and Discontents February 29, 2024

Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" has garnered 10 Oscar nominations. What does it tell us about the dangers of the human psyche?

CitizenShip of Mixed Emotions

And my short film premieres next week! Virtual tickets good for the West Coast (CA, OR, WA, and HI) are available, as well as in person tickets in Eugene Oregon. ALSO - the film gets its EAST COAST PREMIERE at the Queens World Film Festival - so if you know anyone in NYC, please let them know!

DisOrient Film Festival (March 10 in person, March 11-17 Virtual)

Queens World Film Festival (April 23 in person - tickets available mid-March)

This meditative videopoem reflects on recent anti-Asian hate incidents, including one at Wing Luke museum in Seattle and one in Georgetown, Texas, in the context of violence and colonialism that goes back hundreds of years. Psychiatrist, poet and filmmaker Ravi Chandra explores love, hate, identity, and suffering, and commits us solemnly to the fight against racism and violence. The film closes with a nod to Shantideva's "Path of the Bodhisattva": Chandra says, "As long as racism remains, as long as beings affected by racism remain - may I too remain, to dispel the miseries of the world." The poem was written on the last day of the Tsuru for Solidarity social justice retreat in September, 2023, and it immediately felt like it needed to be a film.

Stay tuned for more!

Warmly,

Ravi