We are living in a world moving so fast for comfort… where deception and vanishing values are becoming regarded as normal, whatever happened to loyalty, shame, personal responsibility, honesty and self-reliance? How can we maintain sanity in the midst of madness ?
“In our Café-Philo gatherings we will expl”In our Café-Philo gatherings we will explore and dare to ask questions, in order to find out for ourselves some sense, and new ways to respond intelligently toward new realizations.”
Samuel Avital, Boulder, Colorado
The 2000 Café-Salon Philosophique reports are now published. Just click on the links at below to read the various articles. We hope they will spark some new insights and realizations. Enjoy!
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Appreciation
Café-Salon Philosophique #72 November 18, 2000No. of Participants: 7 Topic for Discussion: “Appreciation versus Taking Things for Granted” [Samuel was in Germany for a couple workshops at the time of this…
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Risk Taking
Café-Salon Philosophique #71 November 4, 2001No. of Participants: 15 Topic for Discussion: “Risk Taking” Samuel welcomed one and all to our Café gathering. The up and coming elections sparked these questions:…
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What Is This Life?
Café-Salon Philosophique #70 October 21, 2000No. of Participants: 17 Topic of Discussion: “What is this Life?” Samuel welcomed one and all to our Café-Salon gathering. Individual participants were asked to share…
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The Game of Life
Café-Salon Philosophique #69 October 7, 2001No. of Participants: 10 Topic of Discussion: “The Game of Life” Samuel welcomed one and all to our Café gathering and then asked participants to introduce…
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Consciousness
Café-Salon Philosophique #68 September 23, 2000No. of Participants: 10 Topic for Discussion: “Consciousness” Samuel welcomed one and all to our Café gathering. The topic chosen for the evening was, “What is Consciousness?” The…
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The Twisted Meaning of Words
Café-Salon Philosophique #67 September 9, 2000No. of Participants: 10 Topic for Discussion: “The Twisted Meaning of Words” Samuel welcomed one and all to our Café-Salon gathering. We began with these questions, “Is…
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Quality of Life
Café-Salon Philosophique #65 August 5, 2000No. of Participants: 5 Topic of Discussion: “Quality of Life, Is it a Choice?” The group was small. Betty who hadn’t been there for quite some…
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Spiritual Teachers
Café-Salon Philosophique #63 July 8, 2000No. of Participants: 7 Evening’s Discussion: “Spiritual Teachers” Samuel welcomed one and all to the Café gathering. Conversation began with Karen who was here visiting from…
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Technology Consciousness
Café-Salon Philosophique #62 June 17, 2000No. of Participants: 10 Topic for Discussion: “Technological Consciousness, Who needs it?” Samuel welcomed one and all to our Café gathering, and invited participants to share…
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In Search of Authentic Being
Café-Salon Philosophique #61 June 3, 2000No. of Participants: 8 Topic for Discussion: “In Search of Authentic Being.” Samuel welcomed one and all to the Café gathering. The topic chosen for the…
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Something Out of Nothing
Café-Salon Philosophique #59 May 6, 2000No. of Participants: 12 Topic of Discussion: “Something out of Nothing” Samuel welcomed one and all to the Café gathering. Conversation began by once again “talking…
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The Spirit of the Times
Café-Salon Philosophique #58 April 22, 2000No. of Participants: 5 Topic of Discussion: “The Spirit of the Times” A small group assembled tonight. Mary brought the topic for discussion. She feels as…
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Language, Who Needs It?
Café-Salon Philosophique #57 April 8, 2000No. of Participants: 8 Topic for Discussion: “Language – Who needs it?” The group began by briefly reviewing the topic of our last group discussion, “Man versus…
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Man versus Technology
Café-Salon Philosophique #56 March 18, 2000No. of Participants: 10 Evening’s Topic: “Man versus Technology” Samuel welcomed one and all to our Café-Salon gathering. Participants were given a summary critique to read…
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Blame – Who is Responsible?
Café-Salon Philosophique #54 February 19, 2000No. of Participants: 10 Topic for the Evening’s Discussion: “Blame – Who is Responsible?” Samuel welcomed one and all to the Café discussion. The topic posed…
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What is the Good Life?
Café-Salon Philosophique #53 February 5, 2000No. of Participants: 19 Topic for the Evening’s Discussion: “What is the Good Life?” Café discussion began by Samuel welcoming those new and old. He then…
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What is Creativity?
Café-Salon Philosophique #52 January 22, 2000No. of Participants: 12 Evening’s Topic: “What is Creativity and How do We Generate It?” Samuel began the evening by welcoming everybody to the Salon for…
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What is Sleepwalking?
Café-Salon Philosophique #51 January 8, 2000No. of Participants: 10 Evening’s Topic: “What is Sleepwalking?” Samuel welcomed everyone to the evening’s discussion, and began by having participants think of topics that might…
