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The Power of Negative Thinking
Posted by Glenn Wallis on November 17, 2012
"Critique" is that form of discourse which seeks to inhabit the experience of the subject from inside, in order to elicit those "valid" features of that experience which point beyond the subject's present condition —Terry Eagleton, Ideology, xiv
One of the animating ideas of the non-buddhism critique is that contemporary x-buddhism persistently "denies its own promises and potentialities." That phrase is from Herbert Marcuse's 1960 essay "A Note on Dialectic."* In this post, I will briefly present Marcuse's notion of dialectical, or negative, thinking. Then, I will suggest ways that readers might use this analytical tool in their own encounters with x-buddhist teachers, literature, on-line sites and beyond. Finally, I will make a few predictions.
The Concept and Practice of Negative Thinking
Marcuse's concept—and practice—of negative thinking is encapsulated in Hegel's definition of thinking itself: "Thinking is essentially the negation of that which is immediately before us." To disabuse the reader of the excuse that this is an abstract philosophical principle, Marcuse immediately says that it is, on the contrary, "saturated with experience—"
experience of a world in which the unreasonable becomes reasonable and, as such, determines the facts; in which unfreedom is the condition of freedom, and war the guarantor of peace. This world contradicts itself (64).
The negative is thus "the central category of dialectic" (64). It is so because thinking the negative is what enables us to recognize that the status quo—the conglomeration of socially posited and accepted "facts"—maintains itself only through systematic, if often blind, disregard of "the fatal contradictions" which constitute it. For a political thinker like Marcuse, an example of how a fatal contradiction manifests might be the chasm between the American rhetoric of social justice and equality and the reality of injustice and inequality. To extrapolate from Marcuse's argument in Eros and Civilization, although the United States possesses the wealth and resources required to significantly reduce, if not eradicate, poverty, scarcity, and exploitation, somehow the latter increases along with the former. As we, as a society, increase the conditions for a just and equal society, our society in fact becomes even more oppressive. This contradiction, when recognized, is fatal in two senses. First, it abolishes any pretense to a national identity of being "the home of the free and the brave," where "all men are created equal," and all that. Second, it makes clear that we, as a society, deny ourselves the very "promise and potentialities" inherent in our ideology of freedom and equality.
Negative thinking is in this manner "the driving power of dialectical thought, used as a tool for analyzing the world of facts in terms of its internal inadequacy" (64-65). Marcuse followed Hegel in viewing dialectic not merely as a method to be applied to phenomena, but as an inherent feature of reality. Viewing the world only in terms of the established "facts" (the American political system is democratic) is thus inadequate because it is woefully incomplete (our "democracy" is rigged toward the wealthy, rife with cronyism, lists toward disenfranchisement). Thus, "all thinking that does not testify to an awareness of the radical falsity of the established forms of life is faulty thinking" (70). Any form of thinking, moreover, that "excludes contradiction from its logic is a faulty" form of thinking (66). "Thought," in fact, "'corresponds' to reality only as it transforms reality by comprehending its contradictory structure" (66). And it is in this possibility of transformation that negative thought has its ultimate value.
Next, I want to invite the reader to spend some time digging up evidence for him/herself for what I claim to be happening with x-buddhist materials. Denying the promise and potential of, say, social equality, is serious business. It is equally serious when human potentialities such as "awakening" and "seeing things as they are" and "wisdom" are at issue. In Marcuse's terms, denial stems from the refusal of an x-buddhist community to acknowledge "the reality of contradictions" (64) inherent in its system of thought and action. I encourage you to look at Ken McLeod's site "Unfettered Mind" as a good example of what Marcuse is calling denial of promise and potential (links at bottom). McLeod's site is rife with instances of the "conformistic logic" (64) which ensues from denial of contradiction. This is a logic that simultaneously "repels its own real possibilities" (67) and impels the very conditions of potential-denying subjugation that McLeod, as x-buddhist teacher, claims to be ameliorating. That is not to say, of course, that McLeod's site is free from contradiction. Quite the contrary. I hope the reader will notice the site's incoherent appropriation of, for instance, Enlightenment rationality and skepticism together with Romantic anti-rationalism and exuberant emotionalism, or of its pervasive scientistic empiricism in conjunction with obscurantist mysticism. Notice in particular how all of these (unacknowledged, flattened out) contradictory forces are garnered to create a totalizing system of self-realization—one that is run through with coercive strategies of person formation, and thus leaves little or no room for individual prerogatives. Again, given McLeod's x-buddhist rhetoric of emancipation, the problem here should be obvious.
While you're at it, you may want to do the same kind of examination of your favorite x-buddhist material—website, dharma talk, book, Shambhala Sun article, and so on. Ask yourself: does this material exhibit contradictions that are somehow suppressed through non-elaboration, thereby denying the promise and potentialities that are, ostensibly, the material's very reason for being? The "power of negative thinking" that Marcuse promotes in "A Note on Dialectic" will surely prove useful in your investigations of x-buddhist material.
The Negative of the Positive
Marcuse's apparently intentional reversal of Norman Vincent Peale's multi-million-selling 1952 publication The Power of Positive Thinking has significance for us even beyond what Marcuse intended. I say this because contemporary western x-buddhism is nothing if not a "positive thinking" movement. It is one, moreover, in the grand tradition of the movements surrounding people like Peale, Dale Carnegie, James Allen, and Napoleon Hill, It is positive in two additional senses that Marcuse's negative thinking is intended to counter.
First, x-buddhism is a complex system of valorization. It valorizes practices and dispositions that it deems positive—constructive, affirmative, helpful—and does so to the point of making them essential spiritualized qualities. A visit to McLeod's site reveals the all-too predictable list of such positive qualities: right speech, balance, generosity, goodness, compassion, loving kindness, non-judgmental mindfulness, meditation, devotion, equanimity, top-down student-teacher relationship, and many more. In the world of x-buddhism, these "positive" qualities, significantly, are not merely recommended: they are required for sustained admission to the community. To act or speak with, say, judgmentalism or emotional imbalance or to reject the hierarchical teacher-student relationship is seen at best as a breach of good-buddhist propriety and at worst as want of "spiritual" accomplishment and forfeiture of authority. I encourage you to test this claim by leaving an "unmindful," unrightspeechified, yet nonetheless thoughtful, comment on some topic on the Tricycle blog, at the Secular Buddhist Association, or at Dharma Wheel.
Western x-buddhism is positive in another sense, as well. It employs its "facts" as a means of creating a false unity. For Marcuse, to repeat, facts are what constitute the present order of a situation, such as the values mentioned on McLeod's site. The facts are thus "positive" in the sense that they are granted visibility by the community, made explicit, put on display, presented on the surface, rendered status quo, and so forth. But, says Marcuse, the facts remain positive only through suppression of "that which they exclude" (67), namely, their opposite, their negative, that which opposes and negates them. I predict that your investigations will confirm that, from the conservative zen- and theravadan-buddhists to the ostensibly progressive secular- and atheist-buddhists, contradictions are as a matter of course masked, diminished, flattened out or outright suppressed. Again, you can test this hypothesis yourself through robust dialogue with fellow practitioners, teachers, and on-line communities.
A Couple More Predictions
I also predict that you will discover that your x-buddhist interlocutors will repel your inquisitive probing into the negative aspect of their thought. The obvious result of a community's safeguarding of the "positive," in all senses of the term mentioned here, is that its contradictions remain hidden, and the status quo of the enforcers reigns. Given that this anti-negative one-sidedness constitutes "denial of promise and potentiality," a less obvious but quite real consequence follows. Marcuse argues that the primary condition for the maintenance of the enforcement-domination cycle is hereby established: participation in Ken McLeod's "Pragmatic Buddhism," for example, leads the participant to voluntarily internalize the oppressive values that disable the promise of social and personal emancipation potentially inherent in the material. Only robust, persistent negative thinking (and dialogical interaction) can prohibit such repression and enable emancipatory potential.
Finally, it will be interesting to note, given many previous discussions on this blog, that Marcuse claims that negative thinking is "the mode of thought capable of piercing [our] ideology" (71). With that, I will leave you with one final prediction: drawing out the negative in our current x-buddhist materials and teachers, in our search for their promise and potential, will be prove to be as liberating as it is destructive.
* The essay served as a preface to the revised edition of Marcuse's Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory, originally published in 1941. I referred to Andrew Feenberg and William Leiss, The Essential Marcuse: Selected Writings of Philosopher and Social Critic Herbert Marcuse (Boston: Beacon Press, 2007).
Ken McLeod's site (with quotes such as: "One cannot be free by opposing another." –James Carse)
Secular Buddhist Association (their "Community Standards" page exemplifies what Marcuse calls "surplus repression.")
Tricycle blog
Dharma Wheel forum (discussion of a Tom Pepper essay)
Glenn Wallis holds a Ph.D. in Buddhist studies from Harvard University. He is the author of Mediating the Power of Buddhas and several other books and articles on Buddhism. Wallis also blogs at Ovenbird. He co-founded, with Tom Pepper and Matthias Steingass, the e-journal non + x. For more information, visit: glennwallis.com.
66 Responses to "The Power of Negative Thinking"
November 17, 2012 at 23:13
On Mcleod. I was interested in him because he seemed to have 'stripped away' all the religious and Tibetan baggage from Buddhism and taught a practical application of practice. The practice, accordin to him, is to 'rest in the breath to cultivate attention'. When one has developed a sufficient capacity of attention, one can then become aware and cut 'reactive patterns'. Using Marcuse's Negative Thinking I see meditation as not resting at all, but actually quite active and at times a painful nightmare…the opposite of rest. Cultivating attention seems to be just taking tried and true concentration practices and making the seem mystical/practical. Finally, the negative of reactive patterns is pro-active patterns. My so-called reaction that some of McLeod's teaching is manipulating must be attended to and cut. For example, I made a comment on a Buddhist board that I found McLeod's speaking to be obnoxious and condescending. I was told that I was reacting and that that was a personal issue for me to deal with.
I'm also reminded of a time when I dared question a Zen Master about the use of the 'wake up stick'. I said I thought it was absolutely violent. His response was, 'That's just the way do it'. The negative of the wake up stick is a beat down.
November 18, 2012 at 00:36
What when we see all views as equally valid expressing needs ?
What when we see alternative courses of action not as good and bad but as competing goods, as many of them which can possibly be elicited ?
Isnt trying to reach agreement for pulling work together for the useful for betterment of all what really matters ?
It seems to me that the very premise of bipolar dialectical thinking is as narrow as the views that you (and Marcuse) critique (or perhaps even more totalizing given the fact that it pretends a final way if dealing with things, another form of methodolatry).
In the end, the old, all-pervasive pragmatist question lingers: what are we solving ???
November 19, 2012 at 08:51
A quick (genuine) question: for you, does meta-cognition always imply an atman, or is it more that you think that that advocating meta-cognition without an appropriate contextual cognitive framework is likely to lead to the idea of a reified meta-cognizer? In a sense, isn't analysis of the type that you advocate a form of meta-cognition, i.e. to question what has given rise to, and continues to structure, the thoughts, perceptions and emotions that a person may be experiencing?
November 19, 2012 at 13:08
Mr Pepper, I'm very curious about the article you mention in 3, in which cognitive therapy 'masters' were interviewed. Could you give a source please?
November 19, 2012 at 15:31
Mr Pepper, thank you!
November 20, 2012 at 15:32
It's taken all of my brain to roughly decode this article. I think I agree with the majority of it, however further investigation is needed on my part. I'm not used to reading this style of writing; not to mention the choice of terminology being used is different from what I've chosen to represent (what I estimate to be) the same ideas.
November 23, 2012 at 17:41
Tom Pepper, #3:
In what way do you mean that "…CBT … never works …"? The multitude of scientific research on the effectivenesss of CBT for fobia, depression, anxiety, etc. ,indicates that it works for improving the psychological well-being of people with these type of problems, so you have to refer to another definition of "doesn't work".
Unless you reject the field of psychology as a whole that is.
November 23, 2012 at 21:27
I just glimpsed though non+x. In general it is sad to see so much repetition. Cultural criticism is important, but solving inequality is more important. How do you deal with irrelevance? With the fact that your writings are simply not where relevant problems are? I mean rebranding buddhism, comunism and Marcuse will not change things much.
A good combination of geography, sociology, systems thinking and internet technology would take this project much further at any time, just to put an example.
What when we see all views as equally valid expressing needs ? And what when we do not ? This latter seems to be your case. Arguing and counterarguing. Where is the anchor, the absence of which made Artaud and so many "seekers" simply evaporate in thin air and nhilism ? The anchor is usefulness, usefulness the betterment of all. When one considers all views as equally valid expressing needs, some see a ghost reflected, the very ghost of irrelevance, other as me see that the real challenge then is in getting to agree on competing needs, and the in working together to improve things. Something which by the way can only be done in democracy.
What when we see alternative courses of action not as good and bad but as competing goods, as many of them which can possibly be elicited ? Again, the anchor is what is useful, not what is positive or negative. Buddhism could be seen, which is not, as a process of deconditioning the individual for eliciting effective action in solidarity with others.
Isnt trying to reach agreement for pulling work together for the useful betterment of all, what really matters ? Yes, yes, yes.
It seems to me that the very premise of bipolar dialectical thinking is as narrow as the views that you (Fallis and Marcuse) critique, or perhaps – without a doubt actually – even more totalizing given the fact that it pretends a final way if dealing with things, yet another form of redundant methodolatry in the face of the inability to cope with concrete relevant problems -such as world hunger, etc-.
In the end, the old, all-pervasive pragmatist question lingers: what are we solving ???
As any good philosopher gets rid of philosophy as such, any good buddhist does away with budhism as such. Got it ?
November 25, 2012 at 11:53
Tom (#17) What I've seen is a Buddhism that encourages us not to think. Although I've long had a marginal interest in Buddhism, it's only been about two years that I've taken on a harder study with an intent to practice. There are no sanghas where I live, so it's been bookstore and internet buddhism for me. But the "comfort food" variety dominates; memeorize a few lists, otherwise let go of any serious thought and get busy meditating mindfully. And forget about looking at the social structure as a cause of suffering. Trickle-down compassion. I just checked Amazon and they list over one hundred titles for Think-Not Hanh. Unbelievable. How many ways can someone basically say the same thing over and over?
It was comment and argument by you and between you and Matthias on the Tricycle blog that brought me here, thank goodness, and of course that has changed everything. Here, the thinking goes on. Were it not for that, I'm sure I would have givin up on Buddhism by now.
November 25, 2012 at 22:09
Glenn, thanks again for making the effort to expose this sad racket. Although we don't need any more reminders, I came across yet another indication of how vitally necessary the work you are doing is. If you can stomach it, read this woman's brave account of the despicable ends to which McLeod allegedly utilized his bogus authority:
Sexual predation, the usual MO for these clowns.
Of course, McLeod is a go-to golden boy for Shambhala Sun dharmablather, so he is just about the last person who would get any negative Buddhist media attention (if such a thing even existed). Thank god for the internet.
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November 26, 2012 at 20:21
Hello all,
Thank you Katie for linking to my story and for the comment you left on my blog and for forwarding me the link to this discussion; and thank you Tom and Glenn for your intelligent and critical reflections on the subject. I am pleased to see that there is a place for such discussions on the internet.
I appreciate Tom's saying that "The women themselves are unlikely to see that they are being taken advantage of, and the so-called teacher is too narcissistic and deluded himself to see it, but those around him (and her) need to stop assuming the need to be "polite" and "civil" and speak up." Well said!
November 27, 2012 at 11:01
I wonder how much conflating Buddhism with therapy contributes to the problems being discussed here. In psychology, there is an absolute but often unspoken assumption that the client must never be challenged, must always be comforted and given what she wants–that the goal of the therapist is always to be "nice" no matter what, never to deal with real problems that might make someone uncomfortable, always to "empathize" and never to "theorize" about the client's problem. This leads to all kinds of problems with therapists abusing their position. Denying the truth at all costs, always pretending to "empathy" and kindness, is horribly unhealthy. When Glenn criticizes SoundsTrue for selling snake-oil, Vince Horn can only respond that he lacks "decency" and is not acting "human." Apparently, it is okay to lie to and steal from people as long as we do it in a kind, gentle voice–that is "human decency," but since pointing out the lies makes the liar uncomfortable it isn't "right speech." When I read these comments, what strikes me as horribly disturbing it the dishonesty in Horn's response; he resorts to insults and ad-hominem arguments, and the hostility in his response is quite evident, but he cannot admit that he is being hostile and critical and defensive. DISHONESTY IS THE FIRST CRITERIA OF WRONG SPEECH!! That includes dishonesty about one's real intention in speaking, lying about one's own hostile intentions is the very worst thing one can do. Glenn speaks bluntly and harshly, but with absolutely no pretense to anything but annoyance at the obvious deception going on. To Horn, and the x-buddhist community at large, frankly admitting to one's frustration or anger is unacceptable, but hostility presented as personal disappointment and hurt feelings is "human decency," exactly because it doesn't tell the truth.
People like McLeod and "Think-Not" Hahn (to borrow Danny's name for him) can avoid addressing any questions that point out their dishonesty and the contradictions in their thought, because any such dialectical argument must always be blunt, aggressive, and outside the rules of "pleasant conversation." This has to be the case, because if it can be said pleasantly that is always only because it doesn't expose the "lack" at the core of the hegemonic discourse.
When the TNH followers post hostile personal insults and refuse to acknowledge that they are in fact hostile, when the folks on Dharma Wheel call me an arrogant jerk but insist it is done out of loving kindness and with not hostility at all, then how does one respond? They are lying to themselves, unable to admit their own anger, pretending that their own words aren't hostile. I don't care about insults, but if you're going to insult somebody at least admit you're doing it, and that you're pissed off. This refusal to become aware of or honest about one's own emotions is understood as the height of wisdom, but it is the very opposite. This kind of willful dishonesty and repression is what lead to a culture in which sexual predators are worshipped as spiritual gurus, and nobody has the courage to be "inhuman" enough to say the emperor is naked.
Therapy in America is limited to comforting the troubled, reassuring them that if they just persist in their denial everything will be okay, refusing to point out the contradictions and self-deceptions in their discourse. It doesn't help anybody, but the therapist always appears "nice" and "wise" and "compassionate," and keeps getting business. People come to Buddhism for much the same reason–to be reassured that their "true self" is perfect just as it is, that they are good and kind and will reach eternal bliss when they dies. The only way to change Buddhism is going to be to tell these "cult of niceness gurus" to shut the hell up, and create communities willing to try to face the truth, even if it is uncomfortable. I don't see many western Buddhist teachers who would put truth over appealing to the broadest possible audience. Niceness suffocates dialectical thought, and does nobody any good.
November 27, 2012 at 11:40
"X-buddhism, I think, identifies many such truths: the Pali canonical version of anicca as perpetual vanishing, for instance, or Nagarjuna's articulation of pratītyasamutpāda as radical contingency. (I claim, of course, that their value as truths is evident only once we disable decision, but that's another topic.)" (fragment Glenn's comment #134 in Thich Nhat Hanh's Imaginary Soul thread
Every utterance, every written word, every claim of the type "Buddhism holds" or "the Buddha taught" or "according to the Heart Sutra/Pali canon/Shobogenzo/this or that teacher," every attempt to formulate a "Buddhist" (or crypto-Buddhist/mindfulness) response/solution to X invariably instantiates buddhistic decision. This decisional operation constitutes the structural syntax of buddhistic discourse, and, in so doing, governs all such discourse …" Nascent Speculative Non-Buddhism p. 5
Glenn, tell me, how can you think that the disabling of the decision can ever be possible in the case of those examples of an x-buddhistic truths as anicca or pratītyasamutpāda, when they're the most important building blocks of the entire syntactical structure of the dharmic vallation. In other words, how possibly can you separate such crucial terms for investigation from the hallucinatory matrix of the One, from the complex network of the dharmic Law, that is the very source that legitimizes those very terms and makes them meaningful? Don't you think that the decision that you want to disable emerges precisely from the constant replication of those terms, that in turn create the One, and then the loop continues? I ask why not simply switch to decision neutral, universalized terms as those you propose, that is "perpetual vanishing" and "radical contingency" respectively and forget about those highly charged, potentially toxic truths of anicca, pratītyasamutpāda, and doing that let the whole hallucinated fortress crumble down?
November 27, 2012 at 14:32
Tom (# 26), why do you actually butt in this discussion between me and Glenn? Why do you bother yourself to address the questions not directed at you? What really causes this impulsivity? But if you can't help stop talking to such a "reactionary" as I am supposed to be according to your penetrating analysis, why not openly confront Glenn with your issues? If my "positivistic" terms does not make sense to you, I wonder what is your position toward that what Glenn calls after Laruelle "first name" – does it sound to you as "fantasy" as well? Why not risk? Or you are simply afraid of such a confrontation during which your cherished x-buddhistic "truths" such as anicca or pratītyasamutpāda can be "brutalized" and "deprived of their x-buddhistic sense"?
BTW, Glenn, I'd be really interested what do you as a scholar think about such statements as the following just made by Tom: "Anicca and pratityasamutpada refer to the latter [the mind-independent world], and so are not part of the ideological "decision." They are truths about how the world works regardless of whether or not we are aware of this, and regardless of what our ideological position/decisional structure happens to be."
I think that this questionable leveling of anicca and pratītyasamutpāda with "the mind-independent world" might be one of the causes of Tom's decisional investment (understood in both ways).
November 27, 2012 at 15:26
I didn't know you were having a private conversation (this might not be the place for privacy, though).
Tom, this lame spin you try to put on my comment says a lot of how smart in fact you are, not to mention how brave.
November 27, 2012 at 15:49
I had not heard about Mcleod's scandal. i'm not surprised though. not to minimize the specific issue at hand, but sexual ABUSE is only one of many many things these teachers are doing. subtle psychological manipulation, lying, emotional abuse, etc. all of this needs to be brought to light. there is absolutely no corrective for these deluded assholes out there selling snake oil. they absolutely need to be removed from their pedestals immediately.
at least analysts go through psychoanalysis as part of their training and are vetted to some extent incidentally, although it's harped about constantly, therapists' number one ethical transgression continues to be having sex with their patients.
November 27, 2012 at 20:05
you are preaching to the choir. my degrees in counseling and psychology were less about training for me and more about seeing it for what it is. universities are cranking out counselors left and right. i just couldn't take the kool-aid of the 'cult'. i could go on, but you've brought up the main points above. incidentally, i left the field, kind of like i left buddhism. it's hard to find a place in this world when you can SEE what is actually going on. what's ironic is that those who society seems to see as the smartest (doctors, CEOs) are some of the dumbest, evil sons of bitches i have ever had the pleasure of interacting with.
as a side note, i'm with you on CBT. i convinced myself early in training that CBT was my theory of choice. then i started working with patients. that went out the window with the first words of my first patients. i think even Ellis said it was bullshit. good times.
November 28, 2012 at 12:29
I certainly agree that "confusing the ideological and the scientific, the transitive and the intransitive, is the cause of most delusions and suffering." I am still not sure what role our actual terminology plays in perpetuating this confusion.
Glenn (# 34), as I signaled above I have a great reservations towards this widespread tendency in protestant Buddhism to equate buddhemes such as anicca and pratītyasamutpāda with the "intransitive dimension", "the mind-independent world", tendency that tacitly tries to smuggle the dharmic truths into this popular discussion about ostensible convergence of Buddhism and science, and in that to make of those two mentioned terms (especially the latter) sort of buddhistic equivalent of scientific theory of everything.
But it was Bhikkhu Bodhi who wrote in his translation of Samyutta Nikaya the following words:
"The world with which the Buddha's teaching is principally concerned is 'the world of experience,' and even the objective world is of interest only to the extent that it serves as that necessary external condition for experience."
I think that the crucial point here is to understand that 'the world of experience' simply means here nothing else then the world as experienced through the senses rather then as external physical reality.
In the Loka Sutta (S 12.43) the Buddha asks the question: "what is the origin of the world?" and answers it:
With the eye and forms as condition, eye-consciousness arises. The coincidence of the three is contact. On the basis of contact there are sensations, which give rise to desires. Desires are fuel which support becoming. With becoming there is birth, and from birth old-age, and death; and grief, lamenting, misery, dejection, and trouble are produced. This is the origin of the world.
The world of experience in buddhistic context is directly equated with dukkha itself. And furthermore, the nidana sequence is to explain constant arising and vanishing of that ever changing workings of the apparatus of experience, as S. Hamilton calls it, not the workings of the mind independent universe. Our "world" in the above sense is always changing, even when the object of consciousness, the external physical world, is not observably changing. So actually equating anicca and pratītyasamutpāda with "intransitive dimension" turns the meaning of those terms upside down.
November 28, 2012 at 12:31
Hello again,
Nice discussion.
I think Stephen Batchelor's article posted yesterday on Sweeping Zen could benefit from some of the critical reflection I see going on here, and would like to encourage you to post your comments on the SZ website.
Here's the article:
November 28, 2012 at 17:31
Hi Glenn,
You invited me to share some of my own reflections. So here goes:
Stephen Batchelor talks about the sociological history of Zen/Tibetan practice in a way that skirts the real issues behind teacher misconduct.
To begin with, as I wrote in my comment to the article, it is not necessary to give a teacher power (for example, by seeing him as "enlightened") for there to be a power differential. A teacher is powerful by virtue of his position in the relationship. Period. The same goes for University professors, therapists, etc. The power differential is built into the student-teacher relationship. It is there with or without the Buddhist framework.
Also, in my particular case, none of what Batchelor says is relevant. As I posted elsewhere on the Sweeping Zen site (in response to Joshu Martin's post about Sasaki), although Ken is technically a "lama", he does not go by any title or present as traditional in any way. His own organization, Unfettered Mind, was set up to consciously and deliberately get away from the hierarchical structures of traditional Buddhist organizations and proffered "a path outside established institutions". So one cannot blame the institutionalization of Buddhism for the abuse of his power with students. There are institutional problems, for sure!, but they are the same as in any institution spear-headed by a narcissist who is surrounded by sycophants.
I also question the relevance of Mr. Batchelor's very first point about sex. Abuse is just not about the sex drive; no more than rape is. It is an assault on another person. In the case of teachers and students, it is, minimally, a violation of another person's trust. So, in my opinion, Mr. Batchelor he gets off to a false start.
There is also his third point:
"3.The Buddha himself was accused of having sexual intercourse with the female ascetics Sundari and Cinca. Tradition explains that these accusations were unfounded, and used by those jealous of his success to discredit him. Having sex with one's students is not a contemporary issue that has only started to rear its head in the simultaneously permissive and puritanical societies of the West. It is simply what human beings in positions of authority are liable to do or be accused of doing."
What exactly is he insinuating and how is it relevant to the "bigger picture"? It looks to me like a vague attempt to undermine the reports of survivors coming forward.
November 28, 2012 at 19:48
I haven't looked at that Tricycle article. I need to check that out.
As for my experience as a therapist, yes, when a patient is sitting there crying their eyes out I just could not tow the party line and do solution-focused/CBT crap. These patients needed basic attending to and someone to listen. The research on CBT always seems good if you look only at abstracts. However, as you say, the proof is in the details. Those studies are so tightly controlled and the results are questionable.
The other thing I ran into was counter-transference immediately. This also was a barrier to playing by the book. Unfortunately, most, if not all clinical supervision is focused on paperwork, ethics and treatment plans. Counter-transference was never discussed. Of course, I figured all this stuff out the hard way. There are a lot of Axis II folks out there 'being' therapists. Icing on the cake was that my doc program was full of Adlerians! 'Just encourage the client and they'll get better," they used to say. I laughed out loud the first time I heard that.
I just kind of see Buddhism teachers and therapists as similar in how the one on one relationship occurs as well as group issues that come up. As I said, with more dynamic therapy training one will get good supervision and at the end of training may be advised to do something else. There is no such corrective with these 'transmitted' teachers. The big buddhist churches seem to be able to deal with these things a bit. Jodo Shu in America seems to model after mainline Christain Churchs and vets their ministers to some degree. At the same time, those ministers or not seen as Enlightened Beings so it's not as huge a fall when one acts unethically.
November 29, 2012 at 10:27
Hi Glenn,
I was surprised to find anyone interested in my post on Buddhist Geeks. I dropped that criticism in there after watching Slavoj Zizek pick over buddhism as a salve to capitalist moralities and practice, or as a vehicle for furthering capitalism. I think he makes some good points, whilst not being exactly new to me – and I'm far from sold on Marxism. But it's worth asking whether it is possible to live any buddhist precepts at all without maing a severe break from the standard modes of living that we are lumped with. Either you have to adopt our way of life into buddhism, or you drop out of society, or you live with the contradictions. Unfortunately I'm not versed in buddhist literature at all, except that I know the most popular version of the buddha story features a severe case of dropping out, and anyone professing to follow that old style of buddhism seems to need a good explanation as to why they are still living, as it were, in the palace.
On the other hand, of the enlightened people who are alive today, how many of them have shown that it really isn't necessary to drop out and live in the woods, and that the demands of any particular social system really don't make too much difference?
Given the case that Zizek, for example, gives of Zen being blended with Imperial martial activity, its understandable that people may balk at what may seem to be an amorality inherent in the search for enlightenment. Or is someone like Zizek cherry picking very bad examples, pointing at the priestly manipulations rather than looking at the genuine seekers. Every country and tribe has its version of the divine warrior, after all. I guess someone like Zizek – and yourself – would be categorising Tami Simon as a divine warrior for capitalism, that someone is playing Krishna to her Arjuna and saying go for it, I'll sort out the enlightenment for you.
What's the anecdotal evidence? Do people become enlightened while working as slaves, while working as communist nomenklatura, while living in the jungle, while working in a factory, while being a CEO ?
November 29, 2012 at 15:47
Enlightenment is an utterly meaningless term. Tami sells plastic shit to depressed and anxious customers.
November 29, 2012 at 16:16
Oop, stumbled down from my tree into the middle of a philosophy grad meeting. Sorry for intruding, bye.
December 11, 2012 at 22:02
Hi Glenn,
And here is my own An Open Response to Stephen Batchelor's Buddhism and Sex: The Bigger Picture posted on my blog.
I'd be interested in your (or others') comments.
December 11, 2012 at 23:53
Patricia, Glenn.
Your comments don address other extremely important forms of abuse such psychological abuse and economic abuse. Criminals are only people without the skills to carry out their purposes, said Machiavello. And these other sphisticated abusers really step away from sexual abuse, I know one or two WOMEN techer who especialize in psychological abuse and economic abuse – "after all you cant take it with you, so donate it to the Sangha ". Buddhist practice in per se abusive unless it becomes truly democratica. There cannot be a fair relationship if it is not amongst equals in power. Transference problems are all over humanity or society. The only standing hero in that field is my old good conversational part in psychonalsis. And he is solid because he has worked his ass out in that regard. Period.
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And Glenn: Let me congratulate you. Yes really congratulate you !!!!!! I sincerely think that your last post is by far the best you have ever written. This is because it poses an open question, with an unprecedented plea for help, and it is a question which is dear to you/us: who or what are we ? (as opposed to these is who we are, read my definitions, methodolatries, bla bla bla).
I sincerely think that the ONLY difference between your thinking and that of other buddhist revisionists is your daring and exquicitly irrevent attitude to question – until now however not able to question non-x buddhism itself – despite my continous suggestion to do so. The answer is not relevant: nothing is fixed, no discourse ever a final description, we ARE contingent and so is language, so your question is the most congruent – hate that word – approach to this practice, it is a floating open attitude ready for anything necessary and useful to be undertaken, an succesion of endeavors hopefully relevant in terms of the BIG WE – that is for all of humanity.
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December 12, 2012 at 13:44
Hi Luis,
My response to Stephen Batchelor was in reference to his views on sexual misconduct but can be easily applied to others forms of exploitation as well. As I see it, sexual misconduct is not about sex, but the misuse of power. In fact, one of my main issues with Stephen's treatment of the subject is that he blames sexual misconduct on lust rather than on less wholesome psychological motives or blindspots of the kind that you allude to.
That said, I am not convinced that the misdeeds of persons in positions of authority can always be blamed on their "crossing over" to the dark side. Although, interestingly, Ken McLeod would probably agree with you. He has given classes on Bary Oshry's "Total System Power" that blames moral transgressions on what he calls "the terrible dance of power" . I suppose that, from Ken's point of view, We (Glenn, this site and those posting on it) are the violent radicals:
The Radicals can do all of this
without guilt or shame
because they see the High-Power people as "Them,"
and they see the Moderates as "Them"—
as lesser,
or evil.
I do not believe in "evil" or subscribe to the "seductiveness of power" theory. Nor do I believe, à la Oshry, that "the power of negative thinking" (to get back to the subject of this thread) is doomed to cross over to the dark side. The misuse of power can be ascribed to a lack of awareness or concern about the consequences of one's use of power on those affected by it and, in intractable cases, possibly to an under-developed conscience or even a lack of it, but it is not an institutional fait accompli.
December 12, 2012 at 19:57
In simple terms that is what I call egoism. Thus as I see it power abuse is about powerful egoism. But your need to differentiate youself from batchelor´s view diminishes to a point of ridiculization the structure FOR abuse created by traditional buddhism. Or what do you think was the cause and responsability of lending yourself to pose as a victim of "abuse"?
December 13, 2012 at 08:25
I never "lent myself to pose as a victim of "abuse". I agreed to be the student of someone whose basic humanity I had no reason to mistrust.
I am not denying that power disparities can be abused. What I am saying is that power disparities, or the institutions that create them, are not the cause of their misuse, and that getting rid of them is not the solution.
Getting rid of power disparities to stop abuse is about as realistic as getting rid of cars to stop drunk drivers from killing people.
December 13, 2012 at 09:27
Your analogy is wrong. The power structures that are the car. No car, no killing. Motives are just irrelevant without the means. Just as much as child mortality is correlative to economic income means that poverty kills people, these religious structure are the means that enable power abuse be it sexual, psychological or economic. Having said that, I think "abuse" should be meassures bybits consecunces en each case. And well the sexual abuse you talk about is relatively harmsless compared with the devastating consecuences that the fraud the traditional buddhist belief system entails.
December 13, 2012 at 09:35
Great. So let's get rid of the means. And while we're at it, let's castrate males at birth to prevent rape.
December 13, 2012 at 23:29
I am utterly amazed at the continued response to abuse being 'blame the victim'. Even in a place as high-minded, aware and compassionate as buddhism is supposed to be. Talking about abuse in relative terms is dangerous, deluded and in this case, patently mysogenistic. Discussing the ultimate cause of an abuser's behavior is interesting, but no cause will excuse said behavior. However, that's beside the point, Luis. Your assumption of Patricia's need to 'differentiate herself from Bachelor's view' reads as a less than sly way of saying 'shut up you victim.' It's indefensible. Much like Batchelor's ridiculous reduction of lust being the cause of sexual abuse.
December 14, 2012 at 00:05
This a male dominated world where orgasm is just for the few enlightened according to this practice. You can always be born male amd rich next time. Meanwhile you have to suffer your own castration as best a you can. Enjoy.
December 14, 2012 at 00:12
Unless you have been abused yourself this not a matter of blaming games. It is eady to accuse other without assuming responsability and really speaking out the real consecuences of hidden and not so hidden play of power. I shit muself on you mysginistic claims and all the politically convenient modern days stupidoties talk in the so called name of the eeak. The inly think i am for is for the weak to speak for themselves which sadly in this case seems to be just a obvious exageration of an emotional dissapointment unless proben othrwise.
December 14, 2012 at 14:18
As expected, a complete dismissal of my assertion and yet a strong need to respond. Did I hit a nerve? Also, I didn't know I was powerful enough to make someone 'shit themselves'. That's good to know. FWIW, I really couldn't get what you were writing here. Were you drunk while writing this response?
December 14, 2012 at 16:57
I'm still waiting for some kind of indication of the spec non x perspective on self immolation. It is as an X buddhist act and (am I wrong in presuming?) it is some kind of an ideological act as modern as the present. Where does anatta figure into it, ritual, ideology? Attachment to what X leads one to conclude that the right action is incineration? Is is right action or not as informed by a spec non X approach? Does spec non X prove inadequate to comment on this?
December 14, 2012 at 16:57
I see you got permission from your mummy to fight. Well enjoy yourself.
December 22, 2012 at 15:33
Your comments and the ensuing exchange have haunted me so I feel compelled to try to respond to you again.
You seem to be against oppressive power structures, and so am I. You seem to think it is good to get rid of them, and so do I.
What Batchelor (and you?) seem to overlook is that not all power is oppressive; and not all abuse stems from institutionalized inequalities.
The power disparity between, say, guru and disciple may be great, but it is not necessarily oppressive or abusive. Conversely, the power disparity between a secular teacher and student may be minimal, but it can still be extremely psychologically oppressive and abusive. This was the basis of my disagreement with Batchelor and his insinuation that the secularization of Buddhism and the elimination of traditional power disparities (say, between guru and disciple) will solve the problem of teacher sexual misconduct. That is simply not true.
To eliminate oppression and abuse, it is not power disparities that have to be got rid of, but the exploitation of power (i.e. via oppressive institutions or psychopathic individuals), because that is the real problem.
Another point I have wanted to make in these discussions (on a subject that never seems to be broached) is that devotional practices that encourage child-like trust can be a beautiful and liberating practice when not focused on the guru qua person or manipulated by him for personal gain. Unfortunately, these practices are often taken prosaically at face value rather than explored poetically.
I consider it a personal challenge to safeguard the poetic without sacrificing the rational. This requires constant vigilance; no pat answers; no guarantees.
By the way, I posted my response to Batchelor on Sweeping Zen and also sent it to him personally, but he has not responded…
December 23, 2012 at 07:33
I completely agree with you. There is power for good, which as I see it, is basically for social justice and democracy, which as far as I can grasp your writing in your case would mean amogst other things power for personal support in a parent-child like relationship. I agree with that too.
The case you describe for secular teaching is however a bit puzzling for me. I think that the next worse thing to the traditional master – student power asymmetry is the disguised or unassumed limits necessary is that sort of "new" form relationship (secular-secular) for from the moment there is someone in a position of telling others how things are, in other words talk more than others in a position of guidance, "teaching", defining the rules, owning the physical place, representing the group, defining the schedule or simply having something you want, the dance of and for power is on. This is proben in an extreme way in gestaltic-like no limits dynamics which from my point of view have been enourmously destructive.
The psychoanalitical concept of operational distance here is useful, which is to have a relatively open minded way of saying "if we want to work we need to separate that from any sexual activity between us." In that direction I also find the term "emotional anchoring" from Daniel Kanheman´s book Thinking Fast and Slow extremely clarifying and useful and simply a fact of life that taints as all, as present as hunger and food. I am inclined to think that everyone would benefit from knowing about these concepts for a start. In other words, if there can be abuse and manipultaion in any social exchange, certainly you are right that the same can take place in a secular buddhist setting.
But the indicators are clear and can be used in a preventive way: map out the sexual and financial flows in any group, once painted out, see for yourself and decide. Of course your own motivations/needs regarding sex and money or any other sort of power are also to be taken into account. Also when a group is not open, democractic, or is so only apparently – familiarity is key here to distinguish one from the other- it generally doesnt help. The leader of the sangha in the Zen group I use to belong to used to say "this is not a democracy". It turned out I had to be the one which denounced his misconduct, the master teacher decided to cover the whole up to protect the "integrity" of the group, I confronted both and then left quietly. And from this corner of the world where I stand, that is how I see things today … I hope this is somewhat useful to you.
As for Mr. Batchelor, I cant respond at all.
December 23, 2012 at 11:40
Thanks for your response, Luis. Your position is clearer to me now.
We seem to agree that abuse arises from the exploitation of power and this whether in a secular or non-secular context. I also agree with your remarks about prevention and the importance of looking for (and recognizing) the signs of "the dance of power", i.e. by mapping the flow of power in a group. Awareness of this dance needs to be cultivated much more than it currently is so that, as you say, individuals can observe and judge the groups to which they belong with more critical intelligence. I also think that individuals have to recognize the danger of being a bystander and learn how to stand behind the ones who do call out the dance in order to really change the flow of power from inside the group.
Thank you for sharing your experience with the Zen group you belonged to. I have had similar experiences with psychiatrists on multidisciplinary teams, one of whom once told me, when I confronted his autocratic leadership style: "get used to it". I left the team which, in my case, also meant leaving my job.
Getting back to Buddhist teachers, sometimes a teacher works exclusively with a student one-on-one, in which case there is no group for the student to observe. This is how it is with a teacher like Ken McLeod, whose "consulting model" cleverly masks his power in the relationship and the concomitant risk of exploitation, and whose students were only virtually connected by an online networking site (which has since been disbanded due to, I suspect, a need to control the flow of information). In such a set-up, there is little opportunity to observe some of the (cult) dynamics you mention, Luis. Moreover, these days, many teachers (and therapists) use Skype to meet with their "clients" in isolation of any group. To your list of preventive measures I would therefore add familiarity with the signs of narcissistic personality disorder and how they manifest one-on-one as well as in groups.
While I don't believe, as you apparently do, that power is an appetite that "taints us all", I do think positions of power are a natural draw for predators who bait the needy and that- when we are in a vulnerable position- we should beware of the potential for fishing.
"I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn't think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish."
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December 23, 2012 at 18:23
I completely agree with you again. As you describe it, McLeod discovered and is using the world (quite) wide web as his fishing pond … aberrations sell, no doubt about it – witness a cannibal´s ad in Germany, who another guy answered, they got together and had wine before the former cutting, cooking and eating the other´s pennis ! -. As you mention I know asswholes who sell stupid new-ageish advice from their cabin in Hawaii through skype. And what is worse, I know intelligent people who pay for their services. So yes, absolutely agree, narcissistic personality disorder should be on the warning list. Mind you: most Zen groups hide their narcissism behind the ego bashing stupidity, so it is as complex as sutil.
I have long sustained that one of the most useful things this critical Buddhism we do here can do is help bury itself with all of buddhism alongside. Those of us who have been deep within the buddhist system are especially qualified to help prevent Buddhism from frying more brains and hearts in blind obedience, from selling the fraudulent scam of escaping time through the Absolute, through Buddhanature or whatever. We can do that since we know their terminology and concrete settings and dynamics, just as you do with regard to McLeod –he is in my list also as a fake pragmatist !-.
I would argue that this is not a call to unite the resented or teacher wanabes or power hungry intellectuals but certainly a genuine new form of practice or praxis, one that feeds itself on crashing the delusions of all-abusive traditional buddhism one by one, teacher by teacher, sangha by sangha.
December 27, 2012 at 17:13
Denying contradictory charactheristic of dependent arising in the name of transcending dualistic thinking/action is simply fooling oneself and/or others. but the problem is you can't transcend or go beyond one form of contradiction with attachment to one side of controversy.
Right speech, balance, generosity, goodness, compassion, loving kindness, non-judgmental mindfulness, meditation, devotion, equanimity are not "positive qualities", they are somewhat inadequate translations of the parts of eightfold path. e.g. "right" speech is not always saying pleasant words. it may include criticism or strong words, if it will create a change that is beneficial to others you are conversing with and won't be just the expression of a whining, egoistic personality.


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Mr Sherlock is one of a new intake of Liberal Democrat special advisers – Spads in the jargon – who have been brought into government to ensure that Mr Clegg's influence is felt across all areas of government policy.
The KPMG man is the ultimate Lib Dem insider. A former parliamentary candidate, he has written speeches and provided advice for a series of Lib Dem leaders (except Charles Kennedy, with whom he enjoyed frosty relations). His wife, Kate Parminter, is a Lib Dem peer in the Lords. Read more


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January 27, 2015 - Industry News
Marten Transport Ltd. on Tuesday reported its highest net income and operating revenue for any quarter in its history.
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January 26, 2015 - Industry News
Intermodal rail movements help propel the railroad Norfolk Southern Corp. toward achieving record net income for 2014, according to figures it released on Monday.
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January 23, 2015 - Industry News
Trucking and parcel delivery giant UPS on Friday announced it expects fourth quarter 2014 earnings to be lower that earlier forecast.
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January 22, 2015 - Industry News
The parent to Covenant Transport and other trucking companies, Covenant Transportation Group Inc., has reported big jumps in both its fourth quarter and 2014 profits.
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced on Thursday increases in fourth quarter 2014 and full year net earnings.
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January 14, 2015 - Industry News
The trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp. on Wednesday updated and raised guidance it previously provided ahead of releasing its fourth quarter and 2014 earnings.
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January 13, 2015 - Industry News
CSX Corp. on Tuesday announced record fourth-quarter 2014 net earnings of $491 million, a 15% increase from $426 million for the same period last year, due in part to highway-to-rail freight conversions.
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The parent to truck component manufacturer Dana Spicer, Dana Holding Corp., on Tuesday announced President and CEO Roger J. Wood has told the company's board of directors he plans to retire in April 2016, after five years of leadership at the company.
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December 17, 2014 - Industry News
Trucking and package delivery giant FedEx Corp. on Wednesday reported a big jump in profit for its fiscal year second quarter.
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December 16, 2014 - Industry News
Navistar International Corp. on Tuesday announced it had cut its fiscal fourth quarter loss by more than half from the same time a year ago, while also reducing its loss for the entire fiscal year.
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December 11, 2014 - Industry News
Trucking holding company Covenant Transportation Group has announced it expects to report fourth quarter earnings well above the level from a year earlier due to a big gain in revenue.
November 17, 2014 - Industry News
The parent of trucking companies Covenant Transport and others said it expects big improvement when its fourth quarter earnings are released and plans a public stock offering.
November 14, 2014 - Industry News
The trucking, parcel and logistics service provider expects earnings per share to increase next year by 10% to 15% from 2014 to between $5.45 to $5.70.
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November 6, 2014 - Industry News
Bulk and chemical logistics provider Quality Distribution Inc. has reported a 9.7% increase in revenue in the third quarter of the year compared to a year ago while earning increased by an even wider margin.
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November 3, 2014 - Industry News
The strong commercial truck market has helped Accuride Corp. to a second profitable quarter in a row, with a number of analysts upgrading their advice on the company's stock.
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Transportation and logistics provider USA Truck Inc. has announced earnings for the third quarter of the year showing its most profitable quarter in eight years and its second straight quarterly profit.
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Trucking and logistics holding company ArcBest Corp. has reported improved third quarter 2014 results, reflecting business growth at ABF Freight and all of its emerging companies.
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Trucking and logistics provider Roadrunner Transportation Systems reported record revenue and operating income for the third quarter.
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October 31, 2014 - Industry News
Trucking operation YRC Worldwide turned its business around in the third quarter of the year, going from a $44.1 million net loss a year ago to a net profit of $1.2 million.
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October 30, 2014 - Industry News
Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has announced a 29.5% increase in third quarter net income totaling $77.9 million.
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Revenue for the quarter increased 10.5% to $193.4 million from $175.1 million a year earlier. Freight revenue, which excludes fuel surcharges, increased 11.1% to $157.7 million.
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The trucking operation Con-way Inc. has reported 2014 third-quarter net income of $45.6 million, or 78 cents per diluted share.
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October 28, 2014 - Industry News
Dry-van truckload carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services reported record profit in the third quarter of the year, more than doubling from the same time a year ago to $5.1 million.
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The mainly less-than-truckload carrier Saia inc. has reported an increase in its third quarter profit due to significant gains in tonnage and shipments.
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October 27, 2014 - Industry News
Profit and earnings for truckload carrier Heartland Express shot up in the third quarter of the year compared to the same time in 2013, as loads turned down were the highest since before the Great Recession.
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From CBS News' Mike Lyons on recent posturing by President Obama to combat a new N. Korean missile threat (STORY HERE):
Put this on the top of the "bad ideas for today" list. Aside from anti-ballistic missile technology being fundamentally destabilizing and causing your enemies to accelerate and improve their technology and tactics, we have also just elevated the North Korea nuclear missile program to a higher threat then before. This from a country that has never even had a successful launch of a conventional rocket, without even thinking about how they would weaponize it to then deliver it to our shores. We are going from 30 to 44, a whopping 14 more sites, and it's this that will make us all sleep more soundly at night. Here's an idea - improve the defenses of our commercial air fleet from surface to air missiles or MANPADS, which are weapons of mass destruction. Should a commercial airliner be shot down buy a surface to air missile, it would shut down the industry for weeks, paralyzing travel, bankrupting airlines, and instilling fear in everyone. Today's move plays great for politics, but in reality only makes the world more unstable." - Mike Lyons (CBS News Military Analyst)
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Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes. The government's draft application runs 15 pages for a three-person family. An outline of the online version has 21 steps, some with additional questions. Seven months before the Oct. 1 start of enrollment season for millions of uninsured Americans, the idea that getting health insurance could be as easy as shopping online at Amazon or Travelocity is starting to look like wishful thinking. At least three major federal agencies, including the IRS, will scrutinize your application. Checking your identity, income and citizenship is supposed to happen in real time, if you apply online. That's just the first part of the process, which lets you know if you qualify for financial help. The government asks to see what you're making because Obama's Affordable Care Act is means-tested, with lower-income people getting the most generous help to pay premiums. Once you're finished with the money part, actually picking a health plan will require additional steps, plus a basic understanding of insurance jargon. WIth Tony is President of Citizens Against Government Waste Thomas Schatz.


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text: Don't miss your complete guide to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in this week's Radio Times Clare Balding is our in-house expert on all things wintery, plus Dominic Cooper, Keeley Hawes, Jennifer Garner and Pixie Lott in the special issue magazine Comments Written By Susanna Lazarus 11:25 AM, 04 February 2014 Let the games... begin! As the world's elite athletes gather for Sochi 2014, this week's Radio Times has everything you need to watch the Winter Olympics from the warmth of your sofa. That's right, while skiers, skaters, snowboarders and the Jamaican bobsleigh team brave the chilly climes of Russia, you can curl up in front of the box with our 16-day comprehensive guide to the very best competitions. And in addition to our daily highlights, we've got individual profiles of athletes to watch, explanations of different events and a crack team of experts - including Clare Balding, Jonathan Edwards and Hazel Irvine - on hand to guide you through what they'll be tuning into. Plenty of material for a Winter Olympics newbie (or seasoned pro) to get their teeth sunk into... But here at Radio Times HQ we do like to spoil you, so on top of your pull-out-and-keep guide, we chatted to 1984 gold medalists Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean about why they wouldn't get to Sochi now and women's skeleton world champion Shelly Rudman on the pressures to bring home gold. Plus, Colin Murray takes a look at who he believes will be the Usain Bolt (or Eddie the Eagle) of the Winter Olympics... Also in this week's magazine: Go behind the scenes at this year's Radio Times Covers' Party, which took place last week at Claridges and attracted the likes of Olivia Colman, Mary Berry and the Bake Off girls, Gareth Malone, Tess Daly and Amanda Holden. We've got pages packed full of exclusive snaps and snippets from the star-studded event for you to pore over. Line of Duty star Keeley Hawes tells RT about her third big police role playing Detective Inspector Lindsay Duncan, while Dominic Cooper discusses channelling James Bond and his prolific creator, Ian Fleming. House of Cards series two is about to drop on Netflix so we've got original author, Lord Michael Dobbs, talking Kevin Spacey and accusations the show has brought politics into disrepute. And over on the box, Suspects actress Fay Ripley confirms Cold Feet won't be returning and explains why she enjoyed improvising on set for her new series. Channel 4's Benefits Street has been generating plenty of column inches of late but Claire Short, former MP for Ladywood, is highly critical of the show's portrayal of the local residents, plus David Bailey recalls meeting Nelson Mandela and reveals Ronnie Kray was the only person he was ever nervous of taking a picture of. Pixie Lott pops up in next week's Inspector George Gently so she stopped by for a chat about her taste for Embarrassing Bodies and fancying Aaron Carter, plus Hollywood megastar Jennifer Garner talks babies, Ben Affleck and being back in the spotlight in Dallas Buyers Club. And, in addition to our regulars Alison Graham, Sarah Millican and Eddie Mair, we've got Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall telling RT all about his penchant for Scandi cuisine - and Abba! Yes, we really did cram ALL that into this week's special issue of Radio Times - and, good news, it's on sale from today. Enjoy... Follow @RadioTimes Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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MLB: Brett returns to Royals' front office
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — George Brett took over as the Kansas City Royals' interim hitting coach about two months ago with the rudderless team mired in an eight-game skid. He leaves with them showing signs of life.
The Hall of Famer announced he was stepping down from his on-field job and returning to the Royals' front office, where he's served as vice president of baseball operations since retiring as a player following the 1993 season.
"It's been a tremendous experience for me to put on the uniform again after 20 years away," Brett said during a brief news conference, breaking down for a few seconds. "It was special."
Brett has helped out at spring training for years as a volunteer coach, but his stint as the interim hitting coach was the first time he'd worn his No. 5 jersey for games that counted since the last out of his last game as one of the game's greatest third basemen.
Brett said that he'll still be around for some home games. He may even throw batting practice on occasion, but he won't be in uniform once games start, instead sitting in a suite with general manager Dayton Moore as the Royals try to play their way into contention.
Alabama staffer gets penalized
UNDATED (AP) — Alabama has penalized director of football operations Joe Pannunzio for his role in the Miami scandal while a member of the Hurricanes' staff, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the university didn't release the name. Alabama posted 31 secondary violations on its website Thursday involving a number of sports for the year ending June 30. Alabama said the staffer received no raise or contract extension for one year, wasn't allowed to communicate with recruits for 90 days and had to attend an NCAA regional rules seminar.
Pannunzio isn't identified in the notice of allegations the NCAA brought against Miami. Alabama said its staffer "provided impermissible benefits to a prospect and his family and introduced prospect to a booster while at another institution." That booster was Nevin Shapiro, the central figure in the Miami scandal.
Pannunzio was one of the former Miami assistant coaches accused of having ties with Shapiro, the former booster and convicted felon who's now serving a 20-year term in federal prison for masterminding a $930 million Ponzi scheme.
Steele leads Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) — Brendan Steele topped the Canadian Open leaderboard at 7-under 65, birdieing five of the first seven holes on his back nine at Glen Abbey. The 30-year-old Steele had eight birdies and a bogey, dropping a shot on his final hole — the par-4 ninth.
He won the 2011 Texas Open for his long PGA Tour title.
Matt Kuchar, a two-time winner this year, was a stroke back along with Scott Gardiner and Scott Brown. Hunter Mahan and David Lingmerth shot 67, and Chez Reavie, the 2008 winner at Glen Abbey, was another stroke back in a group that included Bubba Watson and Trevor Immelman.
Sauers fires 67 at Royal Birkdale
SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — American Gene Sauers shot a 3-under 67 in windy conditions at Royal Birkdale to take the first-round lead in the Senior British Open.
Germany's Bernhard Langer, the 2010 winner, was a stroke back along with South Africa's David Frost, Australia's Peter Senior and the Philippines' Frankie Minoza.
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- 01-19-13 07:05 PM #1Cadillac Owners Member
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Escalade 2006 2wd Starter removal and test
This is my first DIY instruction so I apologize if I am not clear about certain things.
This issue I was having is that my 2006 Escalade won't start or crank but I heard a click and the fuel pump would engage when i turn the key to the start position. I did not have the anti-theft/VATS issue because the light was not on or flashing.
This is what I did to test my starter after testing everything else (mentioned in the conclusion).
Step 1. You want to locate the starter first, and this will also be a good opportunity to test it.
It is located underneath the engine towards the back on the passenger side.
This is the view from the front of the vehicle.
This is the view once you get up underneath the SUV on the Passenger side.
Step 2.
You want to take your 12 volt fuse tester and clamp the wire from it onto the bolt connecting the wire from the solenoid to the Starter and then you want to touch the outside casing of the starter with the tip of your tester. Then have someone in the car turn the key to the start position to see if the bulb within your tester will light up. If it does light up, that means the starter is getting electricity if the bulb does not light, then it means the starter is not getting electricity.
Again, you want to perform this test before you remove the starter. Keep the car battery connected. Keep in mind, this test only lets you know that the starter is receiving electricity or not when the key is turned to the start position, it does NOT tell you how many volts it is receiving, you will need a voltmeter for that. To use this test to single out the starter as being the issue, you must first test to make sure that your starter/ignition relays are working, your ignition switch is working, that the battery is fully charged, no corrosion on battery connector and that all connectors and wires are full functional.
You can download images and zoom in to see the literature I typed on them.
I will post another instruction tutorial on how to remove the starter when I do the job.
Good Luck.
Also keep in mind if the PCM fails it can cause the starter to not work
Also there is a crank fuse in the under hood fuse box
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Re: Escalade 2006 2wd Starter removal and test
Interesting that your starter took a crap on your '06 MY. I was going to ask if you were in the salt belt area but I see you are in Fl. which really peeks my interest now. May I ask how many miles you have on the vehicle?
Thanks for taking the time to post the write up with pics!
- 01-20-13 11:32 PM #4Originally Posted by jnrsesv
Re: Escalade 2006 2wd Starter removal and test
It has 125k miles on it.
- 01-25-13 01:06 PM #6Originally Posted by kthomas3


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The purpose of this document is to recommend a practice for the representation of electronic component catalog data in STEP AP210 (ISO-10303:210). Catalog data encompasses a wide variety of performance characteristics and specifications, rating limitations, operating recommendations, and ratings provided by component suppliers through product data sheets and catalogs. In current practice, the majority of this information is communicated between component suppliers and their customers through human readable .pdf documents containing a combination of tables, data plots, and technical drawings encompassing the necessary functional, physical, and performance characteristics of the device. The scope of this recommended practice is limited to the representation of component data that may be represented as individual characteristics or tables of characteristic values, and excludes detailed product model views such as the schematic symbol, footprint, and package, or mechanical outline. The majority of the data requires representing physical quantities with specified units.
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After a much-needed victory last time out against AFC Liverpool, spirits were somewhat brighter in the Glossop camp as they prepared for Saturday's visit of Silsden to Surrey Street.
The Hillmen needed to erase memories of the home and away defeats to this same side towards the end of last season as their push for the top faltered.
Although Saturday's visitors lay two league places higher at the start of play, GNE would have been hoping to recreate the second half form of the game in Prescot and hit the ground running.
Goalkeeper Ben Proctor was missing after suffering back spasms and reserve team goalkeeper Ashley Hall was drafted in.
New signing and two-goal hero Mark Battersby was named again in the starting spots.
The first half started with Glossop on the front foot and looking to play the ball on the floor to counter the strong wind.
Stand-in keeper Hall was rarely troubled in the first period and it was the home side with a clearer sight of goal although Dean McGregor failed to hit the target on three separate occasions as good positions were carved out.
The front line of Connolly, McGregor, Marshall and the once again impressive Battersby ran the channels and found space beyond the Silsden defence on several occasions.
Alex Elliott's move to centre midfield allowed him and Adam Oakes to combine and spray passes forward and again skipper Lugsden held the back line together ably to protect the rookie keeper.
With the scores level at 0-0 at the break, the home crowd were positive of a favourable outcome for their side.
As the second half began, it was Glossop again who immediately pressed forward.
Battersby muscled his way into the thick of it whenever possible and Marshall and Connolly swapped wings to pose a different threat.
After Elliott and Battersby both had chances to break the deadlock, it was on 62 minutes when a turning point came.
Having been tricked and outpaced, the Silsden number seven, Holmes, was shown a straight red card after a reckless challenge on Glossop's diminutive number seven.
Home pressure now surely had to tell and just 10 minutes later, and after a fine flowing move, Ben Connolly calmly slotted home in the box for 1-0.
Now against the 10 men of Silsden, the home side found acres of space and willing runners at all times.
In the final moments, and seconds after a rare Silsden attack had resulted in a goalline clearance, Dean McGregor surged forward only for Battersby to miscue in front of goal, but Alex Elliott was there to place the ball home for 2-0 as the match drew to a close.
All told, an excellent performance and a fantastic three points.
Glossop, in 11th place in the league, faced Maine Road last night and travel to sixth placed Padiham on Saturday looking to close the gap on the pack at the top end of the table.


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Adorable Toddler Ballerinas Go Black Swan on Each Other During Dance Recital
Posted on May 24, 2012You saw Black Swan, right? Well, clearly the competition starts early with ballerinas. These tiny, two year old ballerinas are giving a recital to the tune of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" when suddenly a fight breaks out between two of the adorable little dancers. The Youtube video says it was posted by the mother of one of the ballerinas, but it's not clear whose mom she is. Finally, adults step in. According to another of the mother's videos, the fight was broken up and they started the recital over again. Take a look:
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