Spirituality

Philosophical and theological term

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February 1 2025 Williamson endorses Ken Martin, the frontrunner in the DNC chairperson election.
January 10 2025 Williamson is informed by the DNC Ethnic Council of her exclusion from their candidate forum, to which she responds with a critical letter denouncing the decision.
2024 Endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidential election and participated in a debate on the Honestly podcast arguing in her support, with Ben Shapiro presenting the case for Donald Trump.
December 26 2024 Marianne Williamson announces her candidacy for Democratic National Committee chairperson.
December 26 2024 Announced her bid for DNC chair.
July 29 2024 Dropped out of the presidential race again.
January 2024 Williamson received 4% of the votes in the New Hampshire primary.
2023 A critical discussion of Williamson's presidential campaign and political philosophy was featured on the Integral Stage podcast.
2023 Published 'The Mystic Jesus: The Mind of Love', her most recent book exploring spiritual themes.
2023 Harris gave an interview to The Daily Beast explaining his break from the intellectual dark web, citing disagreements with Bret Weinstein, concerns about Maajid Nawaz's COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and disappointment with Dave Rubin's perceived cynicism.
2023 Harris publicly stated that if COVID-19 had caused higher child mortality, there would be significantly less tolerance for vaccine skepticism.
October 2023 During the Israel-Hamas war, Harris expressed support for Israel and strongly condemned the Hamas attack on Israel, rejecting arguments about Israeli settlements provoking the conflict.
July 2023 Politico reported that Williamson contributed $220,000 to her own campaign and had $270,000 in unpaid debts.
May 20 2023 Her deputy campaign manager Jason Call departed from her campaign team.
March 2023 Sam Harris hosted podcast guests Matt Ridley and Alina Chan to discuss the potential origins of COVID-19, specifically exploring the hypothesis that the virus may have been created in a laboratory.
2022 Described herself as a 'Jewish woman' in an interview.
2022 Eckhart Tolle's teachings are prominently featured in Kendrick Lamar's album 'Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers', where Tolle is positioned as Lamar's spiritual guide and philosophical influence.
2021 Fisher published the first scholarly and journalistic intellectual biography of Williamson, offering critiques and recommendations on her leadership style and political campaign approaches.
2021 Harris formally 'turned in his imaginary membership card' to the intellectual dark web, publicly distancing himself from the group.
2020 Publicly criticized Vogue magazine for not including her in an Annie Leibovitz photo shoot of female presidential candidates, subsequently posting a fan-made edited photo of herself in the shoot.
2020 Participated in Democratic presidential debates, receiving mixed reviews for her performance - praised by some politicians and media outlets for 'surprisingly eloquent' answers, while criticized by others for being 'vague' and 'kooky'.
2020 Supported Andrew Yang in the Democratic primaries and introduced Yang to podcaster Joe Rogan. After the election, commented on Hunter Biden's laptop and compared the potential scandals of Trump and Biden.
November 2020 Sam Harris publicly stated that he does not identify as a member of the intellectual dark web.
September 2020 Harris committed to donating at least 10% of Waking Up app's profits to highly effective charities, becoming the first company to sign the Giving What We Can pledge retrospectively from the app's launch two years earlier.
January 2020 Max Sanderson featured Harris's podcast as a 'Producer pick' in The Guardian's 'podcasts of the week' section.
2019 Williamson spoke out against Trump's mass-deportation plans, drawing a controversial parallel between these policies and the treatment of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.
2019 Published 'A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution', signaling her deeper engagement with political discourse.
2019 Harris was included in the Watkins Review's list of the '100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People 2019'.
2019 Discussed his book 'Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion', highlighting Western potential to learn meditation traditions from Hinduism and Buddhism.
July 30 2019 Williamson participated in the second Democratic primary debate, becoming the most Googled candidate in 49 states and gaining attention for her comments about a 'dark psychic force' and the Flint water crisis.
June 2019 Williamson moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in preparation for the 2020 caucuses and appointed 99 'Virtual Iowa Caucus Captains'.
June 2019 Marianne Williamson publicly criticized President Donald Trump's immigration policies, specifically condemning the separation of children from their families at the border and calling these actions 'state-sponsored crimes'.
June 2019 Williamson participated in the first Democratic primary debate, gaining attention for her unique rhetoric about love and addressing Donald Trump directly.
May 23 2019 Williamson met the polling criteria for primary debates by achieving one percent support in three unique polls from qualifying pollsters.
February 4 2019 Williamson's campaign committee 'Marianne Williamson for President' was officially filed.
January 28 2019 Williamson officially launched her presidential campaign in Los Angeles, with Maurice Daniel as her national campaign manager.
2018 Sam Harris co-produced the documentary 'Islam and the Future of Tolerance' with Maajid Nawaz, which was distributed by The Orchard in the United States.
2018 PC Magazine included Harris's podcast in their list of 'The Best Podcasts of 2018'.
2018 Criticized Donald Trump for lying, stating that Trump 'has assaulted truth more than anyone in human history'.
November 15 2018 Marianne Williamson announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee for the 2020 election.
November 4 2018 Delivered a keynote address to several hundred Muslim and Jewish women at the Sisterhood of Salaam-Shalom conference in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, addressing the aftermath of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. As a Jewish woman, she spoke against using fear as a political force and advocated for love.
September 2018 Released the Waking Up meditation app.
June 2018 Began a series of debates with Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson on religion, focusing on the relationship between religious values and scientific fact in defining truth.
2017 Marianne Williamson concluded her board membership with Results Educational Fund (RESULTS), a nonprofit organization focused on addressing poverty's root causes.
2017 UK Business Insider included Harris's podcast in their list of '8 podcasts that will change how you think about human behavior'.
2017 Harris's Waking Up podcast won the Webby Award for 'People's Voice' in the 'Science & Education' category for Podcasts & Digital Audio.
April 2017 Harris hosted social scientist Charles Murray on his podcast to discuss topics including IQ heritability and race and intelligence, following a violent protest against Murray at Middlebury College the previous month.
2016 Published 'Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment', continuing her exploration of spiritual healing.
2016 Supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Party presidential primaries against Bernie Sanders, and favored her in the general election while strongly opposing Donald Trump's candidacy.
2016 Chomsky appeared in an Al Jazeera English UpFront interview, further criticizing Harris and stating that he 'specializes in hysterical, slanderous charges against people he doesn't like'.

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