What we’re about
Do you have a mind that is hungry for for new and challenging ideas? Are you searching for a community where you can learn together with your fellow neighbours? Are you looking for welcoming place to share all your beautiful thoughts? Then it's time to pull up a seat at the Hungry Minds table and get all filled up. There's a great variety of topics - you are sure to find something to whet your appetite here.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Making Space: AngerTess' Place, Kitchener, ON
This week we'll discuss anger in all of its forms. Are you a person who gets angry? Why do you think that it happens? Is it something that you've tried to control? Is anger there to benefit us in any way? Are you someone who doesn't get angry? Do you think that you should? Is there such a thing as good anger?
There's a PDF of an interesting Globe & Mail article "Rage is the new Canadian Mood" posted up on our webpage. And here's a video with a view that we can discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFSobJil2zY&ab_channel=ShemarooSpiritualLife
Writing/Reflecting Prompt: Think of a time when you were really angry. What caused it? How did it feel in your body? How do you feel about it now?
*Note: We will have writing prompts to help us to ponder the topic. It's completely up to you if you want to do them and if you want to share your writing with the group.
Making Space is place where we build our understanding of the human condition and discuss matters of the mind, heart, and spirit. There is a new topic every meeting, although some meetings are tied together by following a common theme as we take on some broader subjects. Come knowing that we are mainly muddling through this living thing, none of us have figured it all out, but all of us have something valuable to learn and to share.
- Informed, part 1 - UsCatalyst 137, Kitchener, ON
Theme: the reality-based community - This is part 1 of 3 discussions.
A few years ago there was a buzzword: ‘information overload.’ More recently we heard about ‘the post-truth era.’ And today many of us encounter unreasonable difficulties as we try to simply stay *informed.* There is a term for retaining correct knowledge amid constant wars of disinformation: epistemic exhaustion. Join us in exploring who threatens us being informed, and how to work *as a community* to navigate and defend knowledge. Two well-reviewed books and some other resources are on the menu.
The first book is The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth by Jonathan Rauch - book link below. In Session 1 we discuss chapters 1-4, and in Session 2 we discuss chapters 5-8.
https://www.amazon.ca/Constitution-Knowledge-Jonathan-Rauch/dp/0815738862
A major theme is the reality-based community - and this is the ‘us’ in the title.You're welcome to join us for all three sessions, or as many as you like. Reading the book is not a requirement to join us. The overall thrust is to empower each other and help ourselves *stay informed.*
The plan for the three discussions is in this document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JXsH3dZpocNsKNSBRXRgZ05kXTfBYqWyAAu2F5YE0h8 - Jane's Walk - KWHM On FootKitchener Market, Kitchener, ON
This will be the 4th time KW Hungry Minds has hosted a walk through Kitchener downtown area as a part of the Jane's Walk weekend. We talk about the changes that we see - new buildings and businesses as well as the ones that we see are now missing. We talk about how we feel about the change, how it has impacted our interaction with the city, and what we see on the horizon for the future.
We will meet on the landing in front of the front doors to the Kitchener Market and walk slowly through and around the downtown until we end up at Kitchener City Hall.
Everyone welcome to come and share their point of view and experience. If you can't make it on Saturday, we are repeating the walk on Sunday. The conversation is sure to be different on each day, so feel free to come to both.
You can find more Jane's Walks in the Waterloo Region here: https://janeswalkwr.com/
- Jane's Walk - KWHM On FootKitchener Market, Kitchener, ON
This will be the 4th time KW Hungry Minds has hosted a walk through Kitchener downtown area as a part of the Jane's Walk weekend. We talk about the changes that we see - new buildings and businesses as well as the ones that we see are now missing. We talk about how we feel about the change, how it has impacted our interaction with the city, and what we see on the horizon for the future.
We will meet on the landing in front of the front doors to the Kitchener Market and walk slowly through and around the downtown until we end up at Kitchener City Hall.
Everyone welcome to come and share their point of view and experience.
You can find more Jane's Walks in the Waterloo Region here: https://janeswalkwr.com/
