16. Words That Make Us: Home

In this episode of the "Words That Make Us" podcast, Rama and Tony discuss the topic of “Home”. Listen to them discuss what constitutes a home and the feelings that come up around the concept of home. Which nationalities and gender tend to own their homes? How can you Feng Shui your home to protect its Qi/Chi? What do stoics say about homes? There are some varied songs and poems by Rumi, Gibran, Mahmoud Darwish, Clive Gregson, Curly Putman and much more!

 

On Home by Khalil Gibran

https://poets.org/poem/children-1

 

Stoics on home

https://www.stoic-buddy.com/blog/the-household-stoic

https://viastoica.com/what-does-home-mean/

 

The Guest House By Rumi

Read by Helena Bonham Carter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShNYW2e5ecQ

https://allpoetry.com/poem/8534703-The-Guest-House-by-Mewlana-Jalaluddin-Rumi

 

Feng shui rules:

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/feng-shui-for-every-room-in-your-home

 

Homesickness

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homesickness#:~:text=Homesickness%20is%20the%20distress%20caused,on%20topics%20unrelated%20to%20home.

“ID Card” by Mahmoud Darwish Written in 1964

https://www.wrmea.org/2017-november-december/id-card-by-mahmoud-darwish-a-translation-and-commentary.html

Cultural differences in home ownership

https://homeandtexture.com/homeownership-different-countries/

https://medium.com/@cailiansavage1/why-the-richest-countries-have-the-lowest-home-ownership-rates-6dc202a9b81a

https://www.bundesbank.de/en/publications/research/research-brief/2020-30-homeownership-822176

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