Sangha of Auspicious Companions

Fact of the Day:
In still or slowly-moving waters there is one easy way to collect light: a plant can float its leaves upon the surface. No plant does this on a more spectacular scale than the giant Amazon water-lily. First surfacing as a simple bud, within a few hours, it bursts open and starts to spread. Expanding at the rate of half a square yard in a single day, the leaf grows until it is six feet across and stays afloat with special air-spaces within. On the underside, it glows a rich purple color. [ more ]

Be The Change:
Consider what nature has taught you. Find your hidden strength. [ more ]

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Good News of the Day:
Can modern science help us to create heroes? That’s the lofty question behind the Heroic Imagination Project, a new nonprofit started by Phil Zimbardo, a psychologist at Stanford University. Heroism isn’t supposed to be a teachable trait. We assume that people like Gandhi or Rosa Parks or the 9/11 hero Todd Beamer have some intangible quality that the rest of us lack. When we get scared and selfish, these brave souls find a way to act, to speak out, to help others in need. That’s why they’re heroes. Zimbardo rejects this view. “We’ve been saddled for too long with this mystical view of heroism,” he says. “A hero is just an ordinary person who does something extraordinary. I believe we can use science to teach people how to do that.” [ more ]

Be The Change:
Make a list of your heroes. Is there a pattern? (It means those are the qualities you’d like to see most in yourself!)

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