Sangha of Auspicious Companions

November 25, 2014

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Sources of Light

When Kobun Otogawa was asked in the wake of 9/11, “How can I deal with the enormous fear and anger that I feel about what happened?” He replied simply, “Do one kind thing for someone every day.” And though the advice might seem overly simplistic, it does cause us to realize – that it is through our own light that this world made be made a little brighter. { read more }

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November 24, 2014

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How To Realize True Wealth

The world is filled with abundance, but because we stay tuned into what we do not have, we can spend our lives grasping for more, never really arriving. In this heart-felt piece, Americ Azevedo at the University of California, Berkeley, asks us to awaken to the true and profound wealth we have all been blessed with. “To awaken to this very moment is truth wealth. This moment is in truth all we really have and own. Everything else is just on loan; we must give it all back in the end.” { read more }

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Practice tuning into your true wealth so that you can more clearly see the abundance all around you. Today, take some time to write about three things you are grateful for. If you’re up for the challenge, make this a daily practice!

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November 23, 2014

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Is There A Right Way To Get Angry?

Anger can cause us a great deal of hurt, but it can also be a positive force that propels us to act and can spur creativity and fuel success. It is all about how we manage our anger in those instances when we feel overwhelmed by it. Read further to learn more about ‘the right way’ to get angry and how you can harness your anger for good. { read more }

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Think about how you define anger and how you might be able to channel that energy more constructively.

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November 22, 2014

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Vancouver’s Pop-Up Shelters

A Vancouver-based advertising company teamed up with a grassroots advocacy group to extend kindness to the city’s homeless population in a beautifully creative way. “During the day, the [bus] benches serve as seating for those waiting for the bus to arrive. At night, the front lifts up and out to create an overhang.” Acts of kindness like these stand out against the backdrop of many cities making it harder for the homeless population to survive. Read on to learn more about this innovation that merges kindness and creativity! { read more }

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In what way can you use what you do for a living to help others in a small but meaningful way? How can you make this part of your daily or weekly practice, so it becomes a part of your life?

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November 21, 2014

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Public Art: A Path To Safer, Stronger Neighborhoods

Art that merges with the landscape brings human presence, safety, and physical activity into the city’s spaces. This kind of art triggers more than one sense: it is something you move in, touch, and, in some cases, even eat. In Detroit, a spread-out city of single-family homes that is difficult to traverse and pockmarked by vacancy, these artistic interventions are an uncommonly powerful nexus of community life. They create welcoming traffic, as well as opportunities for neighbors to interact and work together. It is for a city with a future. { read more }

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Do something to add an artistic touch to a community space in your life today.

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November 20, 2014

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7 Ideas For Compassionate Communities

Are you looking for inspiring ideas to take action on some of society’s broadest and most challenging issues? From addressing homelessness to providing medical care (in exchange for a song), look no further than this list of 7 revolutionary ideas from Yes Magazine. { read more }

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Pick one idea from this list to learn more about and see how you might get involved in your community.

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November 19, 2014

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Riders For Health: Motorcycles That Save Lives

Solving community problems requires more than newer and better technology for the poor. It requires something more radical than that–that we rehumanize the poor. People require not only new technologies to solve some of the biggest challenges in rural health and development, they require basic technologies–like transportation for the cadres of health care workers and others. Riders for Health realized this and is changing lives–their own and others–through their simple realization that transportation is not a privilege but a necessity. { read more }

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November 18, 2014

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The Splendid Practice of Silence

In this beautifully grounding piece, a former monk shares insights from a year of silence and contemplation. “Deep within each of us is a great well of health, abundance, knowledge, guidance. When we enter the silence and stay in the silence, we come into direct contact with that sacred well. In that place dwells our True and Higher Self: It is that part of us that exists and operates in a place where there is no time– no past, no future, only the present moment…One of the most powerful spiritual practices you can adopt is also one of the easiest to do.” Read on to learn more about this monk’s experiences and how he suggests that you can practice silence every day. { read more }

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Make a commitment to set aside some time everyday to reconnect to the silence inside of you, whether it be through meditation, gardening, or any other activity that brings you back to yourself.

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