Sangha of Auspicious Companions

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June 12, 2018

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I Will Teach You: Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim

At age seven, Tae Yun Kim gazed upon her uncles practicing an ancient martial art. She was awestruck. Never before had she seen something so beautiful and exciting, their movements both natural and mystical. She decided right then and there she had to learn. There was only one problem: She was a girl in 1950s South Korea, and this was a five-thousand-year-old culture and tradition. When Kim asked to train with them, she was told, “You’re supposed to learn how to cook and sew. And if you’re lucky, someone will find you a husband. . . . ” This is the story of a girl who was taunted, beaten, faced unimaginable physical and emotional obstacles, yet would not give up her dream. In Parabola’s excerpt from her book “Seven Steps to Inner Power,” Kim describes the moment that changed her life. { read more }

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What dreams are you fighting for? Take a moment to remember.

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June 11, 2018

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Embrace the Grace, Celebrate the Infinite

In a recent graduation address Nipun Mehta shares the origin story of ServiceSpace and the shifts catalyzed by exploring a set of questions unusual in the realm of technology: what do exponential love, exponential forgiveness and exponential kindness look like? He shares the power discovered in the practice of letting go/letting in and allowing “the vast conspiracy of the universe to drop you at the doorsteps of greater good.” His stirring talk is a call to let the gentle power of generosity, grace, and gratitude help us midwife humanity to its next plateau, a call to keep singing, and to remind the world of its song. { read more }

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Take a moment in each day to think of how you can be generous (a smile, a teaching, listening, observing nature), how grace is blessing your life (serendipity, coincidence, timing, observed beauty, found treasure), and how you are grateful for the good, the bad, and the ugly in your life. { more }

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June 10, 2018

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How to Befriend the Universe

With unbridled exuberance and a zest for life, philosopher and comedian Emily Levine shares how she learned to love reality and death while facing her own injuries and terminal illness. Part quantum physics, part nature, some philosophy, and lots of laughs come together in this TED talk brilliantly presented by Maria Popova. In it Levine shares the revelation, “You have to understand that we don’t live in Newton’s clockwork universe anymore. We live in a banana peel universe, and we won’t ever be able to know everything or control everything or predict everything…So we might as well just embrace it. Not just life but all processes — generation, degeneration, and regeneration.” Enjoy Levine’s huge spirit and wisdom and Popova’s insightful suggestions for further reading. { read more }

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What if the face of death was something not to be feared? Watch this short video to help entertain the thought. { more }

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June 9, 2018

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Where Do Camels Really Come From?

When you think of camels you probably picture sand and heat. You imagine nomadic herders and traders crossing the hot, dry desert, leading camels piled high with blankets and jugs of water. In this TED talk, Latif Nasser, the director of research at WNYCs Radiolab, gives us a different view of the camel. His story starts when paleobiologist Natalia Rybczynski discovers a 3.5 million year old bone. He then unravels a tale that is fascinating historically and scientifically. Lateef helps us see that even the simplest things can change dramatically when seen from another angle. As he says, “The story of our world is a dynamic one. It requires our willingness to readjust, to reimagine. We’re all just one shard of bone away from seeing the world anew.” { read more }

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We often get stuck in our own preconceived notions. Learn to let go of them and see the world from a fresh perspective. { more }

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June 8, 2018

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Unu Spiro: One Breath Meditation Paintings

In 2016, artist Filiz Emma Soyak became a mother: “My heart expanded, my life changed, and I changed. But as I transitioned into motherhood, I felt more chaos than clarity as the days and nights blurred by with dizzying speed. I observed myself handling everything with less grace and more discomfort than I had anticipated. Intuition had always been my guide, but I couldn’t hear my own thoughts clearly and I lost faith in my instincts. Everything I knew as myself was no more. While my new life demanded me to be more present, I felt my mind manically jumping to the past and worrying about the future. My breath did not come easily.” Read on to learn how a meditation practice helped Soyak regain her clarity and informed her art practice and her new life. { read more }

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Find some meditative time in your day and listen to your inner voice.

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June 7, 2018

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The Moment I Knew Gratitude is the Answer to Every Question

A month before her husband died, Kristin Meekhof drove her husband to cancer treatment as usual. It was a month after his diagnosis. While it was painful for her husband, it was also difficult for her. She tried to put on a brave face and hide her tears, but the sight of a sick child made her lose it. She ran to the bathroom to cry. The floodgates opened and she felt as if her âheart was literally breaking open.â What her husband said to her next was the moment she knew gratitude is the answer to every question. This heartrending story ends on a helpful and hopeful note about loss and grief. âI am here to share with you that healing is possible. It happens in small micro-moments, but those moments add up,â Meekhof offers. Read on for more. { read more }

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Today, try using gratitude to deal with a stressful situation. Look for the positive.

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June 6, 2018

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My Song to Nature

Can you remember being a child, lost in the wonders of the natural world around you? Revisit that wonder and joy. Lang Elliot provides the biography to his on-going work celebrating nature. Then, he treats you to a recording of his spoken-word and soundscape creation. { read more }

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Find a photograph of yourself as a young child. Spend the rest of your day experiencing the world from that child’s sense of wonder.

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