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March 17, 2019

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A Moment with Mr. Rogers

“I interviewed Fred Rogers, creator and host of television’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, by telephone a few years before he died. The occasion was the publication of his new book. Mister Rogers arrived on television after I grew up but I’d watched his show with our young daughter. She and I both preferred the often frantic Sesame Street, finding the Neighborhood a bit slow, sometimes a bit boring. Yet we kept watching it because we sensed something real and true behind the words and deeds of Fred Rogers and his friends and puppets on the show.” Jeff Zaleski shares more in this engaging piece about his interaction with a beloved national hero. { read more }

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March 16, 2019

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Family Is Helping Others to Heal

Oscar Grant III was an unarmed Black man killed by a police officer in Oakland, Calif., years before Black Lives Matter drew national attention to the growing number of unarmed Black men, women and children who die at the hands of law enforcement officers what some scholars are calling an epidemic.Jan. 1 marked 10 years since the 22-year-old father was fatally shot by the Bay Area Regional Transit officer in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day.In the decade since his tragic death, Grant’s family has helped to create a police citizen review board of BART, established a foundation, and launched a campaign to not only help bridge the gap between police and the community, but also to build a nationwide network of families affected by such violence. Read on to see how one family is using their tragedy to help others heal. { read more }

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Is there a way to turn a tragedy you have suffered into an opportunity for healing in your community? Perhaps by joining together with others who have experienced a similar loss?

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March 15, 2019

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Eight Tips for Fostering Mindfulness in Teenagers

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a successful teacher? In this article, mindfulness educator Patrick Cook-Deegan shares what he’s learned about how to connect with teenagers in the classroom. From the importance of class size and curriculum, to when students are most engaged, these tips offer valuable insights into the challenging and rewarding world of teaching. { read more }

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Reach out to a mentor or teacher who’s had a positive impact on your life. Share your gratitude and how their work inspired you.

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March 14, 2019

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Letters from a Tibetan Colony

In this moving piece from over a decade ago, Dr. Sriram Shamasunder, shares updates from a month working in a refugee community comprised mostly of Buddhist monks and nuns. He writes of the contrast between the deep care and concern that this community extends to all forms of life, and the apathy with which their own medical needs are handled by the government. His poignant piece is a reminder of the many gaps that exist in our world, and a tribute to the many unsung heroes who have dedicated their lives to trying to fill them. { read more }

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Consider the greater world around you. Are there those living without medical care that you take for granted? What can you do to help? For more inspiration, join this Saturday’s Awakin Call with Tsering Gellek, a remarkable Tibetan Buddhist bridge-builder between cultures. More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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March 13, 2019

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What’s In the Way is the Way

Mary O’Malley is an author, counselor, and acknowledged leader in the field of spiritual awakening. In this interview with Tami Simon, Mary discuss the eight “spells” that keep us feeling separate from life as well as the remedies that bring us more fully into the energetic flow of existence. She speaks of the need for curiosity and the role it plays in uniting our attention with our present-moment experience. Finally, Mary explains her understanding of the awakening process and the skills one can cultivate to come into a robust and joyous alignment with life itself. { read more }

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Tami Simon says it would help to recognize “how we clamp down in certain situations and resist what we don’t want to feel.” Notice whether that applies to you and discover whether allowing what you feel to appear “with curiosity and spaciousness” might offer a door to freedom from fear.

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March 12, 2019

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Angels in the Details

You know the saying “The devil is in the details.” This nugget of hard-earned wisdom reminds us how hard it can be to transform an idea into something that actually works in real life. What if there was a book where there were angels in the details? John Todd’s Healing Earth: An Ecologist’s Journey of Innovation and Environmental Stewardship is just such a book. It is filled with gloriously simple designs that work with, rather than against, the Nature of Reality. get introduced to John Todd, his legacy and his book in this essay by Greg Watson.

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Look around your neighborhood. Find a nagging problem, and see if you can work “with” rather than against to make one small improvement.

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March 11, 2019

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Inner Strength Foundation

Many adolescents growing up in poverty have limited resources to help them cope with the difficulties their circumstances may bring: violence, resource scarcity, homelessness, to name but a few. In Philadelphia, the poorest of America’s ten largest cities, the Inner Strength Foundation is equipping aspiring youth from vulnerable communities with tools to self reflect, develop interpersonal skills, and gain perspective on how our culture and physiology affect us. Founded in 2014 by Amy Edelstein, the twelve-week mindfulness-based course encourages participants to live from a place of gratitude and foster connections built on caring and kindness. “Gratefulness draws on the best of the human spirit in all of us,”says Edelstein. “It renews and refreshes ourselves, and best of all it is contagious. The more grateful we are, the more we experience the richness of life and the more others around us do too.” { read more }

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Make your own list of ways you can show kindness to others during the week. Put your words into action and practice doing something each day.

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