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Heroines of Health

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May 17, 2019

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Heroines of Health

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

– Helen Keller –

Heroines of Health

This moving documentary shares “three of the many untold stories that hold the key to unlocking better health for more people around the world.” The three women, one a medical doctor and teacher from India, another a midwife assistant from Indonesia, and the third the director of a community health center in Kenya, though worlds apart, share a common journey to bring hope to women and children in their communities. Their individual commitments to follow their dreams of helping others to live longer and better have involved separation from family members, long travel, countless hours of study and hard work, and many other challenges. The looks on their faces and on the faces of those whose lives they have enriched speak volumes about the value of their sacrifices and of the work of their hearts and hands. { read more }

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Heroines of Health

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May 16, 2019
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Heroines of Health

This moving documentary shares "three of the many untold stories that hold the key to unlocking better health for more people around the world." The three women, one a medical doctor and teacher from India, another a midwife assistant from Indonesia, and the third the director of a community health center in Kenya, though worlds apart, share a common journey to bring hope to women and children in their communities. Their individual commitments to follow their dreams of helping others to live longer and better have involved separation from family members, long travel, countless hours of study and hard work, and many other challenges. The looks on their faces and on the faces of those whose lives they have enriched speak volumes about the value of their sacrifices and of the work of their hearts and hands.
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Work Of The Heart

Humanity’s Path to a Flourishing Future

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May 16, 2019

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Humanity's Path to a Flourishing Future

The patterns we perceive are determined by the stories we want to believe.

– John Verndon –

Humanity’s Path to a Flourishing Future

“I discovered that what makes humans unique is that we–to a greater extent than any other species–have what I call a ‘patterning instinct:’ we are driven to pattern meaning into our world. That drive is what led humans to develop language, myth, and culture. It enabled us to invent tools and develop science, giving us tremendous benefits but also putting us on a collision course with the natural world.” Jeremy Lent, author of “The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning” shares more. { read more }

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Trailhead

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May 15, 2019

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Trailhead

In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.

– Paulo Coelho –

Trailhead

In their award-winning short film Trailhead, documentary filmmakers Emily Fraser and Henry Weiner offer an exploration of the history and heart behind the creation of hundreds of miles of interconnected wildland trails minutes from downtown Oakland, California. Profiling the volunteer network of hikers, bikers, dog walkers, historians and educators who donate their time to help maintain this cherished place of refuge and recreation, Trailhead highlights the importance of community in protecting and preserving this gateway to the East Bays majestic redwood forests. Inspired by their shared love and appreciation of nature, these dedicated environmental stewards maintain trails, restore wildlife habitat and provide local students and youth groups with the opportunity to enjoy and learn about the natural world and continue the critical legacy of conservation. { read more }

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Spotlight On Kindness: A “Mother’s” Love

In its purest form, a “mother’s” love is a metaphor for the nurturing, sustaining love that holds us in the world. We yearn for that type of love from our own mothers but often receive it from others – grandmothers, aunts, and friends. “Mother” Earth and the Sun sustain us daily without question. Let’s reflect and be grateful for the manifold manifestations of maternal love in our lives. – Ameeta

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Who is Mother?

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May 14, 2019

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Who is Mother?

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

– Oprah Winfrey –

Who is Mother?

Matt Hopwood is a writer, storyteller and founder of A Human Love Story. He has traveled widely to gather peoples experiences of love and connection. In 2018 after the death of his beloved grandmother – he wanted to explore the role of mother in our lives and communities. Matt eventually grew the awareness of the sense of Mother in himself. He shares with us his yearning to nurture, the longing to give love, to hold, to create, posing the question – Can I mother too? { read more }

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Awakin Weekly: Do You Direct Your Mind Or Does Your Mind Direct You?

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Do You Direct Your Mind Or Does Your Mind Direct You?
by Yogi Bhajan

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2340.jpgYou have to have an exotic sense of tolerance no matter what anybody does, what they say, how they attack you, what they want out of you — you remain calm. That is the faculty of the ocean—how many rivers flow into it? Remain calm, quiet and peaceful.

There is one thing we all have in us and that’s called mind. The job of the mind is thinking. It plays the human energy into many directions. That’s the duty of the mind. It is given for watching the entire presence of the human and how a human can progress. It does two things. It gives a man power to penetrate and also, it destroys a man’s power of penetration. It is both ways.

You cannot say your mind is this and not that. Your mind is this and that, both things. Now is the moment of truth: if you do not undertake to direct your mind, your mind will direct you. There is no way out. Either you direct your mind, or your mind will direct you. If your mind directs you, with all the wealth and power and happiness and sex and fashion and arms and cannons and bombs — you don’t get anywhere.

Mind directs you to what you physically feel. Mind will never direct you to what you feel spiritually. So your physical growth may become humungous, but your mental growth will become narrower and narrower, and your spirit will have no chance to go through it.

Once you don’t have command of your mind, your mind will have command of you. There is no way out. It is an either/or situation. And when mind has command over you, spirit goes dormant.

Spiritual disciplines are harsh, I agree, but without this chiseling harshness, mind does not listen. Mind takes you to sides and places where you don’t want to go, but still you go.

Misfortune guarantees fortune and fortune is followed by misfortune, they are like parallel sisters. They cannot be separated. To get out of this fortune/misfortune, you have to have full control of your mind, and your mind has to know you, and you have to know your mind, and for that, there is meditation. The art of meditation is to control one’s mind.

We are human, therefore we have to think straight, we have to live straight and we have to remain straight. In that way, we will be fortunate and prosperous because we will be very easily understood; we will be very easily trusted; we will be very easily believed.

About the Author: Yogi Bhajan was a spiritual teacher. The excerpt above was a from a talk in New Mexico in 2001.

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Organizations Beyond Ego

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Organizations Beyond Ego

Ego says, “Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace”. Spirit says, “Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place”.

– Marianne Williamson –

Organizations Beyond Ego

Join Tami Simon from Sounds True in this evolutionary interview with Frederic Laloux, business analyst and author of Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness, perhaps the most influential business book of this decade. What does it mean to move beyond ego–in the business world? How do we balance fulfilling financial obligations and living our fundamental truths? Can our organizations and businesses reflect the growth of human consciousness and the deep spiritual growth that is emerging? How can we shift our tendencies of predicting and controlling towards sensing and responding? { read more }

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Mother’s Day: Belonging to Each Other

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Mother's Day: Belonging to Each Other

Attending to life is an act of love.

– Katie Rubinstein –

Mother’s Day: Belonging to Each Other

“Mother’s Day offers us opportunities to express our love and thanks to the women who have cared for us in our lives –the birth or adoptive mother, the grandmother, the teacher, or the elder friend who have helped grow us up. But it’s not all Hallmark cards and breakfasts-in-bed. This particular holiday can stir up feelings of grief and pain for some of us. We may suffer for the mother we have lost or a mother we felt we never really had. And yet, perhaps we might be able to simultaneously hold our sorrow and marvel at the fact that our existence is born from countless acts of nurturing from sources far and wide. In arriving to the fact of our lives, here and now, our appreciation of mothering – in its many forms – has the capacity to grow quite expansive. In offering gratitude for the gift of our lives, we celebrate Mother’s Day as it honors this expansive experience of nurturing” The team at Gratefulness.org shares more here. { read more }

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