Sangha of Auspicious Companions

August 9, 2019

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A Young Poet Tells the Story of Darfur

Emtithal “Emi” Mahmoud writes poetry of resilience, confronting her experience of escaping the genocide in Darfur in verse. She shares two stirring original poems about refugees, family, joy and sorrow, asking, “Will you witness me?” { read more }

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In what ways do you bear witness to the lives around you?

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Getting Stuck in the Negative (and How to Get Unstuck)

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August 8, 2019

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Mercy Beyond Borders

Sister Marilyn Lacey is committed to go where the need is great, which, in the case of Mercy Beyond Borders, includes South Sudan and Haiti. The mission of Mercy Beyond Borders is to forge ways for women and girls in extreme poverty to learn, connect and lead by providing educational, economic and empowerment opportunities, bringing hope to areas where there was no hope. This hope is witnessed in the faces of a large group of girls attending school for the first time. And it is seen in the light beaming from an 89 year old woman whose dream was to be able to write her name before she dies, when she fulfills that dream. { read more }

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For more inspiration, join this Saturday’s Awakin Call with Sr. Marilyn Lacey. More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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August 7, 2019

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Toni Morrison: On Borders and Belonging

“What does home mean and where do we anchor our belonging in a world of violent alienation and alienating violence? I use “alien” here both in the proper etymological sense rooted in the Latin alienus, “belonging to another,” and in the astrophysical sense of “from another planet,” “not human,” for the combined effect of a dehumanizing assault on belonging for those treated and mistreated as alien to a country or a community. That, and some hint of the remedy for it, is what Toni Morrison (February 18, 1931 — August 5, 2019) — one of the titanic thinkers and writers of our time, and the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature — returns to again and again…” { read more }

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For more inspiration, read this passage by Toni Morrison: “Be Your Own Story” { more }

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August 6, 2019

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Jane Baker: An Artist Who Gives It All Away

One day, San Francisco artist Jane Baker realized something. Now she operates from a new place — new, but also very old: “I don’t know art history that well, but it is only in the last few hundred years that art has been a commodity. Before that, most artists were doing it out of their love for, frankly, for God or their church. Most of the art that’s been made has not been made for money. So I’m standing with a group that has been around for a lot longer! It’s not a weak, touchy-feely place. What I’ve started feeling is that, yes, they really knew what was right! And it lasted a long time before this particular period we are all in.” Baker has a practice of donating one hundred percent of the income from sales of her artwork to charities. She shares more in this engaging interview. { read more }

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Consider how your own art making can rest on a foundation of service.

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August 5, 2019

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Working for Peace in a Violent World

“The work of Joseph Campbell and countless others makes it clear that the destructive aspects of the world, and the knowledge that each of us will die, has forever been a deep challenge to reconcile with a celebration of life. It’s not getting easier. There’s a web of relationships in a globalized world that make it difficult to live without being destructive. Even when sincerely striving to be peaceful, we may still be violent. When trying to help, we can cause harm. The laptop I use to write about peace runs on Congolese conflict minerals. Even something as simple as a toothbrush has a vast meaning when we explore it.” So where do we start? Matthew Legge shares more in this excerpt from his new book, “Are We Done Fighting?” { read more }

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What do you feel yourself being called to be fully present to at this time?

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August 4, 2019

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Gratefulness Embraces Parkinson’s

“I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s just over three years ago when I was 50. Receiving the diagnosis from a matter-of-fact doctor was a traumatizing experience, and I felt that my life and my family’s identity had collapsed. Life was difficult and still is difficult, yet something amazing is beginning to happen. I have slowly started to shift my attitude from the anger, fear, and loneliness brought on by the Parkinson’s and the grim predictions of a Parkinson’s future to a more body-based feeling of gratefulness for the wholeness of life as I experience it second by second. I have discovered not only profound wonder and indebtedness for the gift of my life and relationships but also a physical softening in the area of my heart and a growing ability to feel with my body joy, awe, and the interconnectedness that is hidden in plain sight all around us.” Tim Roberts shares more. { read more }

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Practice the shift from anger, fear or loneliness to the body-based feelings of gratefulness that Roberts speaks about in your own life this week.

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August 3, 2019

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Petra Wolf: Many Rivers Flowing

An early sense of abandonment, a missing gravestone, and an inheritance promised to her in a dream, were all part of the unusual chain of events that led Petra Wolf, a hairdresser-turned-environmental engineer, to the Camino de Santiago, and to Michael–the man she would one day marry. Over 15 years they followed an inner call and embraced the unknown together, walking to Jerusalem, sailing to India, living in a round house in Santa Fe, and more. All with the intention of creating a spiritual shift, within and without. In this candid interview, conducted the year after Michael’s unexpected passing, Petra looks back at her unique life, and the insights lighting the next stage of her journey. { read more }

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Consider what your own inner call is at this time–if you haven’t already, take the first steps towards it. Today.

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