Sangha of Auspicious Companions

April 3, 2021

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It Couldn’t Be Clearer

“Interrelatedness is one of Brian Swimme’s powers of the universe that I have been contemplating. I could have accompanied this particular exploration with any picture I have. Every flower, every leaf, every tree trunk, every mushroom is only here because of a web of relationships. With air, water, fungi, microbes, insects. With their fellow plants, the soil their roots penetrate, the beings growing on those roots, the slowly dissolving stone forming the soil. And they know they have these relationships. They smell each other, reach out to each other, signal each other, warn of danger. Trees nurture and protect their offspring. They send messages along savvy fungal networks. A seed won’t open its case unless it senses that its necessary cohorts for growth are in place. It will wait decades, even centuries, for that to happen.” { read more }

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Take a moment to look around you. Can you tune into the interconnections that lie beneath the surface of this moment and place in time? For more inspiration read,”7 Lessons for Leaders in Systems Change.” { more }

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April 2, 2021

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Poems from a Once-Upon-A-Time Inmate

Ra Avis’s searing poetry was born from her experiences in incarceration, and her life as a returning citizen. She is an award-winning blogger, and author, who describes herself as,’a once-upon-a-time inmate, a reluctantly-optimistic widow, and a generational storyteller.’ She shares two of her powerful poems here. { read more }

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Check out Ra’s compelling blog posts on incarceration and much more here. { more }

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April 1, 2021

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Ariel Burger: Beyond Words

“My best friend was going to art school, and I was very drawn to that path. But I chose not to follow it, because I wanted to find the all-encompassing discipline. I wouldn’t have used those words then, but that was really what it was. I wanted to find the thing that would be the source for art, but also the source of being a person, and the source of meaning–and a response to mortality.” Artist and author Rabbi Ariel Burger crossed paths with Elie Wiesel early on his life, and grew up to serve as a TA in Wiesel’s classroom. In this in-depth interview Burger many facets about the place of music and art-making in his life. “You have to find your own path,” he says, “You have to perceive your unique form of mystical madness. That’s important. But the test of that path is always: Am I becoming kinder? Am I becoming more sensitive to other people? Am I becoming more compassionate? Am I becoming more responsible?” { read more }

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Consider your own path and how you define it. Now try testing it with Burger’s questions. What does the process reveal for you?

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