Sangha of Auspicious Companions

September 6, 2021

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Monet Refuses the Operation

“Doctor, you say there are no haloes
around the streetlights in Paris
and what I see is an aberration
caused by old age, an affliction.
I tell you it has taken me all my life
to arrive at the vision of gas lamps as angels,
to soften and blur and finally banish
the edges you regret I don’t see…”
In this exquisite poem, Lisel Mueller lyrically explores Monet’s real-life refusal to undergo cataract surgery. { read more }

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September 5, 2021

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Re-inhabiting the World

“The plants that grow out of pavements have a history longer than our own. Birds communicate their news in songs and calls. Insects tunnel their way through the earth. The clouds draw the geography of the sky and the stars speak the language of light. We are surrounded by a living and vibrant universe that we barely know, and that we rarely feel as our own.” In the following excerpt Fabiana Fondevila shares a glowing invitation to re-inhabit our world. { read more }

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September 4, 2021

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I Don’t Seem to Be Fine

A disorder caused by a medical treatment for malaria, a too-common affliction for children in Uganda, can lead to constant pain and a debilitating handicap for the children who receive this treatment. Ugandan medical professionals have developed a successful surgical remedy that, along with physical therapy, greatly improves the children’s quality of life. With support from a team of medical colleagues from Canada and the United States, the Ugandan health care team successfully provide life changing surgery for 112 children whose joyful smiles post surgery speak to the life giving nature of this intervention { read more }

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September 3, 2021

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Anil Gupta: India’s Hidden Hotbeds of Invention

Where does creativity reside in today’s world? Is it the monopoly of the educated elite or does it reside within the cracks of our ‘well-ordered’ systems? In this engaging TED talk, Anil Gupta asks this humbling, soul-searching question, and provides some responses. Read on to see and hear a stunning patchwork quilt of indigenous entrepreneurs and inventors whose ingenuity has changed lives for the better. { read more }

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September 2, 2021

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Valentina Suzukei and the Music of Tuva

“Tuva is the epicenter of a rare form of throat singing, in which our ears seem to magically hear multiple pitches and melodies emerging all at once from a single note sung in a drone. Valentina Szkei is the world’s leading expert on Tuvan music, especially the variant known as Xmei. Unfortunately, her research and preservation of Tuvan culture has never been translated into English, despite its invaluable significance illuminating profound musical practices not well known outside of Tuva. This was one of many reasons I traveled across the world to interview her in 2014. Together, we journeyed to remote villages near the borders of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China to meet musicians, shamans, hunters and instrument builders. These remarkable people embody the unique ways traditional Tuvan culture syncretizes music, spirituality, and a quantum perception of nature.” Filmmaker Steve Elkin delves deep into the heart of a profound art form in this interview. { read more }

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September 1, 2021

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The Dancing Doctor

On a chilly morning in November, 2013, Deborah Cohan, MD, a clinical professor and program director at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, walked into an operating suite, her curly hair tucked under a cap, not to perform surgery but to undergo a double mastectomy for breast cancer. Within minutes, the sterile room began to enliven with R&B drumbeats, and the entire surgical team erupted into dance to Beyonce’s “Get Me Bodied,” with Cohan in the center of it all. This flash mob video, captured by the anesthesiologist, went viral — with over eight million views to date — and even Beyonce herself posted it on her Facebook page. “What better time to celebrate life,” said Cohan, “than when you’re facing death?” In 2014, a year after her surgery, Cohan founded Foundation for Embodied Medicine (FEM), a nonprofit organization to bring this embodied wisdom to patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. More about her journey here. { read more }

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Join an Awakin Call on September 11th, 2021 with this compassionate physician and expressive dancer in a call that will be part conversation, part workshop, with an invitation to explore body awareness, conscious movement, and embodied presence in a collective field. RSVP info here. { more }

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August 31, 2021

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Building Belonging: Being an Ambassador to the Earth

“john a. powell is the director of the Othering & Belonging Institute and a professor of law, African American studies, and ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He previously directed the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University, and the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota. He is also the author of Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with john about how to create a culture of deep belonging. They discuss what it takes to become “belonging activists,” a process that begins with empathetic and compassionate listening. john also explores the large and small ways othering occurs in our society. Finally, Tami and john talk about the spiritual lessons we can learn from suffering.” { read more }

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