Sangha of Auspicious Companions

June 6, 2021

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Tea, Ink, Life’s Mystery

“Amidst the hectic streets of San Francisco,
an elderly man, a small calming dot of black in a fast-moving wave, is momentarily glimpsed on the streets then reappears translucently through glass. He is visible only to those that take the time to see. What is singular about the man is his mesmerizing slowness. Silent Crescendo,
directed by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee for The Global Oneness Project, is a meditative and intimate portrait of ex-Yugoslavian emigre artist Slobodan Dan Paich. It follows his daily ritual of creating simple drawings with tea and ink,
which transcends art making.” { read more }

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Is there a practice in your life that puts you in contact with an inner intelligence? For more inspiration, check out this interview with Slobodan Dan Paich. { more }

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June 5, 2021

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The Way of the Nomad

A “global nomad” with strong African roots, Wakanyi Hoffman and her husband have been raising their four multicultural and mixed race children across seven countries, three continents, on a mission to teach them to embrace the whole world as their home. They have called Kenya, United States, Nepal, Philippines, Ethiopia, Thailand and now the Netherlands home. “Life as a nomad, as we had come to understand from others who were living the same way, is measured not by our ability to adapt to new places, but by the agony of choosing to physically distance ourselves from the familiar. But to abandon old ways and embrace new changes comes at the expense of this social experiment, testing the extents of our resilience. And yet change, as we have also come to discover, is the only constant to the human experience.” She shares more in this beautiful piece. { read more }

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Join today’s Awakin call with Wakanyi Hoffman, “An Ubuntu Keeper of Indigenous Origin.” More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.”

The individuals in this week’s stories seem to live by a very similar philosophy. I’m especially amazed by the teens featured in this week’s video and their sense of maturity, clarity, and conviction. –Guri

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June 4, 2021

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Emergence Disturbs the Concept of Linearity

When Bayo Akomolafe was a child he prayed to God for a “faith-o-meter” — some kind of tool that would measure his worthiness and assure him of his place in heaven. “Of course I didn’t get my prayer answered,” he says. “But I got something better than an answer, I got bewildered, and I am in a state of bewilderment now.” An academic, poet and philosopher, Bayo Akomolafe has dedicated his life to mediating between the spiritual and the scientific. Raised as a Christian in the hyper-religious Nigerian capital of Lagos, he studied Psychology and then while researching for his PhD spent 7 years lecturing at Nigeria’s Covenant University. In 2016, he co-founded The Emergence Network, an alliance of people, initiatives and communities using art, research and ritual to reframe some of the world’s interlocking social and environmental problems.” { read more }

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Learn more about Bayo’s life and work here. { more }

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Wendell Berry: The Peace of Wild Things

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June 3, 2021

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Phone of the Wind

“‘Hello. If you’re out there, please listen to me.’ On a hill overlooking the ocean in Otsuchi Town in northeastern Japan is a phone booth known as the ‘Telephone of the Wind.’ It is connected to nowhere, but people come to ‘call’ family members lost during the tsunami of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Many visit the phone booth including a mother and 3 children who have lost their father. This documentary looks at the unique role that this phone is playing in helping the grieving process of many. { read more }

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Think of someone you have lost in your own life. Consider what words you might speak to the through the “Telephone of the Wind.”

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June 2, 2021

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The Forest of Orchids

“As Colombia continues to suffer violence and unrest, one family seeks to change the country’s story from one of destruction to one of restoration and healing by planting thousands of native orchids across a mountainside.” { read more }

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Take a small step today in the spirit of healing and restoration.

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June 1, 2021

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The Alchemy of Bowing

“Since the third century CE to this day, bowing to the Buddha is the most common practice for Asian Buddhists. However, among Westerners, bowing practice, as compared with meditation, is not as well-known. Last summer, I had an opportunity to speak with Reverend Heng Sure, the director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, and asked for more information about Buddhist bowing and repentance. In the late 1970s, Reverend Sure and a fellow monk did a three-year bowing pilgrimage for world peace along the coast of California. Their journey began in Pasadena and ended three years and 800 miles later at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah. And most astonishingly, their knees had already endured over a million bows…” Rev. Heng Sure shares more on the alchemy of bowing in this interview. { read more }

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For more inspiration, join an Awakin Call with Rev. Heng Sure on June 2nd. More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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May 31, 2021

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Love Letters from Seaweed

“Love Letters from Seaweed was created during the summer months I spent exploring mid-Coast Maine. Each day just before sunrise, I biked to Birch Point Beach to witness the shores changing topography and the traces of ocean life spilled by the tide. Intrigued, I photographed spontaneous configurations of seaweed and natural artifacts in unworldly colors, brought together by spume and sand.” Visual artist Katherine Minott shares more. { read more }

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“Unfurl, uncurl like seaweed returned to the sea” is a line from this stunning short poem by A.S.J. Tessimond, titled “Daydream.” Read it here. What does it evoke in you? { more }

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