Sangha of Auspicious Companions

May 16, 2022

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Neurodiversity and Creativity

“If we put neurodiversity with creativity together, what can we get? At the moment, what is dominant is what we call the deficit approach meaning, that we see neurodivergent processes as problems, disorders and abnomality. We have a medical model. There is a process of diagnosis, and various remedies are prescribed such as special equipment and human support, medication, etc. This essentially puts the onus on individuals to work things out themselves. But, how about we think of flipping things around? As an artist, I love flipping things around, turning them upside down to ask the what ifs?. And as someone with ADHD, I love trespassing boundaries and borders, and colliding contrasting elements together to make new, novel connections.” Dr Kai Syng Tan is an artist, curator, and researcher who “uses the body and mind in motion as processes of interrogating and making interventions in the world around her.” More in this interview. { read more }

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For more inspiration, check out this TEDx talk by Christine Ramsay on, “The Extraordinary Power of Neurodiversity.” { more }

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May 15, 2022

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Navigating the Mysteries

“The correct response to uncertainty is mythmaking. It always was. Not punditry, allegory, or mandate, but mythmaking. The creation of stories. We are tuned to do so, right down to our bones. The bewilderment, vivacity, and downright slog of life requires it. And such emerging art forms are not to cure or even resolve uncertainty but to deepen into it. There’s no solving uncertainty. Mythmaking is an imaginative labor not a frantic attempt to shift the mood to steadier ground. There isn’t any.” As we walk our questions into a troubled future, storyteller and mythologist Martin Shaw invites us to subvert todays voices of certainty and do the hard work of opening to mystery. { read more }

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You can learn more about Martin Shaw’s work and read more of his writing here. { more }

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May 14, 2022

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The Age of Invisible Stones

“We were old. We were weathered. We lost our youthful looks. We dotted Japans coastline. We stood at human height, sometimes taller. They called us tsunami stones. Our faces were carved with messages: build on higher ground. remember the last calamity. A few of us, near Kesennuma, had been around for six hundred years and our faces said: CHOOSE LIFE OVER YOUR POSSESSIONS.” When did the Anthropocene begin? For Kyo Maclear, it was when Japan started ignoring the heeds of its ‘tsunami stones.’ { read more }

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For more inspiration, check out this piece on Suiseki, the Japanese art of stone appreciation. { more }

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May 13, 2022

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Beyond Polarity

“This animated video offers hope for creating together the world that honors our collective needs by building on what unifies us. To make personal change that scales up to social change requires meeting our most important needs and recognizing that people are different. These differences can add color and richness to life and they can also be polarizing. Knowing another person’s needs is a starting point for understanding and co-creating the world that meets our collective needs.” { read more }

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Spend some time really listening to someone with whom you have experienced discord. Are you able to discern their needs? If so, does this affect your perceptions of the differences between you?

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May 12, 2022

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Iyore (I Return)

“My name is Imuetinyan Ugiagbe and I am a visual storyteller who happens to be visually impaired. The title of the piece I am sharing with you is Iyore (pronounced E YO RAY), which means I return in the Edo language. When I take a trip, I rarely think of whether I would make it home safely. But, all of that changed on the 13th of June, 2020.” Imuetinyan Ugiagbe shares more in this moving piece. { read more }

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For more inspiration, check out, “How to Hardwire Resilience into the Brain,” by Rick and Forrest Hanson. { more }

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May 11, 2022

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Resisting Revenge to Embrace Humanity

After a Palestinian sniper killed ten Israeli soldiers including her son, who was active in the peace movement, Robi Damelin’s first words were: “Do not take revenge in the name of my son.” Somewhere below the grief, she knew even in that moment that exacting vengeance would merely fuel the cycle of violence. In her pain, Robi couldn’t bear “business as usual” and closed down her PR office. She soon intersected with the Parents Circle-Families Forum, a grassroots group of Israeli and Palestinian families who lost loved ones to the conflict. The group became her refuge and path to self-discovery and activism through its focus on dialogue, mutual understanding, and reconciliation, and she is now PCFF’s spokesperson. The following post shares more, and includes the moving letter Damelin wrote to the sniper who killed her son. { read more }

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Join an Awakin Call with Robi Damelin this Saturday. More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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May 9, 2022

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Becoming Who You Are Meant to Be

“In this podcast, Dr. Bolen joins Sounds True founder Tami Simon to reflect on her many years as a writer, teacher, and activist, and how doing our soul work becomes the path to self-actualization, connection, and contribution throughout our lives. They also discuss our innate capacity for love and awe; becoming a whole-brain person; speaking up as a key aspect of individuation; gratitude and appreciation; the dandelion effect, or how seeds of beneficial ideas are carried to fertile ground; navigating liminal times; the predicament of just doing time with our lives; connecting with loved ones weve lost; becoming more familiar with your dark side of the moon; the metaphor of the millionth circle; and more.” { read more }

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Read Bolen’s poem, “Untapped Source of Peace,” and learn more about her work here. { more }

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