Sangha of Auspicious Companions

June 1, 2022

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Suzanne Simard: Forests are Wired for Wisdom

“Suzanne Simard is the forest ecologist who has proven, beyond doubt, that trees communicate with each other that a forest is a single organism wired for wisdom and care. Simard found that the processes that make for a high-functioning forest mirror the maps of the human brain that were also just now drawing. All of this turns out to be catching up with intelligence long held in aboriginal science. She calls the mature hub trees in a forest Mother Trees parenting, eldering, in a mode of mutuality and reciprocity, modeling what we also know to be true of genuinely flourishing human ecosystems.” { read more }

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Learn more about Suzanne Simard’s work and her book, “Finding the Mother Tree,” here. { more }

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May 31, 2022

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For One Day of Freedom

“”Even if life stops, love goes on.” This quote of Bishop Steven Charleston’s has never been more
real to me than this year, which has seen the posthumous publication by ANTIBOOKCLUB of my
husband Blyden B. Jackson Jr’s final novel, ‘For One Day of Freedom,’ completed before his death
in April of 2012. The publication of this novel, which was passed over by mainstream publishers
when we tried unsuccessfully to have it published while Blyden was still alive, is a testament to
his commitment to the act and power of storytelling. And to paraphrase the publisher, Gabriel Levinson, it also speaks to mine and Blyden’s love “and to the endurance of goodwill over hate”. In the thirty-eight years that we spent together I came to know of Blyden’s deep
commitment to civil rights for all people and of his work in the Civil Rights movement of the
1960’s.” Jane Jackson shares a powerful glimpse into her husband’s remarkable novel, that powerfully portrays the injustices of slavery and holds deep relevance for our times. { read more }

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Join a circle this Sunday with Jane Jackson, Gabriel Levinson (publisher), and Brandyn Adeo (philosophy professor). More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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May 30, 2022

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Anna Breytenbach: The Animal Communicator

Anna Breytenbach is a professional interspecies communicator and the subject of a documentary titled, ‘The Animal Communicator.’ Breytenbach’s lifework is dedicated to interspecies communication. Over the last couple of decades she has worked with baboons, great white sharks, big cats, and other creatures across multiple continents, astounding people with her capacity to connect with animals in all kinds of different settings and situations. What follows is an interview between Charles Eisenstein and Breytenbach. { read more }

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Watch this short excerpt from a documentary on Breytenbafch’s work that captures her transformative encounter with a troubled black leopard. { more }

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May 29, 2022

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The Moth: All These Wonders

“The Moth was founded in 1997 by the writer George Dawes Green — its name comes from his memories of growing up in St. Simons Island, Ga., where neighbors would gather late at night on a friend’s porch to tell stories and drink bourbon as moths flew in through the broken screens and circled the porch light. It has since grown into what its artistic director, Catherine Burns, calls “a modern storytelling movement”…A wonderful new book, ‘The Moth Presents: All These Wonders’ — which takes its title from a thrilling account by the NASA scientist Cathy Olkin of last-minute emergency repairs made to the New Horizons spacecraft as it traveled three billion miles to get a close-up of Pluto gathers 45 stories from the last two decades. Some are heartbreakingly sad; some laugh-out-loud funny; some momentous and tragic; almost all of them resonant or surprising.” { read more }

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Consider the stories that have shaped you and your life. For inspiration, check out more stories on The Moth podcast here.o { more }

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May 28, 2022

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They Still Draw Pictures

“”They still draw pictures!” So wrote the editors of an influential collection of childrens art that was compiled in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War. Eighty years later, war continues to upend children’s lives in Ukraine, Yemen and elsewhere. In January, UNICEF projected that 177 million children worldwide would require assistance due to war and political instability in 2022. This included 12 million children in Yemen, 6.5 million in Syria and 5 million in Myanmar. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 added 7 million more children to this number. To date, more than half of Ukraine’s children have been internally or externally displaced. Many more have faced disruptions to education, health care and home life. And yet they, too, still draw pictures.” { read more }

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Learn more about an online gallery of art by Ukrainian children here. { more }

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May 27, 2022

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Buddha of Oakland

When Dan Stevenson placed a stone Buddha across the street from his house in Oaklands Eastlake neighborhood, it was out of desperation.The corner had become an impromptu dump. City signs warning of punishment did nothing to change things. Dan asked himself if there might be another approach; something simple. He never imagined the positive energy chain that would ensue. { read more }

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Is there a situation in your own life that has brought you to the point of desperation? How might you change the energy with a simple action coming from love?

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May 26, 2022

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Painting with Mom

“My mother requires such presence, slowing down and attentiveness. Due to a very rare blood disorder, as we move her, we cannot let any part of her body bump into anything as it will create huge internal bruises that often do not stop bleeding. Additionally, due to a traumatic brain injury and subsequent mini strokes, her left side is now paralyzed and the right side is also very limited in strength so she is not able move herself or sit up on her own anymore. Her short term memory has been non existent since the fall 5 years ago and once a math whiz from the Wharton School of Business, she no longer can compute the simplest 1+1 equations. So what remains? What remains with so much loss of body and mental function?” Artist Pamela Sukhum writes about the profound gifts and life lessons embedded in the process of caring for her beloved mother. { read more }

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Learn more about ‘The Beautiful Project,’ an initiative born out of Pamela Sukhum’s love for creating art, and her great desire to share that joy with others in healing and transformative ways. { more }

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