Sangha of Auspicious Companions

October 5, 2021

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Window of Possibility

“We live on Earth. Earth is a clump of iron and magnesium and nickel, smeared with a thin layer of organic matter, and sleeved in vapor. It whirls along in a nearly circular orbit around a minor star we call the sun. I know, the sun doesn’t seem minor. The sun puts the energy in our salads, milkshakes, hamburgers, gas tanks, and oceans. It literally makes the world go round. And it’s huge: The Earth is a chickpea and the sun is a beach ball.” So begins this piece, that goes onto explain why the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is the most incredible photograph ever taken { read more }

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Check out this selection of awe-inspiring images of space. { more }

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October 4, 2021

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A Quite Interesting Approach to Education

John Lloyd is the television producer and presenter of some of the most renowned UK comedies in recent decades, including Blackadder and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In 2002, he made the pilot of “QI” (an acronym for “Quite Interesting”), a popular show which is now in its 18th series on the BBC. “When I started QI, only about five per cent of people that I talked to understood what it was really getting at. They said: “Oh, it’s a game”, but I would say: “No, it’s a principle”. The principle at the core of QI is that literally everything in the universe without exception is interesting — if looked at long enough or closely enough or from the right angle. This is a philosophy that really works. Over and over again we have proved that something that looks dull is not dull. It works for anything — any country, any fruit, any town, any house, any person.” He shares more in this interview. { read more }

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Try looking closely at something today, that in your typical frame of mind, you would find uninteresting or utterly trivial. See what happens if you examine it “long enough or closely enough, or from the right angle.”

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October 3, 2021

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Mizuko Kuyo: A Unique Japanese Grieving Ritual

When parents lose a child, there are rituals to mark their grief — holding funerals, sitting shiva, bringing casseroles. But when that loss happens before birth, it often isn’t marked. Sometimes, it’s barely even mentioned. It’s different in Japan, which has a traditional Buddhist ceremony that some US Americans are adopting as their own. Called ‘mizuko kuyo’, which could be translated to ‘water baby memorial service’, this ritual originated in Japan post WWII, and draws on the idea that life is like water, a fluid resource with no beginning or end. This NPR piece shares more. { read more }

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What rituals could you gently adapt/adopt to grieve what has been lost in your life? While you contemplate this, here is a poem by Barbara Crooker that evokes the raw tenderness of irreplaceable losses { more }

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October 2, 2021

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The Difference Between Healing & Curing

“In my thirty years of working with cancer patients, I’ve seen a profound distinction between curing and healing. Curing is what a physician seeks to offer you. Healing, however, comes from within us. It’s what *we* bring to the table. Healing can be described as a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual process of coming home.” The founder of Commonweal, Dr. Michael Learner shares more. { read more }

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“Already Free” is a new documentary that traces the transformative healing journeys of two individuals through the practice of a particular form of Qi Gong. You can watch it here. { more }

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October 1, 2021

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How Do You Be?

“‘How are you?’ Back before the pandemic, when you and I would greet other people by asking this question, we usually didn’t expect or desire a real answer. If we got one, it had better be brief, and not too grim or involved. We weren’t up for longwinded or dreary responses. That’s not how the game was played. The pandemic might have altered our customary ‘How are yous?’ a bit. It might have made them less superficial, and more sincere. Those three words definitely mean more to me now than they used to. How about you?” Phyllis Cole Dai shares more in this thoughtful piece. { read more }

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“How do you be?” Consider the question for yourself, in the light of Phyllis Cole-Dai’s post. For more inspiration, join a 21-Day Interfaith Compassion Challenge that starts this weekend. More details here. { more }

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September 30, 2021

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The Wisdom of Salmon

What can salmon teach us about sustainability in a complex environment? Marine biologist Alexandra Morton shares startling new research that lets us decode the information stored in a salmon’s immune system. The data reveals where we’re harming the fish, the ocean, and ourselves — ultimately revealing lessons for how humans can thrive on this planet without destroying it. { read more }

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Listen to the wisdom the natural world is sharing about how to thrive as part of the environment you live in.

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September 29, 2021

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Calling Team Earth

“Paul Hawken is a world-renowned environmentalist, activist, and author. His works include Blessed Unrest, Drawdown, and Sustainable Revolution. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Paul about the call to action in his newest book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation. Paul and Tami discuss the accelerating effects of climate change and how global society might respond. Paul comments on the lack of public engagement with the situation, emphasizing that old and entrenched human behavioral patterns wont solve the problem. Tami and Paul talk about the nature of social change, resources for everyday climate action, and the fascinating climate-shifting possibilities of the Azolla fern. Finally, they speak on the importance of staying active and joyous even when the scale of the crisis feels overwhelming.” { read more }

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Join upcoming calls with an inspiring line-up of change-makers in this “Law of Love” series honoring Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. { more }

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September 28, 2021

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Getting Back in Time

“Time has a hold on us, there is no escaping it. Sometimes it can seem to govern our lives: we’re pressed for it; we don’t have any; it’s running out. We need to be on time and in time. At other ‘times’ we can find we have got time on our hands — or better, the ease of having all the time in the world. It is such a vital aspect of our lives that telling the time is one of the first skills we teach our children. However, after the early years of primary school, and despite its ever-presence and undoubted significance, time disappears from the curriculum.” In this thoughtful essay, Richard Gault explores the difference between clock time, and the Greek notion of ‘kairos’, or ‘knowing the right moment,’ and surfaces ways in which technology has radically altered our relationship to time. { read more }

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For more inspiration, check out this On Being interview with Richard Rohr, “Living in Deep Time.” { more }

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