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August 2, 2018

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Toward a New Conception of God

“Every human being is born with an intrinsic yearning to understand, to contact and, eventually, to serve something higher in ourselves and in the universe. Plato calls this yearning eros. It defines us as human beings — even more than our biological nature, our social conditioning or our ordinary reasoning capacity. Our modern world-view tragically misperceives and wrongly defines what it is to be human.” Jacob Needleman shares more in this insightful essay. { read more }

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How do you honor your own aspiration to connect with and serve something higher within yourself and our universe? For more inspiration read this in-depth interview with Needleman: “The Great Unknown is Me, Myself”. { more }

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August 1, 2018

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Today is a Gift

One afternoon, a group of people showed up a farmers’ market with armfuls of wrapping paper and colorful ribbons. They came to gift-wrap the entire street to remind everyone that the present moment is a gift. ” We are literally just wrapping up everything in sight” an organizer tells a passerby. Wrapping up the tables and chairs, placing bows on people and dogs — this video is a joyful reminder to celebrate the gift of today. { read more }

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Take time to notice and appreciate the present moment. Then share that appreciation with those around you.

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July 31, 2018

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Seven Ways Our Businesses Can Help Refugees

There are over 25 million refugees in the world today. Melissa Fleming, chief spokesperson for the UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency has written extensively on ways in which individuals can support displaced people. In this article and TEDtalk, she describes how businesses can do their part: help refugees get work; be an advocate; develop goods and services refugees need; exchange ideas and know-how with nonprofit organizations that serve refugees; put money in funds that invest in refugees; engage in smart philanthropy; serve as a role model for other businesses. These seven ideas are simple but show how businesses can have a profound impact on the lives of displaced people worldwide. { read more }

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Ffind out how you can help refugees and commit to doing just one thing. { more }

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July 30, 2018

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Healing Civilization Nature’s Way

Cities of the future should have less grey and more green, according to leading thinkers Thomas Lovejoy and Jonathan F. P. Rose. In this Garrison Institute mashup conversation between biological diversity expert and urban developer, we get an overview of what might really work. Says Lovejoy, “I’m actually hoping that particularly when the ecosystem restoration part of the solution to climate change really takes off, it will change people’s perception of the planet on which we live. They’ll see that it is in fact a linked biological and physical system, and that we are far better off embracing nature rather than turning our backs to it. That will get people to buy in at the abstract level, but the other really important thing to do is just get people out in nature … so that they actually experience the wonder of it firsthand. So that’s my wild dream.” Read on for more. { read more }

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Start a conversation about nature today.

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July 29, 2018

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Green Museum

“I think artists have the opportunity not just to call attention to problems and preach, but to really help solve problems, to help create things that work better, that are just more beautiful and right. We’re far more likely to do things that are good for us as a society if we’re drawn to them because they look better, are more meaningful and tasty. These are things we’ll choose to do simply because they feel better.” This interview with artist Sam Bower shares more. { read more }

Be The Change

Start with your own environment — back yard, front yard, window box, roof? Let your imagination go to work. Come up with one or two or three things you can do to make your own environment more beautiful, healthier, more tasty.

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July 28, 2018

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What I Regret Most Are Failures of Kindness

For many people, the things we regret in life might be the big ones: either moral failings, career opportunities missed on the way to success, or all those things that fall into the category of “adventures we should have taken.” For American writer George Saunders, his list of regrets is quite simple: failures of kindness. What grabs at his heart the most is missing those seemingly insignificant chances to make a difference for the better in someone’s life. His story of a lonely classmate who never felt his kindness may give us reason to reconsider what we value and how we can make the world a little kinder in small ways. { read more }

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Can you recall a regret and allow that to transform you into living with more kindness today?

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July 27, 2018

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Moshe Feldenkrias: Learn to Learn

Rarely does a teacher take the time to explain to a student how to learn. They will explain the topic and sometimes how to learn that topic, but how to learn in general so you can learn anything is rarely approached. In this short essay on Awareness Through Movement, Moshe Feldenkrais, the founder of the Feldenkrais Method (a form of somatic education) does just that. His intent is to enable us to learn at our own rate. For most of us, that is a radical concept. By following his simple instructions, we will not become stressed when we are learning and we will be giving ourselves a real chance to learn to learn. { read more }

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Identify one learning or physical goal this week and use Feldenkrais’ strategies to learn/practice it. Compare your results with how you have learned something in the past. How was this time different? { more }

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