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July 28, 2016

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Giving To People Who Give

YouTube prankster Big Daws has over 1.7 million subscribers to his channel, BigDawsTV, but in this video, he addresses the issue of homelessness. Watch this social experiment in which Big Daws pretends to be a homeless person in need, and then gives to those that lend him a hand. “I just want to make the world a happier place and bring out the best in people.” { read more }

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Acknowledge the next person you see that does something kind for someone else.

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July 27, 2016

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When Resting is Resistance

Activists are impatient for the world we want to see. But though we seek to build a world beyond capitalism, we still fall into its traps, like the need for ceaseless productivity. We transpose capitalist definitions of ‘success’ onto social movements. We’re either winning or losing. Within capitalism, if you’re not growing and improving, you’re failing. Some of us fight because our lives depend on it, and safe survival is hinged on change. Amid all of this, our very own hearts can drift away from us, anxiety-filled and future-focused. We’re so used to resisting that we resist warning signs from our own minds and bodies, constantly talking about self-care, but rarely practicing it. { read more }

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We live in two worlds, inner and outer. Ask your body/mind from time to time what it really wants. What does it mean to care for the Self? Could each Self be connected with other Selves? Are we humans all brothers and sisters within a larger context?

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July 26, 2016

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Paying Attention, Discovering Joy

When asked whether the poems she wrote helped connect her to the joy they expressed, poet Barbara Crooker had this to say, “I write from personal experience. If you look at the facts of my life, you might not think that there would be much reason for rejoicing. My first child was stillborn and my first marriage fell apart partly because of this, my third daughter had a traumatic brain injury when she was 18, my son has autism. So I write in spite of, or in face of, the darkness, the suffering, that is part of the human condition, and if joy is the tone that comes through the most, I’m happy to hear this.” In a powerful interview Crooker shares more about grief, the art of paying attention, and her writing process. { read more }

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Join an Awakin Call with Barbara Crooker this Saturday, July 30th as she shares more on “Chronicling Life’s Loves, Losses, and Disabilities Through Poetry”. Details and RSVP information here. { more }

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July 25, 2016

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Why is the World So Beautiful?

Nobel physicist Frank Wilczek considers whether the deepest realities of the world embody beautiful ideas. He notes, “[[t]here’s a very rich history of art objects and music and what people have found beautiful, and literature, and we can compare that to what scientists find in their deep investigation of what the world is, and see not whether those things coincide — they clearly don’t coincide. There are forms of beauty that are not found in science and, there are facts about the world that are not beautiful. But there’s a remarkable intersection, I think, and a remarkable overlap between the concepts of beauty that you find in art and literature and music, and things that you find as the deepest themes of our understanding of the physical world.” { read more }

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Today, notice the natural beauty around you, the intricacies and ‘complementarity’ of it all as a work of art. Consider, too, your own duality as both a thinking, feeling, and dreaming being and a masterful system comprised of particles and light.

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July 24, 2016

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James George: If Not Now, When?

“International diplomat, author and visionary environmentalist James George is now 98. I met and interviewed him as he was about to get married at the age of 86. Having just received a copy of his most recent book, Last Call, I thought it fitting to revisit this earlier, light-emitting interview. As Jim George says, “You see, Consciousness is permeating human beings to the degree that it can, but we’re not receptive. We’re not allowing that penetration. Our fixed ideas, our cultural conditioning, are shedding consciousness like a raincoat sheds water! Even in the course of this conversation, there has been a good deal of floundering, but at times something has come through. I don’t feel what I’ve said is just from Jim George. The only decent stuff is coming through Consciousness itself. The same for you, isn’t it?””
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If youve been curious about taking up a meditation practice, maybe its time to begin. If nothing else, set aside ten minutes and just sit quietly and observe what takes place.

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July 23, 2016

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Why We Need to Cultivate Awe in the Workplace

“There’s a profound feeling that shifts us outside the box of the routine and familiar and opens us to something much larger than ourselves writes Homaira Kabir. We’ve all felt it — the goose bumps on our arms when standing below towering Eucalyptus trees or the expansive feeling in our chests when watching the sun slowly set in the horizon. Researchers define it as the emotion of awe. Like most positive emotions, it boosts physical health and inspires altruistic action. And yet, awe is more — because it recruits both motivations of the paradoxical human brain. It gives rise to a feeling of fear that is initiated in the more primitive parts of the brain. But it also opens us up to belonging to something much larger than the self, the most human of all needs. It is this whole brain functioning that is so essential for optimal performance, both in our personal lives and at work.” Read on to discover why leaders would do well to nurture awe’s daunting and exalting qualities in the workplace. { read more }

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Incorporate opportunities to experience awe into your daily routine and, if you are a leader, into the work place.

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July 22, 2016

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Letting Love Come In: Lessons from a Nursing Home

“Two and a half years ago my grandmother was placed in a nursing home where she will live out the rest of her life. She has dementia and so her memory capacity has been marred. Somehow though she remembers kindness. She is my constant teacher. One of things we like to do is walk down the halls in the nursing facility saying hello to the other residents…When I go to the nursing facility, it is like going to the village. I do not know the individuals histories but I have a sense of their spirits now and I have come to care for them. In that context, I would like to share a story of my time with my grandmother and some of these elders that I have come to think of as my relatives too in a way.”… { read more }

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The next time you encounter someone whom you find it difficult to communicate with, try to build a bridge that goes beyond language.

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