Category Archives: fearlessness

True Integrity As Fidelity To Truth

by Aisha Salem (May 3, 2013) In the turnover from the personal to the impersonal, the clear and truly loving, we face a definite turnover of our very understanding of what integrity is. In the exact same way as the definition of … Continue reading

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To All Heart Warriors…

by Georgia Simone (Apr 19, 2013)   The truth is, your heart is already and always free. The truth is, that as you rest your attention more and more into the love that you are, prior to all thoughts, emotions, and sensations – the … Continue reading

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In The Hearts Of The Farm Workers

–by César Chávez (Apr 04, 2013) In honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.’s memory we also acknowledge nonviolence as a truly powerful weapon to achieve equality and liberation. [...] Dr. King’s entire life was an example of power that nonviolence brings to bear … Continue reading

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Kindness and Rebellion

–by Sharon Salzberg (Mar 15, 2013) A friend of mine, at the end of a retreat, offered a provocative reflection that intrigued and inspired me. After looking intensively at her inner experience for nine days of meditation and seeing many of her … Continue reading

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The Blessing Of the Elephants

–by Michael Meade (Feb 08, 2013) I had been working with young people in Watts, South Central, Los Angeles. We had worked hard to dispel the despair that gathers in certain neighborhoods although it arises from all streets where dreams are deferred. Arriving home, I … Continue reading

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Action to Heal the Nuclear Madness

Art piece by brother Chris Jordan –watch the TED talk about his ARTivism. ‘Unsinkable’ depicts 67,000 mushroom clouds, equal to the number of metric tons of ultra-radioactive uranium/plutonium waste being stored in temporary pools at the 104 nuclear power plants across the [part of the Planet we … Continue reading

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Love Your Opponents: You Don’t Need to Like Them

by Martin Luther King Jr.  (Jan 18, 2013) There will come a time, in many instances, when the person who hates you most, the person who has misused you most, the person who has gossiped about you most, the person who … Continue reading

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Giving Somebody Your Heart

by Christopher Lowman  (Jan 11, 2013) In every interaction you have with another human being—doesn’t matter who—you always have two main choices. (The keyword is choice.) One choice usually leads to logical (boring) interaction, politeness, formalities. And, more importantly, a lack of … Continue reading

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Intergenerational Justice & Responsible Caring

by Kathleen Dean Moore  (Dec 28, 2012) Our generation is witnessing the end of the old era and the start of a new one, when human culture will determine the future of the Earth. Theologian Thomas Berry said, “My generation has … Continue reading

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Our Ecological Self: A Great Source Of Strength

by Joanna Macy  (Dec 21, 2012) Rather than viewing our self as a fixed thing with characteristics that can’t be changed, we can think of ourselves as a flow of becoming. This perspective invites a greater sense of possibility. We participate … Continue reading

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