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The Most Precious Freedom

–by David Foster Wallace (Jun 12, 2013) Here is just one example of the total wrongness of something I tend to be automatically sure of: everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of … Continue reading

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Paths Are Made By Walking

-by Nipun Mehta (Jul 27, 2012) Sages have long informed us that when we serve others unconditionally, we shift from the me-to-the-we and connect more deeply with the other.  That matrix of inter-connections allows for a profound quality of mental quietude. … Continue reading

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Deep Inner Peace: Only a Thought Away

-by Jill Bolte Taylor (Jul 20, 2012) One of the greatest lessons I learned was how to feel the physical component of emotion. Joy was a feeling in my body. Peace was a feeling in my body. I thought it was interesting … Continue reading

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The Art of Disappearing

–by Naomi Shihab Nye (Jun 06, 2012) When they say Don’t I know you? say no. When they invite you to the party remember what parties are like before answering. Someone telling you in a loud voice they once wrote … Continue reading

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Each of Us, a Miniature Wholeness

–by Vimala Thakar (Nov 24, 2011) Internally, we are divided against ourselves; the emotions want one thing, the intellect another, the impulses of the body yet another, and a conflict takes place which is no different in quality, although it is in … Continue reading

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In Defense of a (Truly) Radical Movement

[Great write-up from sister Rebecca!  Let's spread it far and wide... and let's: Liberate ourselves from the shackles and bondage of slave wage. Liberate our hearts and minds from the oppression of colonialism. Occupy our beings with courage and loving-kindness. Please receive … Continue reading

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BeLOVED CommUNITY

[From an email sent in January 2009] As we conclude another lap around our magnificent star in our living-organic-spaceship, I’d like to bring to your attention, beloved family, beLOVED commUNITY, how grateful I feel to know you all and to … Continue reading

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Something Revolutionary… what about LIFE?

[An email sent in the era of The Phoenix Coalition, after an old paradigm event where people were not very energized by it because of the broadcast top-down approach.] Subject: Something Revolutionary… what about LIFE? Cooperation + Sharing

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