Category Archives: Awakin Oakland
One Foot/Lead With Love
by Melanie DeMore Song’s Lyrics: You gotta put one foot in front of the otherAnd lead with lovePut one foot in front of the otherAnd lead with love (repeat all 4 lines) Verses (call and response)Don’t give up hopeYou’re not … Continue reading
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Once the World Was Perfect
by Joy Harjo Once the world was perfect, and we were happy in that world.Then we took it for granted.Discontent began a small rumble in the earthly mind.Then Doubt pushed through with its spiked head.And once Doubt ruptured the web,All … Continue reading
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We Shall Overcome: Love Will Rise Again
by Nimo Patel & Daniel Nahmod This week we are featuring the inspirational hip hop artist, Nimo Patel who has spent many years at the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Patel has done humanitarian work for underprivileged children in … Continue reading
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Thirsty for Wonder
by Mirabai Starr Contemplative life flows in a circular pattern: awe provokes introspection, which invokes awe. Maybe you’re making dinner and you step outside to snip chives from the kitchen garden just as the harvest moon is rising over the … Continue reading
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Don’t Get Serious, Get Real
by Minister Michael Beckwith Has anyone ever told you that you take yourself too seriously? Or maybe you remember a past conversation when you confided to a friend, “Oh, he takes himself so seriously that it’s hard to be around … Continue reading
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Lorena, la de pies ligeros | Light-Footed Woman
by Juan Carlos Rulfo (Director) Mediation & Movie Awakin Circle María Lorena Ramirez Hernández lives a pastoral life in Copper Canyon (land of Tarahumaras) except from when she participates in long-distance running competitions. Lorena has own dozens of marathons and … Continue reading
The Birth of American Music
Produced by Andy Mills and Annie Brown [ 1619 podcast ] 1619 Podcast, emerged on the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American Slavery. A NYTimes collaboration that “aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and … Continue reading
The World Needs Your Cargo: Kozo Hattori & Sue Cochrane
by Kozo Hattori, Sue Cochrane In July of 2020, beloved ServiceSpace friends Kozo Hattori, and Sue Cochrane, came together for a virtual conversation in the presence of community. Both were navigating stark realities with cancer. Their luminous exchange was threaded with … Continue reading
An Unusual Gift From My Grandfather
by Rachel Naomi Remen Often, when he came to visit, my grandfather would bring me a present. These were never the sorts of things that other people brought, dolls and books and stuffed animals. My dolls and stuffed animals have … Continue reading
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Life
by Rabindranath Tagore (Poet) I shall not ever easily forget, My heart shall fill up with life, Even in death, lies hidden That endless life In the lightning and thunder, your flute plays, But that is no ordinary tune, I … Continue reading
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