Category Archives: wisdom

When Savoring a Pleasant Moment Is a Radical Act

Posted on May 10, 2021 by awakinOAK

by Ari Honarvar May 9, 2020 As we grapple with the first global pandemic lockdown of our lifetime, our daily routines have been upended, and it’s difficult to keep up with new changes. Many of us are overwhelmed by the precarious … Continue reading →

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Thirsty for Wonder

Posted on May 3, 2021 by awakinOAK

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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The Birth of American Music

Posted on March 15, 2021 by awakinOAK

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 →

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The World Needs Your Cargo: Kozo Hattori & Sue Cochrane

Posted on March 9, 2021 by awakinOAK

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 →

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An Unusual Gift From My Grandfather

Posted on March 2, 2021 by awakinOAK

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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The Eyes Are Useless When the Mind Is Blind

Posted on February 8, 2021 by awakinOAK

by Carlos Mora Molina We invite you to a very unique evening of Meditation & Mindfulness. Our special guest, Carlos Mora, will guide you on an experiential journey of the senses with Mindfulness techniques he has learned through 20 years … Continue reading →

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In Eyes Of God, We’re All Minorities

Posted on February 1, 2021 by awakinOAK

by Barbara Brown Taylor Krister Stendahl, former dean of Harvard Divinity school, told a reporter shortly before his death in 2008, “In the eyes of God, we are all minorities. That’s a rude awakening for many, who have never come … Continue reading →

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We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical (2020)

Posted on January 18, 2021 by awakinOAK

by Amy Schatz, Diane Kolyer, Sara Rodriguez (Producers) Meditation & Movie Awakin Circle Every year in Oakland, CA, hundreds of pre-K through 12th grade students compete in the Martin Luther King Oratorical Festival, performing a mix of published and original … Continue reading →

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The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance

Posted on January 18, 2021 by pancho

By Robin Wall Kimmerer [As Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and ecological systems to … Continue reading →

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How Important Is the Truth?

Posted on January 11, 2021 by awakinOAK

by [Priest] Matthew Fox To grasp what is happening in [the United States of ] America at this time, it might be good to first meditate on Truth. *No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as … Continue reading →

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