On Building a Community of Love |
| bell hooks Meets With Thich Nhat Hanh to Ask: How Do We Build a Community of Love? "A central theme of all about love is that from childhood into adulthood we are often taught misguided and false assumptions about the nature of love. Perhaps the most common false assumption about love is that love means we will not be challenged or changed. No doubt this is why people who read writing about racism, sexism, homophobia, religion, etc. that challenges their set assumptions tend to see that work as harsh rather than loving." "Of all the definitions of love that abound in our universe, a special favorite of mine is the one offered in The Road Less Traveled by psychoanalyst M. Scott Peck. Defining love as "the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth," he draws on the work of Erich Fromm to emphasize again and again that love is first and foremost exemplified by action-by practice-not solely by feeling." Read more on ShambhalaSun.com |
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George Harrison |
| "The "Quiet Beatle" found musical and spiritual inspiration in Eastern philosophy.
After George Harrison's passing, the press noted his long involvement with Eastern
spirituality, the Indian musical touches he lent to Beatles' albums, and the publicity
surrounding the group's time with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. But one remarkable story
was overlooked: how Harrison himself was introduced to yoga and Eastern philosophy."
Read more on YogaJournal.com |
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Telephone Meditation |
| "The telephone is very convenient, but we can be tyrannized by it.
We may find its ring disturbing or feel interrupted by too many
calls. When we talk on the phone, we may forget that we are
talking on the telephone, wasting precious time (and money).
Often we talk about things that are not that important. How many
times have we received our phone bill and winced at the amount
of it?"
Read more on Tricycle.com |
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Singing to God: |
| "In the winter of 1968, Krishna Das met Ram Dass, who had just returned from his first
trip to India and was regaling everyone with stories about his new and wondrous guru, Neem
Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji). Intrigued, Krishna Das traveled to India to meet him and wound up
staying three years, spending as much time as possible with Maharaj-ji, and his life would
never be the same. While there, his heart became especially enflamed by the intense devotional
practice of kirtan- chanting the Names of God-and this was to become his lifelong spiritual
practice. Then, early in 1973, he was asked by Maharaj-ji to return to America."
Read more in a pdf on WildHeartJournal.com |
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Sikhism: An Introduction |
| "Sikhism is the youngest of the World Religions, barely over 500 years old. It was founded
by Siri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in 1469 who laid the basic principles of Sikhism. It offered the people
a simple Sikh religion teaching "Oneness of God", whose name is TRUTH. Nine Gurus followed him who
all reinforced and added to what was taught by the first Guru. After which in 1708, the holy book of
the Sikhs, The Siri GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI was Proclaimed to be the only Guru by the last Guru, Siri
Guru Gobind Singh Ji. This holy book embodies the philosophy and fundamentals of Sikhism. It is the
only holy book of a major religion which was written and authenticated by its founders."
Read more on Sikh.net |
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Book Review |
| "Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Hilary Hart's exploration of feminine aspects of
higher consciousness is the author's commitment to honour the diversity through which this
emerging power expresses itself. In The Unknown She, via interviews with eight widely ranging
contemporary mystics, Hart attempts to clarify how the Divine feminine is finding new ways into
our modern world and into the lives of some lesser known spiritual pioneers."
Read more on AscentMagazine.com |
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Quote: The Dhammapada |
| "All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts,
it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him,
as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage."
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Community of Love |
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George Harrison |
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Phone Meditation |
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Singing to God |
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Sikhism: An Intro |
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Book Review |
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Quote of the Month |
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Get Published |
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