Ever thought that globalization would extend toward schooling? In this trailer learn a bit about how Western schooling is affecting children from all over the world. Link to Schooling the […]
Archives for August 2011
Resources for Teaching Peace
Original article in yes! magazine by Katie Billings, posted May 23, 3005. Need more ideas about how to teach peace? Do you and your students want to take action for justice? The following […]
Creation on Command
Original article on SEED, written by Jonathan Lehrer, Posted May 6, 2009. Riffing, improv, winging it…scientists and Johns Hopkins University and Harvard took a deeper look at how creative minds–musicians, […]
Etiquette for Activists
Original article posted in YES! magazine, written by Michael F. Leonen, posted May 20, 2004. Why do so many attempts to build coalitions across race and culture result in hurt […]
Nurturing My Spirituality Through Fasting During Ramadan
“The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it.” –Bayazid Bistami Written & Contributed by Soha Al-Jurf It’s the final week of […]
Distortion Colored Glasses
Original content here is from Thoughts & Feelings by McKay, Davis, & Fanning, New Harbinger Publications, 1981 and is found on Eastern Washington University Access Web site. “The following styles of […]
Appealing Lifetime Prison Sentences
Original article “Bill would let some inmates appeal lifetime terms,” by Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writer in the San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday, August 17, 2011. Senator Leland Yee of San Francisco is pushing […]
Ancient Practices Change How We Live Now
In this anthology, Contemplation Nation: How Ancient Practices Are Changing the Way We Live, edited by Mirabai Bush, we get a chance to look at the points of view of […]
The Tree of Contemplative Practice
This tree from Center for Contemplative Mind illustrates some of the many spiritual practices that folks have done and are still doing to find community and connection. If you want […]
Thinking Like Einstein
It’s not exactly a formula, more like a theory on how Einstein thoughts arose from a clear, grounded mind–not unlike a meditator’s. Original article by Arthur Zajonc from Psychology Today […]
Cookie Beats the Governor
Original article posted in Miami Workers Center blog, August 08, 2011. In a lawsuit taken to the Florida Supreme court, this story tells about a woman who fought the power […]
Perfecting Spiritual Balance
Original article A Perfect Balance by Gil Fronsdal & Sayadaw U Pandita in Tricycle magazine’s winter 2005 issue. Finding balance within ourselves is a tricky business. Lean too far over […]