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two people

Sogyal Rinpoche

“Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating; the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose still voice of wisdom you have only rarely heard or attended to. ”
― Sogyal Rinpoche

Towards Uncommon Sense

Towards Uncommon Sense by George Clark

Could beditation be the answer to exam nerves? | Education | The Guardian

Could beditation be the answer to exam nerves? | Education | The Guardian

Flourishing flat back mindfulness in schools

Mindful eating

Mindful Eating

“Mindful eating is a very pleasant practice. It is a deep practice. Each morsel of food becomes an ambassador from the cosmos.

Some of us while looking at a piece of carrot can see the whole cosmos in it, can see the sunshine in it, can see the earth in it, and the rain. It has come from the whole cosmos for our nourishment.

You may like to smile to your food before you put it in your mouth. When you chew it, you are aware that you are chewing it, and don’t put anything else into your mouth, like your projects, your worries, your fear, just put the carrot in, and when you chew, chew only the carrot, not your projects or your ideas.

You are capable of living in the present moment in the here and now. It is simple but you need some training to just enjoy the piece of carrot. That is a miracle.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Ken Wilber's spectrum of consciousness

Ken Wilber (1979, 2001) No Boundary, eastern and western approaches to personal growth.

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the spectrum of consciousness

Therapies and levels of the spectrum

Unraveling Desire

“The truth is that we like our preferences and prejudices, we like defining ourselves in terms of what we like and don’t like. It is precisely desire’s entanglement with the sense of self that makes this all so difficult to unravel.

Fortunately, there is a relatively easy and accessible way to counter the powerful forces of desire: the cultivation of equanimity. Every moment of mindfulness is also a moment of equanimity.”

- Andrew Olendzki, "The Buddha's Smile" - Tricycle Daily Dharma

Mindfulness at work

Mindfulness at work: what are the benefits? | Guardian Careers | guardian.co.uk 
It is spreading - the massive peace

massive peace

Thich Nhat Hahn (Thay)

Two articles in today’s Guardian suggest a liaison. Have Thich Nhat Hahn address Davos about climate change. Personal peace gone to scale.

laying on of hands

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Proudhon was the first person to refer to himself as an anarchist. He declared in 1849: "Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy." 

In What is Property?, published in 1840, he defined anarchy as "the absence of a master, of a sovereign", and in The General idea of the Revolution (1851) he urged a "society without authority." 

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon