“Life is similar to circling circle. Night-day, failure-success, tragedy-comedy are all circling. On the periphery, life is shaking (down-up, blamed-praised, bad mood-good mood). But at the center, there is no shaking, there is only silence and peace. This is the honey of life. And inner contentment is the inner energy which guide one to theContinueContinue reading “True Soul Mate”
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The people asked for a king: Selling ourselves
Today’s king is celebrity culture. Many are voluntarily enslaved to it. The pervasive idea is: You’re no one unless a lot of people know you and want to be like you. People worship at the altar of images. {Follow the link to read the full article.}
Note to self: Legacy of today.
Luckily, that feeling forces you to focus more on today…
The sexing of media and the dumbing of the public
At a certain point, higher education becomes another process for dumbing down, in that students are taught to “think” in a certain way that makes them appropiately “academic”. As long as you are attaining knowledge, it’s good. However, there is a peak to everything. After the peak, the more you acquire does you less and less good. So it is with education.
Song & Verse: SAY SOMETHING by A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
Just heard this in the grocery store…. Stunning. Raw. Timely. Nothing to add. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2U0Ivkn2Ds&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Book Review: DAVID AND GOLIATH by Malcolm Gladwell
The stories in David and Goliath reconfirmed that all the challenges in my own life have been blessings. Certainly, in the short-term, pain does not feel like a blessing. But the way you process your pain and build from it over time, strengthens you and adds wisdom and insight that you otherwise would not have.
How many calories did I burn climbing this mountain?
I fell behind. At first I felt self-conscious for holding up the group. Then I realized I wasn’t holding them up. They were moving speedily forward like young goats. After that, I slowed down more and took deeper breaths. I rested for as long as I needed and moved only when I was comfortable doing so. I stepped aside to let people pass me. I took in the view and shared conversation with the woman lagging behind with me.
Song & Verse: ALL OF ME by John Legend
Recently, I heard John Legend sing his new single, All of Me, live on David Letterman. The song took me away. A beautiful and emotionally eloquent expression of love. I rewound my TV twice to hear the song again and again. I haven’t bought popular music in years – at least I can’t remember theContinueContinue reading “Song & Verse: ALL OF ME by John Legend”
FOR WHITES (LIKE ME): on white kids
Originally posted on formations. // living at the intersections of self, social, spirit.:
Dear parents of white children, I vote that we strike the following from our parental lexicon: “Everybody is equal.” “We’re all the same underneath our skin.” I realize this is counterintuitive. But I’m completely serious. These statements are so abstract they’re mostly meaningless…
Poem: KISS OF LIFE by LaShawnda Jones
Kiss me, my knucklehead Stop running Don’t tease Just be Still Breathe Clear your mind Exhale I’m here When will you See Accept my embrace Relax This is where you belong You’re too far away To kiss me now, my knucklehead Pull me close Closer Closer still So close neither Of us ends or beginsContinueContinue reading “Poem: KISS OF LIFE by LaShawnda Jones”
Harvest Life 