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You Can’t Always Get What You Want, But…
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need.” ~The Rolling Stones Right now, millions of people suffer on our planet because what we want distracts us from … Continue reading
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Tagged christopher chase, creativity, nature, society
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The Hero’s Journey – Joseph Campbell
“The achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for, and it’s really a manifestation of his character. The way in which the landscape and the conditions of the environment match the readiness of the hero. The adventure … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, civilization, nature, psychology, science
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We Must Take Care of the Earth ~ John Trudell
“The people who have created this system, and who perpetuate this system, they are out of balance. They have made us out of balance. They have come into our minds and they have come into our hearts and they’ve programmed … Continue reading
Inter-Being: Awakening from the Illusion of Separateness
“We are here to awaken from the illusion of separateness” ~Thich Nhat Hanh The following is a short excerpt from a 1998 Dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, entitled The Island of Self: The Three Dharma Seals. Here he explains how awareness of the … Continue reading
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Tagged connectedness, interdependence, nature, thich nhat hanh, wisdom
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Twelve Principles for Understanding the Universe, by Thomas Berry
“The Universe is a unity, an interacting and genetically-related community of beings bound together in an inseparable relationship in space and time… The human is that being in whom the Universe activates, reflects upon, and celebrates itself in conscious self-awareness.” ~ Thomas … Continue reading
The Paradox & Inconsistency of Christian Civilizations
The following was written in 1911, by Dr Charles Alexander Eastman, born Ohiyesa of the Santee Sioux Indians… “The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. They forget, perhaps, that his religion forbade the … Continue reading
Yūgen (幽玄) – Deep Awareness of the Universe
“Yūgen is an important concept in traditional Japanese aesthetics. The exact translation of the word depends on the context. Yūgen is not an allusion to another world. It is about this world, this experience… “To watch the sun sink behind … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, beauty, connectedness, creative systems thinking, creative universe, creativity, Japanese culture, nature, wisdom, zen
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Rave On John Donne – Van Morrison
Rave On, John Donne – Van Morrison, 1983 (full song) Rave on John Donne, rave on thy holy fool Down through the weeks of ages In the moss borne dark dank pools Rave on, down through the industrial revolution Empiricism, … Continue reading
How to Integrate Emptiness into Daily Life
By Lama Thubten Yeshe, 1983 What is emptiness? Emptiness (shunyata) is the reality of the existence of ourselves, and all the phenomena around us. According to the Buddhist point of view, seeking reality and seeking liberation amount to the same … Continue reading
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Tagged dharma, interdependence, mindfulness, nature, new paradigm, systems thinking, wisdom
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Regaining Our Sense of the Sacred
“Know what it is to be a child… To see a world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.” ~William Blake Looking out at … Continue reading
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