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  • It is a challenge, not only for the leader but for anyone of us trying to work through the loving struggle of being with others. Related articles Familiarity Breeds Contempt (amuseless.wordpress.com) Vulnerability: Bane or Blessing? (whisperbreath.wordpress.com) 11 Ways To Decrease… Continue reading

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  • How does Vandana Shiva do it?

    Reading Freire‘s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and other works that are transforming my anarchocynicism, my thoughts keep returning to Vandana Shiva. “[How do I do it?] Well, it’s always a mystery, because you don’t know why you get depleted or recharged.… Continue reading

    How does Vandana Shiva do it?
  • Shiva Nataraj

    “In Shivaite tradition, the god’s companions are described as a troupe of freakish, adventurous, delinquent and wild young people, who prowl in the night, shouting in the storm, singing, dancing and ceaselessly playing outrageous tricks on sages and gods. They… Continue reading

    Shiva Nataraj
  • Originally posted on Earthling Opinion: –by Sharon Salzberg (Mar 15, 2013) A friend of mine, at the end of a retreat, offered a provocative reflection that intrigued and inspired me. After looking intensively at her inner experience for nine days of meditation… Continue reading

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  • Originally posted on Some anarchist reviews of stuff: Noir & Rouge n°17 (January/February 1961) The Difficulty Of Being An Anarchist By Christian Lagant “We are not presenting a grand-sounding manifesto because we do not believe in revealed and immutable Bibles.… Continue reading

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  • SMTV: AMERICA’S MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN

    Originally posted on lookinbeyondthereal: The former National Educational Television (1952–1970) PBS has published a remarkable documentary on the life of Emma Goldman. They’ve also created a special museum like website, featuring an entire volume of Goldman’s anarchist magazin Mother Earth,… Continue reading

    SMTV: AMERICA’S MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN
  • A Frank Prayer

    Oh thou endless Great Way, broad and flowing in profound tranquility, Where hatred happens, let there now be love; Where weakness occurs, fortitude; Where doubt arises, faithfulness; Where despair crushes, hopefulness; Where darkness encroaches, enlightenment; Where sadness lingers, joyfulness. Encompassing… Continue reading

    A Frank Prayer
  • Logocentrism and the Unpreparedness of [Top] Students

    A recent commentary at the Chronicle of Higher Education centers on the lack of preparedness among even top students entering college at even the most selective universities. Above all, it’s time to acknowledge that even top students may have college-readiness… Continue reading

    Logocentrism and the Unpreparedness of [Top] Students
  • Kindfulness

    Weekly dharma talk with Ajahn Brahm. This weeks topic is KINDFULNESS, the bringing together of Compassionate Mindfulness.   Related articles Advice While Awake (keithwaynebrown.com) THIS is, this IS, THIS IS (keithwaynebrown.com) When We Let Go of Fear, All that Remains is… Continue reading

    Kindfulness
  • School text book: Hippies were rude, didn’t bathe, worshipped Satan

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions A textbook used in one of Louisiana‘s voucher schools has a lot to say about the 1960s counterculture See on www.salon.com Related articles The Three Horsemen of the MOOCpocalypse (keithwaynebrown.com) Getting rich off of schoolchildren… Continue reading

    School text book: Hippies were rude, didn’t bathe, worshipped Satan