Keith “Maggie” Brown
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Originally posted on MUGEN.travel.photos.writings.: Our next destination is Bodhgaya, the place where Gautam Buddha became enlightened. Its took 4 hours to reach Bodhgaya from Varanasi and I’m so glad that manage include Bodhgaya in my itinerary. Bodhgaya, also known as Uruvela in the… Continue reading
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Whatever, Etc. 00023
If you have a spare 25 minutes, I continue forward with thinking about the Loving Struggle. The text that I quote at length in this talk: I cannot accomplish this communicative struggle by the rational force of argument, but neither can… Continue reading
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Dropping the Arrows of Craving
Every day we shoot the arrow of craving from where we are now/here to some other place we are not yet. We crave very deeply for what we do not have and where we do not happen to be. We… Continue reading
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Fear and Fearlessness
O you luminous being, you heart encompassing a brilliance: let-go fear; end your self exile in darkness: Only open your eyes & see the Light. Textimony 20121209 Related articles Abandon Hope (and Fear) (shambhala.com) Pema Chodron – Renunciation as saying… Continue reading
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Yoda & Luke: A Love Story
Related articles Have faith, you must (deathgrace.wordpress.com) Top 10 Reasons Yoda Was Actually Dead All Along (toptenz.net) Improv Lessons from Yoda (lukeandmichaelimprovisation.wordpress.com) 22 Things You Might Not Know About Yoda (buzzfeed.com) Bill Gates Has a Solution for Higher Education: Yoda… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A Graphical View of Student Patterns in MOOCs
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: With the exception of the drop-ins–because universities control access to content pretty well–these numbers mirror many of the patterns I see with standard education models in large classrooms. Now, in… Continue reading
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Getting rich off of schoolchildren – Salon.com
Thanks as always to John F. for pointing out a piece that I missed. Sirota delivers some good insights… standard operating procedure with him. It simply strains credulity to insist that pedagogues who get paid middling wages but nonetheless devote… Continue reading
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Bill Gates Has a Solution for Higher Education: Yoda | Inside Higher Ed
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: If I may mix metaphors, I am weakened by my Kryptonite: Star Wars. I have done a number of talks on Philosophy & Star Wars. The one I liked the best… Continue reading
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