Saturday, April 25, 2015

Rainer Maria Rilke: Widening Circles

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I live my life in widening circle That reach out across the world.   I may not ever complete the last one, But I give myself to it.   I...

Howard Zinn: The Power of Truth

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The challenge remains. On the other side are formidable forces: money, political power, the major media. On our side are the people of th...

Sen. Warren to Those Promising TPP Would Be So Great: 'Prove It.'

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Senator explains that real reason TPP remains so secret, even as Congress begins voting on measures to ram it through, is because 'i...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Rilke: If We Surrender

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How surely gravity’s law strong as an ocean current takes hold of even the smallest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world. ...

Tom Engelhardt: The Future Foreseen (and Not): A Letter of Apology to My Grandson

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Published on Friday, April 24, 2015 by TomDispatch   A Pox on Twenty-First-Century America by Tom Engelhardt...

Pema Chödrön: Everything Has To Go

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All of us are like eagles who have forgotten that we know how to fly. The teachings are reminding us who we are and what we can do. They ...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Wendell Berry: When We Discover the World

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Nobody can discover the world for somebody else.  Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground  and a common...

Sharon Salzberg: Caring For Ourselves & Other Beings

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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly  care for ourselves & other beings. ―   Sharon Salzberg , ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Anne Sexton: Welcome Morning

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Welcome Morning There is joy in all: in the hair I brush each morning, in the Cannon towel, newly washed, that I rub my body with ...

Rumi: Cry Out in Your Weakness

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Cry Out in Your Weakness   A dragon was pulling a bear into its terrible mouth. A courageous man went and rescued the bear. There ...