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Aadil Khetani

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  • strong leaders must change the way business is done. They must find a way to put the common good above profits.
    • Tara Picudella
       
      Is this asking too much of modern society? In the US we have a capitalistic nation, if we care too much of the little people won't that worsen the economy for the rest of society? Or is the good of the society as a whole less important than the good of those who are suffering?
    • Aadil Khetani
       
      Today's society only cares about money but if the country as a whole works together they can make this possible. They can put the common good over money and assets.
  • respect and thanksgiving for nature.
  • Outsourcing the work to the rest of the world and then leaving people here without jobs.
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  • biggest environmental issues
    • Yi Jin
       
      I fail to see outsourcing as an enviornmental hazard as in the long run pollution is pollution be it in china britain or even the united states, just because u change the location doesn't necessarily increase the amount nor does it increase the the lethality of the pollution
  • outsourced your pollution
  • but at the expense of the American public.
    • Nikki Schmeling
       
      it's really difficult to make people see, especially in our american society, why sometimes we should do things that aren't for our direct benefit. we really like this idea of immediate gratification.
  • And I said my job would be to associate them with the reality out there. They're insulated -- heavily insulated -- they don't deal with reality.
  • And they, if you notice, I haven't seen any of their annual reports that put in the cost of the natural resources that they use
  • People are extracting
  • I said, how can you as CEOs of corporations do what you're doing, in terms of extraction, without looking at the consequences?
    • Yi Jin
       
      because they are blinded by profits and greed
  • finite
  • finite
  • running out
  • running out. Finite
  • And that's the problem.
  • He says, well, as you know, if somebody is living in those terms, they're not going to progress. They're just going to be happy just the way they are. There'll be no progress. And he says, as you know, the bottom line of our civilization is greed.
    • Brian Walsh
       
      This shows that we as a society wish to progress at an astonishing pace even if we are happy with what we get. I can relate this to my dad's cell phone. He has no urge to get a new iphone or smartphone because he's very happy with his old slider phone
    • Aadil Khetani
       
      The concept of greed. People want more and more no matter how much or what they have is enough and keeping them happy. They want the next level and the level after that but for what reason? Satisfaction? 
  • selfishness
  • teach them to be selfish, so they can progress
    • Nikki Schmeling
       
      do they really need to progress? this kind of reminds me of that john lennon quote "when I went to school they asked me what i wanted to be. i said "happy", they told i didn't understand the assignment, i told them they didn't understand life"
  • finite
  • The responsibility of leadership is to look that far ahead
  • directly due to the idea of capitalism
  • to give thanks, be thankful for what you have, and to share. And the third one would be respect.
  • hat's was people power did that. Germany didn't want it, East Germany didn't want it, nobody wanted it. People wanted it, and nothing could stop them. Once they get in a move in that direction they become a force. It's very difficult -- it's not a manageable force -- and that's why leadership is so vital and important.
  • leadership and the control factor for human beings, in particular, is moral. If you don't have moral law you don't have any law. If there's no moral law, you don't have any.
    • Nikki Schmeling
       
      so because people tell them to buy it, they feel okay about buying it, even if they shouldn't?
  • there's no mercy
  • There's only law
  • You're going to suffer the consequence, and that's right where we're headed right now. Six-point-six billion people and more coming every minute as we sit here. That's a compound
  • And it takes some understanding to rise to the occasion. You've got to comprehend what's going on.
    • Nikki Schmeling
       
      it's not just going to happen that people will rise to the occasion. first they need to understand why it's so important to do so. like okay with WWII, the U.S. didn't want to get involved at first. the only reason we did was because we got attacked. that made us understand the importance. it's kind of like that for environmental issues. scientists say we should get involved, but until there is personal risk, we won't.
    • Aadil Khetani
       
      This is something that can be seen within everyone once they understand the situation. Game 7 of playoffs, final exam, huge corporate project and many more have got so many people coming through in the "clutch."
  • When the Peacemaker talked to us about the foundation of the confederacy, he said the first principle is peace. And you know the Indian word for peace; it also means health. The same word.
  • It starts with the people; the earth, everything that grows on the earth, bushes, trees, what lives in the trees, what lives on the earth; water, what lives in the water; and food, what grows, where it grows. And the leaders, the animal leaders, who lead the animal. We acknowledge thanksgiving for them.
  • You're supposed to develop them and then share with those that don't have them. That's how everything has equity. So you come back to that.
  • And what can we do about it?
  • Among other things, the Peacemaker instructed them to approach every decision with concern for the seventh generation to follow.
  • their reality is Wall Street
  • strong leaders must change the way business is done. They must find a way to put the common good above profits.
    • Rebecca Lurie
       
      In many ways this is hard for business to do because the business world is so competitive that if one starts to lag behind and could possible go out of business. The business world revolves itself around profits.
  • "Business as usual is over," he said
  • Haudenosaunee, or the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy
  • Well, they have to. Otherwise they're going to get hammered. They're going to get hammered anyway.
  • - if you're going to take those steel mills and put them some other place, they're going to be belching a lot of environmental damage ...
    • Nikki Schmeling
       
      I think that the biggest issue with outsourcing as far as environmental problems go is that we always outsource to the same places. that makes the pollution a lot more concentrated in that one area, making it a lot easier to burn straight through the ozone in that one spot. if we didn't outsource as much, the pollution wouldn't be as concentrated and it would take longer to deplete the ozone layer.
  • it's because of outsourcing
  • . I don't see it changing, because I don't see any relaxation from the executive side -- from the leadership side -- because they're making money
    • Lexy Martin
       
      people are only interested in money and what they as an individual can gain from any situation. People are becoming more and more selfish without one thought of how our, and our future generations will be effected.
    • Gabriel Kerbs
       
      I believe that it is going to take more serious natural disasters - we need to feel pain close to home, serious pain- before any leader begins to make any changes that will benefit the environment, and not just their profits.
    • Aadil Khetani
       
      He blames money for the depression. In a way he's true because people have a priority for money. That's all they think about and that's all they want. 
  • Where is the moral side to the shareholders on this thing?
  • They're not in the reality business; they're in business. I said, if you put them up there and just let them freeze for 24 hours, they would get an inkling of another power, of another authority.
    • Gabriel Kerbs
       
      Once you feel the power of nature, you begin to respect it.  Those trapped indoors all their lives are the ones who really don't give a rat's ass about whats going on outside.
    • Aadil Khetani
       
      Nature is a part of life the opens peoples eyes to the outside world. When I was a kid, all I did was go outside to play and now when I'm inside I feel like I'm missing out when I'm not out there. But, my sister grew up inside mostly and she barely goes out and watches tv instead. If she went outside more it might change her. 
  • If you have grandchildren and great-grandchildren, you're involved
  • Everything in this room came from the earth
  • I don't think they deal with it. I mean, their realit
  • This round world is finite.
  • of oil right now.
  • and what was that line?
  • Growth. You have one finite earth. That's the problem here
  • But I do think human beings -- I have always been amazed by human beings.
  • People have to make less money -- way, way, way less money. People have to share more of what they have.
  • Thanksgiving for the winds that bring the seasons and does the planting, all of that. Then we have thanksgiving for the grandfathers, the thunder and the lightning, that bring the rain --
  • so it's the stockholder.
  • respect and thanksgiving for nature.
  • They're not in the reality business; they're in business.
  • outsourced your pollution
  • influence their thinking
  • you not only outsourced your work and your company,
  • their reality is Wall Street. That's their reality. It is real, but it doesn't deal with the forces of nature.
  • extracting it at tremendous rates with no perception of consequences.
    • Nikki Schmeling
       
      no idea of the consequences. that's because it won't directly harm them. people have to be shown how something is going to personally affect them, or their children maybe, before they see any need for change.
  • stockholder.
  • the ones that really determine what the direction of the corporation is going to go.
  • idea of private property.
  • hat's was people power did that. Germany didn't want it, East Germany didn't want it, nobody wanted it. People wanted it, and nothing could stop them. Once they get in a move in that direction they become a force. It's very difficult -- it's not a manageable force -- and that's why leadership is so vital and important.
  • eadership and the control factor for human beings, in particular, is moral. If you don't have moral law you don't have any law. If there's no moral law, you don't have any.
  • you have to understand about nature and natural law is
  • no mercy to this law.
  • you don't understand that law and you don't abide by that law, you will suffer the consequence.
  • You lead by action.
  • we personify these elements to bring our people closer to them so they have more respect.
  • you guys act as if it wasn't.
  • f I don't show a profit in the company, I'm fired.
    • Nikki Schmeling
       
      everyone has this idea of "i'm not responsible" for everything.
  • I put a moral question into an economic forum
    • Aadil Khetani
       
      This is the "personal" aspect of the problem-solution notes. 
  • don't want moral questions. They don't deal with moral questions.
    • Gabriel Kerbs
       
      Morals never get in the way of profits in big business.  Money rules. Instant gratification, Lack of mindfulness, disrespect.     What we need to do is make big businesses THINK , just as the chief is doing here.  If nothing else, it might make them feel a little guilty about their practices and priorities
  • guaranteed prophecy?
  • you guys are going to meet next year and nothing will have changed. I'll guarantee it. And that was the end of the meeting
    • Yi Jin
       
      I think shows his being extra pessimistic as many companies are actually trying to strive to be green and governments set up laws that help protect and conserve the environment
    • Nikki Schmeling
       
      I think this is kind of true though. lots of little things will have changed, but nothing major that will have any sort of lasting effects. they aren't focused on that, they only focus on the things that make little immediate differences. sure those can accumulate over time, but overall they aren't going to solve the big problem.
  • But not only do they have to ask people to sacrifice, they sacrifice. That's how you lead.
  • I ask this question over and over again to people in business ... Do people have to cut back? Do they have to do with less? And they always say no.
  • I'll tell you what that is: Have your cake and eat it, too
  • houses have to get smaller. They can't get bigger.
  • How can you have peace without health?
  • Unity
  • That's our foundation, peace
  • finally the Creator himself
  • Human beings have different gifts and we say, they're not gifts, they're responsibilities.
  • I'm just telling what people know.
    • Nikki Schmeling
       
      it's not that he's just outrageously smart or anything. these are conclusions that regular people have come to all the time.
  • They never put that in
  • And you know how powerful they are, and they're all over the world, and they're
  • State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • never challenge those thoughts, because you will not prevail. That's instruction. That's along with seven generations and everything else he said.
  • So you know what you're doing
  • Not about happy.
  • Make your decision on behalf of the seventh generation coming so that they may enjoy what you have.
  • What's wrong with that? That's our basic value. Our basic value is to share.
  • they adjust
  • We have probably 10 years to change direction
  • they can rise to an occasion
  • these natural catastrophes are going to force the issues.
    • Gabriel Kerbs
       
      Again, pain is going to be the driving force in change.  
  • There's just no reality to it
  • more energy-conscious and -controlled
  • Everybody can do that.
  • it's one I learned from listening to our people
    • aldi gjoka
       
      something everybody knows but nobody says
    • aldi gjoka
       
      "strong leaders must change the way business is done. They mus tfind a way to put the common good above profits"
    • aldi gjoka
       
      "approach every decision with concern" be cautious of your actions
    • aldi gjoka
       
      never thought of outsourcing as a cause for pollution abroad
    • aldi gjoka
       
      the idea of putting the people in alps was great of getting rid of their "insulation"
    • aldi gjoka
       
      I like the question of "when do you cease to be a CEO and become a grandfather?"
    • aldi gjoka
       
      This is very true about every president talking about progress and growth
    • Anna Delapaz
       
      Word Choice: Depression vs Recession  Recession can be defined as a temporary economic decline. Depression is severe despondency and dejection. The word depression feels more human and more personal. By using this word, Lyons emphasizes how the people are the ones suffering when jobs are outsourced. 
    • Gabriel Kerbs
       
      These days, we look for instant gratification and get-rich-quick schemes.  The over-exploitation of the Earth's resources is an outcome of this. It is hard to make the common citizen understand that, in the long run, taking care to protect the environment will pay off in a much larger way than a paycheck.
  • bout the world's "accelerating" race toward environmental calamity,
    • Gabriel Kerbs
       
      As the world is functioning now, the generations that come after us are going to have a harder time finding the resources necessary for life.  Water is being tainted and poisoned, as is the air.  Resources like oil are being pumped out of the Earth at a rapid rate; having a car in the future is going to be an expensive luxury.
  • t's always about progress today
  • No, you sacrifice.
    • Gabriel Kerbs
       
      Not enough people are willing to sacrifice for the good of the Earth as a whole.  Greed is the fuel for the degrading world, and in order to reverse that, people (especially the greedy) must learn to sacrifice what isnt necessary.   America is the land of the big. Big houses, big cars, big food, etc.  We need to scale down significantly in order to see any changes.
  • seventh-generation philosophy
    • Brett Sherman
       
      The Seventh generation, are they referring to us? Our generation to fix all the damage and save mother earth from "degradation"(The Cry of the Earth)?
  • You know, how often do you hear that the United States uses one quarter of the earth's resources and we're only 7 percent of the population. And we use one quarter.
Robert Coady

7 Must-Read Books on the Art & Science of Happiness | Brain Pickings - 0 views

    • Robert Coady
       
      I find it interesting that some of the greatest minds in history all came to a somewhat similar conclusion about happiness, and that it took so much longer to realize the trend in achieving happiness
Brian Walsh

Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity | zen habits | Diigo - 0 views

    • Brian Walsh
       
      I find so much repetition within all these sources. Experiment, take your time, listen to others, look inside yourself. It seems like a straightforward concept now
    • Brian Walsh
       
      Routines are a great way to stay organized. More organization means more clarity and room to think
    • Brian Walsh
       
      Establishing a relationship is another way to improve your happiness level. And it can be with anybody and it doesn't need to be close and special like that of a girlfriend or wife
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    • Brian Walsh
       
      Using help from others goes away from practicing mindfulness and becoming self aware. It's a little ironic that sources saying to not take help from others are others themselves, and people reading the article are taking direct help from others
David Dunn

For Immediate In-the-Moment Happiness, Head Outdoors | Smart News - 0 views

  • A wealth of studies have examined the hypothesis that spending time outdoors boosts our well-being, but until now not much was known about how being outside affects what researchers call “momentary subjective well-being,” a fancy term for how you feel in-the-moment.
Alyssa Lau

When it Comes to Your Happiness, is Travel Important? [INFOGRAPHIC] #happyday | The Loo... - 0 views

    • Alyssa Lau
       
      Wanderlust: The passion of traveling the world.  Lots of individuals considered traveling as a way to explore their inner self and allows to try new experiences. However the reason why i would like to travel is to learn the culture and help people along the way.
Robert Coady

Beyond environment: falling back in love with Mother Earth | Guardian Sustainable Busin... - 0 views

  • addiction to consumerism
  • stress we are putting on Earth
  • we all suffer and the way to overcome that pain is to directly confront it
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  • Move beyond concept of the "environment"
  • Change is possible only if there is a recognition that people and planet are ultimately one and the same.
  • You carry Mother Earth within you
  • Mother Earth is not just your environment
  • Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the earth are two separate entities
  • Putting an economic value on nature is not enough
  • We want to be connected. That is the meaning of love, to be at one. When you love someone you want to say I need you, I take refuge in you. You do anything for the benefit of the Earth and the Earth will do anything for your wellbeing
  • When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born
  • Looking deeply, we see that it's possible to work in the corporate world in a way that brings a lot of happiness both to other people and to us ... our work has meaning
  • How mindfulness can reconnect people to
  • Mother Earth
  • Many people suffer deeply and they do not know they suffer
  • They try to cover up the suffering by being busy. Many people get sick today because they get alienated from Mother Earth.
  • The practice of mindfulness helps us to touch Mother Earth inside of the body and this practice can help heal people
  • be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger
  • Every moment can be a happy moment.
  • Need to deal with ones own anger to be an effective social activist
  • Only if people discover compassion for themselves will they be able to confront those they hold accountable for polluting our seas and cutting down our forests
  • Sometimes something wrong is going on in the world and we think it is the other people who are doing it and we are not doing it.
  • . If you are burdened with anger, fear, ignorance and you suffer too much, you cannot help another person.
  • Touching the "ultimate dimension"
  • We know that we do not have to look for the ultimate outside of ourselves – it is available within us, in this very moment
  • there is a very real risk that we will continue on our destructive path and that civilisation may collapse.
  • When the need to survive is replaced with greed and pride, there is violence, which always brings about unnecessary devastation.
  • If we are able to touch deeply the historical dimension – through a leaf, a flower, a pebble, a beam of light, a mountain, a river, a bird, or our own body – we touch at the same time the ultimate dimension.
  • Remaining optimistic despite risk of impending catastrophe
  • maintaining optimism is essential if we are to find a way of avoiding devastating climate change and the enormous social upheavals that will result.
  • We have constructed a system we can't control. It imposes itself on us, and we become its slaves and victims.
  • In my mind I see a group of chickens in a cage disputing over a few seeds of grain, unaware that in a few hours they will all be killed
David Dunn

Research finds happiness is found outdoors | Whistler | Pique Newsmagazine | Whistler, ... - 0 views

  • "Nature is our great source of inner peace," said Alberti.
  • "It flows naturally and we need to flow naturally so aligning with nature allows us to come to our peaceful place."
David Dunn

9 simple steps to happiness - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Forget self-improvement
  • Make tough stuff work
  • Love your commute
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  • When you're bummed out, the mere act of smiling can cheer you up. The reasons for this effect have yet to be pinpointed, but one study at the University of Kansas in Lawrence reveals that flashing a grin slows down your heart rate during stress and chills you out.
Emily Vargas

17 Ways Mindfulness Meditation Can Cause You Emotional Harm - 4 views

  • “nonjudgmental” process, but what happens most of the time — judgment of negative emotions
  • When you really don’t judge a negative emotion, you let it run its natural course — without trying to step in and control the situation through cultivated mental discipline.
  • Many use it to avoid having to feel emotional pain. But of course they won’t tell you that.
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  • Who’s to say if you should experience “unwanted” thoughts and emotions” as you start to become aware of them? That’s your call. (We do emotion regulation all the time.) But it’s not the issue; it’s the deception.
  • If and when a traumatic or emotionally painful experience occurs, you don’t fully process it, and cut your grieving process dangerously short.
  • Of course you’ll temporarily feel better if you don’t have to face your unwanted thoughts and emotions
  • But you’ll have to meditate again to get that high
  • You start to judge uncomfortable thoughts and feelings as inferior, unreal, or bad.
  • ou get good at stuffing anger and other negative emotions
  • Getting in touch with your true nature, de-stressing, and being happy are all possible without suppressing negative emotions.
  • You expect meditation to fix your problems for you, resolve your relationship conflicts, and make you happy
  • xpecting that meditation will get rid of the negative emotions
  • You detach from your partner or loved one when they’re upset or experiencing an emotion you see as undesirable
  • Because you’ve trained yourself to avoid them
  • You struggle to empathize with others, or understand their pain. If you don’t feel your own pain — you can’t expect to have compassion for another’s pain.
  • You lose your ability to naturally feel upset, sad, or concerned when there’s an issue in your life that you need to address
  • Your ability to feel positive emotions is also affecte
  • d. Because you don’t allow experience of the negative.
  • You start to feel dissatisfied with your life, and alone
Leah Strassburg

Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh on July 17 - 0 views

  • This action of the right hand can be described as based in the the mind of non-discrimination. The right hand looks after the left hand without thinking in a discriminatory way, "I am the right hand. I am taking care of the left hand. There is no thought such as that. There is no sort of discrimination like that. Therefore the right hand acts in a non-discriminatory way. There are moments when the right hand cooperates with the left hand to do something, like playing on the piano; both hands work together in order to produce the music, and there is a perfect harmony between the two hands. Therefore, if you look deeply into your body, into your mind, you will see that the mind of non-discrimination, the spirit of non-discrimination is already there in your own person. And if you use this spirit in your relationships with others, then happiness is possible.
Brian Walsh

The Zen of floating - The Week - 0 views

  • were frightened of contracting HIV from infected water in float-tank centers. The business dried up.
    • Rebecca Lurie
       
      Even when a product is doing great in sales, it can plummet because of a specific even that changes everyones view.
  • creativity in artists.
  • brain's focus from its dominant to its non-dominant hemisphere
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  • can improve
    • Paul Brahan
       
      Very interesting article about the benefits sensory deprivation chambers provide. 
  • The saturation of Epsom salts in the water made me unnaturally buoyant — my face, stomach, and knees an archipelago of islands amid the tub's ocean.
    • Brian Walsh
       
      So you go from bored, to anxiety, to peace?
  • For a tank newbie like me, the more intriguing aspects of floating include 1) its possibly imagined, Lilly-esque potential to reveal hidden layers of consciousness within, and 2) its proven capacity to chill people out. Suedfeld happily acknowledges point two. "Anything related to psychological stress," he says, "whether it's chronic tension headaches, insomnia, things with no known physical cause…after several floats, they really seem to improve."
    • Brian Walsh
       
      Are Epsom salts supposed to give a more relaxing feeling? Could it be the salts helping or just the actual floating?
  • There was no clear line between consciousness and unconsciousness. (I had no fear of drowning, as my buoyancy was such that it would be nearly impossible to roll over accidentally.)
Paul Brahan

Dan Gilbert: The surprising science of happiness | Video on TED.com - 0 views

    • Paul Brahan
       
      This article further explores the idea that surprises will make you happier, similar to Brother David Steindl-Rast's rainbow conecpt.  
Tara Picudella

Gratefulness - 0 views

    • Tara Picudella
       
      Music to me is a gift. Therefore being mindful allows me to accept music as a gift and appreciate everything that it has to offer.
joshua gallo

How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation | Psychology Today - 0 views

  • Cultivating mindfulness is the key to overcoming suffering and recognizing natural wisdom: both our own and others'.
  • Mindfulness meditation is unique in that it is not directed toward getting us to be different from how we already are. Instead, it helps us become aware of what is already true moment by moment.
  • Instead of struggling to get away from experiences we find difficult, we practice being able to be with them.
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  • Perhaps surprisingly, many times we have a hard time staying simply present with happiness. We turn it into something more familiar, like worrying that it won't last or trying to keep it from fading away.
  • When we are mindful, we show up for our lives; we don't miss them in being distracted or in wishing for things to be different.
  • So, how do we actually practice mindfulness meditation? Once again, there are many different basic techniques. If you are interested in pursuing mindfulness within a particular tradition, one of the Buddhist ones or another, you might at some point wish to connect with a meditation instructor or take a class at a meditation center. Still, I can provide one form of basic instructions here so that you can begin.
Brian Walsh

self help guide | Diigo - 0 views

    • Brian Walsh
       
      I feel like people are always seeking advice from outside sources about how to make their life better. They should just stop and think about themselves and they will get much further. People commonly need that push.
    • Brian Walsh
       
      Raising your self esteem will help you in many different areas, and becoming self aware will increase your self esteem by knowing more about yourself and working out your problems and knowing your advantages
Brian Walsh

Self Awareness - How self aware are you? | Diigo - 0 views

    • Brian Walsh
       
      It's very blunt in saying to ignore every other advice and therapy, mainly cause it's true. You are the therapist for yourself in order to become self aware and mindful
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