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Onondaga Nation - People of the Hills - 1 views

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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
      Tara Picudella on 14 Oct 13
       
      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
      Aadil Khetani on 18 Oct 13
       
      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
      Yi Jin on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Nikki Schmeling on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Yi Jin on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Brian Walsh on 15 Oct 13
       
      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
      Aadil Khetani on 18 Oct 13
       
      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
      Nikki Schmeling on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Nikki Schmeling on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Nikki Schmeling on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Aadil Khetani on 18 Oct 13
       
      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
      Rebecca Lurie on 15 Oct 13
       
      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
      Nikki Schmeling on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Lexy Martin on 15 Oct 13
       
      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
      Gabriel Kerbs on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Aadil Khetani on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Gabriel Kerbs on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Aadil Khetani on 18 Oct 13
       
      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
      Nikki Schmeling on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Nikki Schmeling on 16 Oct 13
       
      everyone has this idea of "i'm not responsible" for everything.
  • I put a moral question into an economic forum
    • Aadil Khetani
      Aadil Khetani on 18 Oct 13
       
      This is the "personal" aspect of the problem-solution notes. 
  • don't want moral questions. They don't deal with moral questions.
    • Gabriel Kerbs
      Gabriel Kerbs on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Yi Jin on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Nikki Schmeling on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Nikki Schmeling on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Gabriel Kerbs on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      aldi gjoka on 16 Oct 13
       
      something everybody knows but nobody says
    • aldi gjoka
      aldi gjoka on 16 Oct 13
       
      "strong leaders must change the way business is done. They mus tfind a way to put the common good above profits"
    • aldi gjoka
      aldi gjoka on 16 Oct 13
       
      "approach every decision with concern" be cautious of your actions
    • aldi gjoka
      aldi gjoka on 16 Oct 13
       
      never thought of outsourcing as a cause for pollution abroad
    • aldi gjoka
      aldi gjoka on 16 Oct 13
       
      the idea of putting the people in alps was great of getting rid of their "insulation"
    • aldi gjoka
      aldi gjoka on 16 Oct 13
       
      I like the question of "when do you cease to be a CEO and become a grandfather?"
    • aldi gjoka
      aldi gjoka on 16 Oct 13
       
      This is very true about every president talking about progress and growth
    • Anna Delapaz
      Anna Delapaz on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Gabriel Kerbs on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Gabriel Kerbs on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Gabriel Kerbs on 16 Oct 13
       
      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
      Brett Sherman on 16 Oct 13
       
      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.
David Dunn

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  • What is so soothing about nature? Why do people talk about nature and relaxation? Can nature help you to relax?
  • We are drawn to nature and wilderness. We go hiking, we love gardening, we swim in the ocean or in the lakes. We go for walks, or we go camping, and we sit by the campfire staring at the night sky.
  • We know that spending time in nature makes us feel good.
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  • One of the reasons why nature and relaxation are connected is that being in nature helps us to connect with the present moment, we pay attention to the here and now.
David Dunn

Mindfulness in Everyday Life: A Walk in the Woods and Return to Essential Nature | Donn... - 0 views

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  • Connecting to one's humanity is found not in fame and glory, but in an inner stillness that is best cultivated in the natural world. In nature, the calm external environment encourages inner peace.
  • I credit the woods behind my childhood home for being a lifeline to the magical brilliance in its leafy reality.
  • Everything in the woods made sense
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  • Unlike television, nature does not steal time; it amplifies it
  • Given a chance, a child will bring the confusion of the world to the woods, wash it in the creek, turn it over to see what lives on the unseen side of that confusion
  • Experiencing ourselves in relationship to the natural world cultivates something unexpected yet so clear in the woods: the capacity to generate genuine love, for self, for others, and for the world.
  • The woods remind us of the wide expanse of universe in which we actually live, and appreciation and gratitude naturally ripen; being in nature provides a much-needed perspective, a greater vista. Rather than the multitasking, constricted space of everyday life, we see the larger corral in which we can tame the wild horse that life sometimes becomes.
David Dunn

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  • Our being resonates with the sight of a flower, sound of birds, feeling of the breeze.
  • In the nature meditations, we focus our awareness on the experience of nature — sight, sound, touch, smell (and perhaps even taste).
David Dunn

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  • "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."
Richard Ofosuhene

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  • From the poor economic climate, to traffic, to tragedy in the news, our culture contributes as well.
  • Mindfulness causes you to be fully presen
  • Mindfulness is defined as a state of active, open attention on the present
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  • . When you're mindful, you exist solely in the moment, noticing what is going on right then to the fullest. The practice of acceptance goes along with mindfulness
  • In acceptance you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad
  • Instead of saying "I am anxious," notice the physical sensation and acknowledge that it is there
  • help clients daily learn skills to help them better cope with the effects of anxiety on their mind and bodies.
  • Mindfulness is most frequently associated with a practice of meditation. Even five minutes of meditation daily has been proven to show benefit.
  • Some of my clients report washing the dishes as being meditative for them, or gardening, or listening to music.
  • Any activity where you can be fully in the moment contributes to your ability to quiet that voice in the mind that causes anxiety.
  • By being mindful you are not denying your feelings, nor ignoring them. You are integrating them into your "whole self" and allowing your mind to get out of the way so that your body can naturally heal itself.
  • Even as our minds get busy, the physical sensations of anxiety such as muscle tension, tightness in the chest or stomach, fluttering heartbeat are still present. Every few moments our minds do a "check in" to be sure that all systems are functioning properly. When the mind locates the symptoms of anxiety it sends off a "code red" and all of the symptoms feel exacerbated.
  • ven as our minds get busy, the physical sensations of anxiety such as muscle tension, tightness in the chest or stomach, fluttering heartbeat are still present. Every few moments our minds do a "check in" to be sure that all systems are functioning properly
  • When we resist emotions or physical sensations they rear their ugly heads and demand to be noticed. The sheer energy of them increases due to our increase in attempt to squash them down. Our bodies were made to allow all energy, negative and positive to move through them and to be expressed in some way, whether spoken through communication, burned off through exercise or relaxed away. Acceptance allows our bodies to naturally self correct and allow that energy to pass through us without resistance.
  • Mindfulness is proven to increase our quality of life by improving our physical health (reducing blood pressure and increasing quality of sleep to name a few benefits) and our mental health (decreased rumination, increased ability to handle daily stress) and out relationships (One study showed that people who practice mindfulness deal with relationship stress more constructively.
  • indfulness is most frequently associated with a practice of meditation. Even five minutes of meditation daily has been proven to show benefit. You can practice mindfulness in many other ways too. Some of my clients report washing the dishes as being meditative for them, or gardening, or listening to music. Any activity where you can be fully in the moment contributes to your ability to quiet that voice in the mind that causes anxiety.
  • By being mindful you are not denying your feelings, nor ignoring them. You are integrating them into your "whole self" and allowing your mind to get out of the way so that your body can naturally heal itself
  • Richard Ofosuhene on 04 Oct 13
     
    It shows how to do mindfulness and the benefit of it
Emily Vargas

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  • “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
David Dunn

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  • This meditation needs to be performed outside where you are physically present with Mother Earth and the Universe that surrounds her.  Find a quiet place outside, where you are away from other people, traffic noises, and alone with the beautiful sounds of nature.
  • Grounding is simply a word that describes the strengthening of your connection with earth.  It is an exercise that should be performed each morning as well as before meditation.  The process of grounding helps you to remain anchored in this dimension as you move through other dimensions in this meditation.
  • To ground yourself, close your eyes, breathe gently and deeply.  Imagine that there is a strong energy that flows up and down your spine, and then down through both legs.  Stay with this energy as it moves up and down your spine and legs – it’s a powerful energy.
David Dunn

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  • This nature walk is about becoming more sensitive to the environment and the extraordinary fact that you are alive. And the fresh air and sunshine will wake your body up and set your rhythm for the day.
hannah wheeler

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      hannah wheeler on 07 Oct 13
       
      Scholarly source
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  • 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
joshua gallo

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  • 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.
joshua gallo

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  • In mindfulness, or shamatha, meditation, we are trying to achieve a mind that is stable and calm. What we begin to discover is that this calmness or harmony is a natural aspect of the mind.
  • There are certain conditions that are helpful for the practice of mindfulness. When we create the right environment it’s easier to practice.
  • Often we just plop ourselves down to meditate and just let the mind take us wherever it may. We have to create a personal sense of discipline. When we sit down, we can remind ourselves: “I’m here to work on my mind. I’m here to train my mind.” It’s okay to say that to yourself when you sit down, literally. We need that kind of inspiration as we begin to practice.
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  • The Buddhist approach is that the mind and body are connected.
  • we become more and more familiar with our mind, and in particular we learn to recognize the movement of the mind, which we experience as thoughts. We do this by using an object of meditation to provide a contrast or counterpoint to what’s happening in our mind. As soon as we go off and start thinking about something, awareness of the object of meditation will bring us back.
Gabriel Kerbs

A Return to Wild Life: The Journey from "Civilized" to "Primitive" Living | The Edge of... - 0 views

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      Gabriel Kerbs on 03 Oct 13
       
      being mindful of the world around you and living "in balance" is a skill which can help you view the world (nature, specifically) in a more positive light
Emily Vargas

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      Emily Vargas on 01 Oct 13
       
      This is a small contradiction to my other articles Mindfulness causes anxiety?
  • we shouldn't be stressed out if we're practicing mindfulness or meditation
  • Yet I hear over and over from clients that the whole concept of mindfulness provokes anxiety
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  • the experience varies by culture and personal experience
  • especially relating to its application in pain and stress reduction.
  • acceptance, non-striving, and non-judging awareness.
  • It can be practiced virtually anywhere, anytime, requires no tools, no money, and no formal training
  • Wait, what? If that's true then why is the market flooded with meditation classes, audio guides, books, fancy retreats, phone apps, expensive pillows, bracelets, bobbles, and gizmos
  • Mindfulness is not a modern spiritual movemen
  • It's simply you at your most natural state of being.
  • That was mindfulness. It required nothing of you other than to be there
  • internalized someone else's idea of what it means to be mindful.
  • Maybe you tried it a few times and determined that your experience didn't match up with their description of what it should feel like. So you got frustrated and you quit. "It's too hard." "I'm terrible at it."
Emily Vargas

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  • While washing dishes or sweeping, direct your attention to the rhythm of the action. Listen closely to the swishing or scratching noises, smell the soap suds, or concentrate on your contracting muscles.
    • Emily Vargas
      Emily Vargas on 01 Oct 13
       
      Connect this back the article from the first project
  • We don’t often notice, but our senses of touch, smell, sight, and sound are constantly at work.
  • quiet your mind
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  • . The goal of mindful practices is to force us to be present, so we don’t waste precious days worrying.
  • Like most skills, it must be developed and refined
  • Try to quiet your mind and focus on your sensations for even 10 or 15 seconds at a tim
  • while walking, cleaning, and showering.
  • Mindfulness: A Wonderful Anxiety Cure You Ought to Know
  •  irrational form of fear.
  • Mindfulness is a practice that allows you to be content and alive in the present moment.
  • Anxieties try to tell you that something bad might happen, that you might not be good enough, or that someone might be thinking poorly of you.
  • Anxiety stems from the evolutionary by-product of exaggerated fear
  • I’ve understood for years that anxiety is counterproductive, but knowing it is and actually stopping it from affecting me are two different things.
  • Mindfulness is nearly infallible for helping to alleviate stress and worry
  • Mindfulness is a conscientious activity. It is an effort to do the opposite of what our brains naturally do.
  • When performing a task, mindfulness means directing our entire focus to that one task. No multi-tasking. No daydreaming.
Kathy Chu

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  • If you told Exxon or Lukoil that, in order to avoid wrecking the climate, they couldn't pump out their reserves, the value of their companies would plummet
    • Tara Picudella
      Tara Picudella on 18 Oct 13
       
      consequence---cost$$$$$$
    • Nikki Schmeling
      Nikki Schmeling on 18 Oct 13
       
      it's a consequence, sure, but it's one that's would happen if we did the exact opposite of what this article is telling us to do
    • Brian Walsh
      Brian Walsh on 18 Oct 13
       
      It always goes back to money. It seems like businesses and corporations are more preoccupied with how much money they will lose than how much polar ice will melt.
  • Germany is one of the only big countries that has actually tried hard to change its energy mix; on one sunny Saturday in late May, that northern-latitude nation generated nearly half its power from solar panels within its borders. That's a small miracle – and it demonstrates that we have the technology to solve our problems.
    • Tara Picudella
      Tara Picudella on 18 Oct 13
       
      possible solution to the problem? are there any bad results/is this good enough if implemented everywhere?
    • Nikki Schmeling
      Nikki Schmeling on 18 Oct 13
       
      I don't know if it can be implemented everywhere. to be honest, there are probably some places that don't get enough sun for this to be a viable option. it's also not as immediate, you have to wait for that. people like what they don't have to wait for and what they know works, i.e. carbon.
    • Yi Jin
      Yi Jin on 18 Oct 13
       
      I feel that Iceland should have been mentioned instead as its energy is 99% natural, but then again this shows how left back the rest of the world is
  • Green groups, for instance, have spent a lot of time trying to change individual lifestyles: the iconic twisty light bulb has been installed by the millions, but so have a new generation of energy-sucking flatscreen TVs.
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  • it's as if the gay-rights movement had to be constructed entirely from evangelical preachers, or the abolition movement from slaveholders.
    • Tara Picudella
      Tara Picudella on 18 Oct 13
       
      brings it personal for some of the audience to relate to
    • Nikki Schmeling
      Nikki Schmeling on 18 Oct 13
       
      take the case of slavery. some people benefited from it, but a lot didn't. those that didn't were the ones who protested. but with fossil fuels, most people, especially the ones with the most power to stop it, benefit from it a lot. that's the difference here.
  • A more efficient method, of course, would be to work through the political system, and environmentalists have tried that, too, with the same limited success.
    • Tara Picudella
      Tara Picudella on 18 Oct 13
       
      the leaders have the power to change everything...relates to the other reading
  • According to the Carbon Tracker report, if Exxon burns its current reserves, it would use up more than seven percent of the available atmospheric space between us and the risk of two degrees. BP is just behind, followed by the Russian firm Gazprom, then Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell, each of which would fill between three and four percent.
  • we might well burn all that carbon, in which case investors will do fine. But if we do, the planet will crater.
  • you can't have both.
    • Nikki Schmeling
      Nikki Schmeling on 18 Oct 13
       
      it seems really unfair that it has to be money vs. a planet to live on in the long run. people aren't going to want to make that decision, either way it makes them super unpopular with people.
  • time is precisely what we lack.
  • conceivably
  • he explained on the stump in March, "You have my word that we will keep drilling everywhere we can... That's a commitment that I make
  • Producing more oil and gas here at home has been, and will continue to be, a critical part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy.
    • Nikki Schmeling
      Nikki Schmeling on 18 Oct 13
       
      i kind of feel like this is being severely misquoted.... wasn't he saying that more about the fact that this was to try and not have us by from the middle easy and spend ridiculous amounts of money on foreign oil? this was a solution for an economic crisis, not an environmental one. wow this actually makes me really mad.
  • In December, the Canadian government withdrew from the treaty before it faced fines for failing to meet its commitments.
  • hypocrisy
  • In December, the Canadian government withdrew from the treaty before it faced fines for failing to meet its commitments.
    • Nikki Schmeling
      Nikki Schmeling on 18 Oct 13
       
      i feel like that shouldn't be allowed. it should have been more binding than that.
  • hypocrisy
    • Nikki Schmeling
      Nikki Schmeling on 18 Oct 13
       
      all these leaders keep talking about the problem, but won't do anything about it. you know, "talk the talk, but don't walk the walk"
  • A rapid, transformative change would require building a movement, and movements require enemies
  • They're clearly cognizant of global warming – they employ some of the world's best scientists, after all,
  • Barack Obama, for instance, campaigned more aggressively about climate change than any president before him
  • climate change is undoubtedly the most devastating environmental problem of this century."
    • Kathy Chu
      Kathy Chu on 18 Oct 13
       
      Large companies have found loopholes. I believe companies that emit carbon dioxide or any other air pollutant into the air has a limit, but smaller companies that doesn't emit as much sell the remaining amount to other companies. In a way, larger companies have found a way to burn as much carbon as they want because they can just buy from smaller ones.
  • environmental efforts to tackle global warming have failed. The planet's emissions of carbon dioxide continue to soar, especially as developing countries emulate (and supplant) the industries of the West. Even in rich countries, small reductions in emissions offer no sign of the real break with the status quo we'd need to upend the iron logic of these three numbers.
Emily Vargas

On-campus living may not stay free for charter school's students | The Kennebec Journal... - 0 views

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  • Good Will-Hinckley organization, which provides housing to students at the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences, is enacting a sliding fee scale for boarding costs, which are currently free to all students and are paid for in part by the school and in part by the state.
  • Legislative bills that could potentially take funding away from charter schools and a bill that would end or reduce state funds for boarding at the Good Will-Hinckley campus played a role in the decision,
  • said the change will not affect all students who wish to live at the school.
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  • We will make it happen, whether we use state funds, money from our private foundation or if we have to raise it through scholarships," he said.
  • To help with the process, the school will use a tuition management company to assess the needs of students,
  • The top priority is to make sure that low-income students from around the state can still attend the school,
  • The school currently boards 27 of its 44 students
  • hey plan to enroll about 75 students in the coming school year and board 37,
  • "It's still up in the air. The number depends on the need of all the students, and the money we have available from the state,"
  • It originally opened with just 19 students in 2011 on the Good Will-Hinckley campus,
  • The residential housing option is available through the school's parent organization, Good Will-Hinckley, which also oversees the L.C. Bates Museum and the Glenn Stratton Learning Center on the campus.
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    Good Will-Hinckley organization,
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