November 2017
Last month, I was delighted to visit Austria for less than 24 hours. Christine, Alma, Katzi and Hermann whipped up a storm of love -- from walks around town, to an Awakin Circle, to meetings with inspiring change-makers, to late night brainstorms, to nurturing ripples like monthly Awakin Circles…
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Recent email from a friend: "As we get deeper into this momentum of communities and cross pollination, I'm wondering how to draw boundaries and not get sucked into random activities." This is a fantastic question to hold around boundaries. :) On one side, you have fleeting…
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In just an hour with these high-school girls from Singapore, we felt like close friends. Their follow-up emails were astounding , just like their big hearts.
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Email from a monk: "Just read how about this article titled, 'Men and women's brains react differently when responding to helping others.' It hadn't occurred to me before that 'in both genders, dopamine encodes values.' Yet 'the mind' described by the Buddha,…
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If ever one doubts the power of generosity, Banyan Grove will beg to differ. We just held a glorious opening ceremony, with kindred spirits and this freshly minted song: This House Called Banyan Grove
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Replika is a chatbot that creates a digital representation of you. It's strange and fascinating -- but the story behind it is even better. Eugenia Kuyda’s best friend died in 2015. Using a chatbot structure she developed, she entered their messaging history into a Google-built neural…
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We had an epic Karma Kitchen in Poland . Rev. Heng Sure put on the apron to replace "bus boys" with "bus monks". #Humbling Before Karma Kitchen Poland, all volunteers tied a sacred thread (rakhi) to each other, with prayerful blessings -- as a…
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I landed in Poland without my bags, but had the serendipity of meeting a respected Tibetan Lama at the airport itself. By the time I reached at the destination, an Indian meal, new clothes (even under clothes), tooth brush, shaving cream, everything was ready. And we followed up with a…
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It was a great joy to share space with Jaime Bristow, at Mita's Awakin London circle today. He always has great research like how on how 74% are moved by intrinsic motivations but 77% believe others aren't; and how we radically underestimate the happiness of others.…
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In the process of making my labor of love film, I faced a crossroads. I admired a certain artist's work, but he wanted to be paid for it. Other artists were moved by the spirit of the project, but their quality was average (not great). I want to engage volunteers but I also want the best…
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