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WALK WITH AWARENESS: Our actions move us together or apart

Walk with awareness: Each action moves us together or pushes us apart.- image echiton burchelli ants forming a bridge

Come. Walk with me. Weld yourself to me and together as one, with multiplied senses, let us invade opened fields. Ecology takes creation and breaks it into a study of each organism in its…

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PARABLES OF PEACE by Kahlil Gibran

PARABLES OF PEACE by Kahlil Gibran

Three dogs were basking in the sun and conversing. The first dog said dreamily, “It is indeed wondrous to be living in this day of dogdom. Consider the ease with which we travel under the sea…

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FOUND MONEY: The dilemma of earned versus gifted

FOUND MONEY: The dilemma of earned vs gifted

It was really, really cold. She kept her eyes on her mom’s red bomber jacket and her mom kept looking back for her pink snowsuit, smiling. They were going…

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POEMS by Elvira Orlando: Patrick, May and Waiter

Poems by Elvira Orlando - Patrick

In my usual cycle of self-destruction / I was blaming myself for the current boy canceling our routine Sunday date / and had a bit too much to drink / trying to stop my brain from obsessing…

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THE STARFISH AND THE SPIDER: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations [book review]

The Starfish and the Spider - The Unstoppable Power of Leadership Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom

If you cut off a spider’s leg, it’s crippled; if you cut off its head, it dies. But if you cut off a starfish’s leg it grows a new one, and the old leg…

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For a Future to Be Possible by Thich Nhat Hanh [book review]

The five mindfulness trainings have traditionally been known as the layman’s Buddhist precepts: do not kill, steal, sexually abuse, lie…

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THE GOOD NEWS: Poetry by Thich Nhat Hanh

THE GOOD NEWS: Poetry by Thich Nhat Hanh

The good news / they do not print. / The good news / we do print. / We have a special edition every moment, / and we need you to read it.

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HOLY: A prose poem by Max Reif

HOLY: Prose poem by Max Reif

The word Holy had lost its way. It was speaking on a soapbox in the park. People passed by, oblivious. A few stopped to gawk or jeer. Only one little boy stood listening, enrapt…

MY DENNY’S “AMERICANA” ADVENTURE: Two essays by Max Reif

My Denny's Americana Adventure - two essays by Max Reif

Americans know Denny’s, the chain of so-so diners that in many areas are the only places to go after a night of carousing or, conversely, upon very early rising, as the only places open all night…

GHEE: A healthier alternative to butter (with ghee recipe)

To Ghee or not to ghee: Clarified butter - a healthier alternative

To some it’s known as clarified butter, to others the golden elixir of healing—ghee is a staple ingredient in Indian cooking and Ayurvedic healing known for its versatility, great taste, and many…

BANGALORE: One foot dangling in the future, one hoof rooted in the past

BANGALORE: One foot dangling in the future, one hoof rooted in the past - image roadsigns

Sadar Patrappa Road is commonly abbreviated to S.P. Road, nice and short for those wanting to save some time saying the extra syllables. This is Bangalore after all—the hub of India’s fast-paced…