Thanks to Bob at the Turtle Island Native Network I have learned of a number of the indigenous peoples in the Andaman Sea who have been decimated by the tsunamis. Here are some links to some articles on them. While it seems true that groups like the Sentinelese have eschewed contact with outsiders up to the present day, still some of these articles treat these peoples as endangered species, so if you can get past the unsophisticated cafe anthropology(prmitive, negrito, etc.), there is some news in there. For more details about the tribal peoples in question, here are some better …
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In the last couple of days I have learned a couple of secrets about breathing and smiling. I was listening to a recording of a teaching by Thich Nhat Hahn from the 1980s and he said this: At the end of a retreat in California, a friend wrote this poem: I have lost my smile, but don?t worry, The dandelion has it. If you have lost your smile and yet are still capable of seeing that a dandelion is keeping it for you, the situation is not too bad. You still have enough mindfulness to see that the smile is …
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Every year I look back on all the work I have been a part of, and I like to publically thanks everyone who has invited me to be a part of their lives this year. It has been a busy one, with trips to New Zealand, the United States, and every Canadian province from British Columbia to Quebec. So thanks are due to the following groups who invited me to come work with them: Office of the Dean of Medicine, University of British Columbia Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Familiy Services Office for Accesa and Diversity, University of British Columbia The …
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From a conversation with Krishnamurti, on the art of listening: Sir, what is seeing, and what is listening, and what is learning? I think the three are related to each other: learning, hearing and seeing. What is seeing, perceiving? Do we actually see, or do we see through a screen darkly? A screen of prejudice, a screen of our idiosyncracies, experiences, our wishes, pleasures, fears, and obviously our images about that which we see and about ourselves? So we have this screen after screen between us and the object of perception. So do we ever see the thing at all? …
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Rob Paterson is leading a charge for a new movement, taking Martin Luther for his inspiration: “The great wheel of time has come full circle. Once again a small group of people have given up their attempts of internal reform. Once again, they look to how business can serve mankind and not a few men. Once again they seek to replace the institution with direct relationships between men and women. Once again, they seek to replace dogma with the observed design and ways of nature. Once again a new technology for communication has arrived to aid this group to spread …