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2013-05-09 05:55:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Please donate to Upaya's Nomads Clinic in Nepal. This is a project Roshi Joan supports and really needs your involvement! It is a powerful endeavor to deliver health care in the remote Himalayas: http://nomadsclinic.org/

2013-04-29 05:20:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

http://www.ramdass.org/RD/online-retreat/

2013-04-16 06:12:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

do all you can do.... be all you can be (be all you can be!!!) and relax/surrender into all that you are to relieve suffering... not for any 'ism' ...does there have to be an 'ism'?...can't we just act on this compulsion to relieve suffering

2013-04-14 05:43:01 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

We should all be feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at TEDxEuston

2013-04-10 04:31:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Please consider sponsoring me in supporting the Global Poverty Project whose goal is "to end extreme poverty"...From April 29th to May 3rd. I've signed up for the Live Below the Line Challenge which essentially involves feeding yourself on no more than $1.50 per day - the U.S. equivalent of the extreme poverty line. A mere 5 days. Intention is to raise awareness of the 1.4 billion people who have no choice but to live below the line every day - and who have to make the $1.50 cover a lot more than food. Addressing this ever increasing gap between the haves and have-nots globally feels key to me as a progressive; as an activist; as an engaged buddhist; as a hopeful concerned loving empathetic opening earnest being, here and now :-) Even better than donating, join me and sign up for the challenge. Love. 
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2013-04-10 03:14:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Please consider sponsoring me in supporting the Global Poverty Project whose goal is "to end extreme poverty"...From April 29th to May 3rd. I've signed up for the Live Below the Line Challenge which essentially involves feeding yourself on no more than $1.50 per day - the U.S. equivalent of the extreme poverty line. A mere 5 days. Intention is to raise awareness of the 1.4 billion people who have no choice but to live below the line every day - and who have to make the $1.50 cover a lot more than food. Addressing this ever increasing gap between the haves and have-nots globally feels key to me as a progressive; as an activist; as an engaged buddhist; as a hopeful concerned loving empathetic opening earnest being, here and now :-) Even better than donating, join me and sign up for the challenge. Love. 
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2013-03-26 06:35:21 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Weeding for 5hrs this past weekend brought to me: When you look forward to what lies ahead you might feel intimidated and oh jesus/buddha....there is no hope, this is futile, i can't continue...if you look back you might feel ah man i am useless not progressing fast enough...missing all those weeds :-) but if you stay in the present moment feel sun on your skin and pause now and again to take in the view, the sounds of all the birds and animals even to notice the lizard within a hand's length next to you watching you breathing with you it is the most joyous exceptionally peaceful experience...occupy the present! viva!

2013-02-18 23:27:31 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

On March 4, a new game on Facebook, inspired by the book “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” will be introduced....

2013-02-10 07:32:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

long overdue...let's dance!
One Billion Rising (Short Film)

2013-02-10 05:55:26 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-02-10 04:04:32 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Through my life's experience, have felt sensation of being ready to give my life towards a cause (at one time in the past not sure now) - towards what i perceived as social justice and contributing towards evolution and betterment....and that willingness to give my life gave me energy to accomplish things activism wise...gave me a lot of focus and enabled me to contribute to change revolution type change...perhaps an immature question...but is it necessary? I mean, do we need to feel prepared to give our lives towards a cause in order to unleash energy that can change things? Focusing on the 'Engaged' aspect here...do we need to get to a point where we are prepared to die if things don't change? in any sphere where we desire change, be it...treatment of women in the world; detention without trial; torture; human trafficking; desiccation of the environment; abuse of the disenfranchised?...Ig... more »

2013-02-01 07:37:45 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Whoah!...Take a listen to this Dharma podcast with Roshi Joan as speaker..."How alive am I willing to be?" Really struck a chord with me...deeply...quite a heart pounding reverberating challenge :-)...http://www.upaya.org/dharma/joan-halifax-11-15-2012-fall-sesshin-transmitting-the-light-part-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DharmaPodcast+%28Dharma+Podcast%3A+Zen+Practice+%7C+Engaged+Buddhism+%7C+Retreats+%7C+Meditation%29&utm_content=FaceBook

2013-02-01 07:03:39 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

Hangouts + Comunidades en una experiencia inspiradora

Al fotógrafo +John Butterill se le ocurrió montar un teléfono a su cámara y compartir su excursión vía Hangout. Podés ver por vos mismo lo que pasó a continuación... 

(Disponibles subtítulos con traducción al español)

2013-01-29 05:34:36 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Hangouts + Comunidades en una experiencia inspiradora

Al fotógrafo +John Butterill se le ocurrió montar un teléfono a su cámara y compartir su excursión vía Hangout. Podés ver por vos mismo lo que pasó a continuación... 

(Disponibles subtítulos con traducción al español)

2013-01-28 00:10:30 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

revealing how i am an imposter here:...i have been thinking about the first precept...."to abstain from taking life'...and was thinking in light of interconnectedness and every thought/action having repercussions...i can't imagine being in integrity vowing to 100% support this precept...i mean in light of not being vegetarian; sometimes metaphorically taking energy out of my surroundings, detracting from my own nourishment with negative talk; unwittingly buying from companies that are taking lives...etc. etc....essentially was wondering what does 'keeping the precepts' mean? fullfilling them...being in integrity with them....or is it an intention and commitment to awareness...or?

2013-01-24 15:44:39 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Joe Biden will be having a conversation around ideas to reduce gun violence....Google + hangout today at 1.45pm ET.

Today, in a hangout hosted by Google and moderated by Hari Sreenivasan from PBS NewsHour, Vice President Biden will speak with a group of Google+ users about the White House policy recommendations and answer their questions.

We should engage...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live?utm_source=email196&utm_medium=text1&utm_campaign=nowisthetime

2013-01-23 23:57:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-01-21 15:07:10 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

So excited to be here...big gratitude for this community. Thank you Roshi!

2012-11-17 22:57:48 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Whoah!...Take a listen to this Dharma podcast with Roshi Joan as speaker..."How alive am I willing to be?" Really struck a chord with me...deeply...quite a heart pounding reverberating challenge :-)...http://www.upaya.org/dharma/joan-halifax-11-15-2012-fall-sesshin-transmitting-the-light-part-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DharmaPodcast+%28Dharma+Podcast%3A+Zen+Practice+%7C+Engaged+Buddhism+%7C+Retreats+%7C+Meditation%29&utm_content=FaceBook

2012-10-30 15:26:57 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I. Storms

As I sit down to write this post many forces are converging, not the least of which is Hurricane Sandy, bearing down this hour on the East Coast.

Huge sections of Brooklyn and Manhattan are underwater, wind and rain is buffeting New Jersey and other parts of the Eastern shoreline, and millions of people in the path of the storm will be without power for days.

This is the nature of storms… to churn up unimaginable amounts of pure energy, to rearrange everything in their way, to move on, and to gradually disperse...

2012-06-10 22:13:28 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Shake It Out: Choral Tribute to Florence and The Machine by the Capital Children's Choir

2012-06-02 05:33:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Tsoknyi Rinpoche giving teachings at Upaya; he is a remarkable teacher; register now; filling quickly: http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=766

2012-05-11 21:54:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Just discovered this amazing photojournalist website..

http://www.panos.co.uk/news/?sgn=n

2012-05-11 21:21:08 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

What the Frack is going on...

2012-05-11 05:31:22 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

...alright I'm Jeff Vader...lmao...Eddie Izzard- Death Star Canteen

2012-05-09 05:45:48 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-04-30 05:01:18 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Clayton For Google AdCamp :)

In March, I applied for the Google AdCamp Program (goo.gl/66QBN) this summer by +Google Students. The summer program is aimed at giving university students, like myself, insight into +Life at Google, Google's advertising sales with products such as +Google Ads & +Google AdSense, as well as the advertising industry as a whole.

My goal is to one day be a Googler and this program is a great stepping stone towards making that a reality.

I believe I have what it takes to be a Googler. I never settle for less. I am always seeking to better myself, challenge myself, and learn more. I have a strong passion for technology and marketing as well as an extensive knowledge of Google and it's products. Above all else, I possess a strong drive to succeed and innovate.

Feel free to reshare this post and my webpage discussing why I... more »

2012-04-30 03:26:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way

2012-04-28 17:43:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

From Daniel Goleman's forward: "...knowing yourself lies at the core of emotional intelligence, and that the best mental app for this can be foun in the mind-training method called mindfulness....His vision....entails beta testing a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence curriculum at Google and then offering it to anyone who might benefit..." Thank you Meng!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/technology/google-course-asks-employees-to-take-a-deep-breath.html?_r=3&hp

2012-04-20 07:16:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

omg...love this....fighting addiction to it: Young the Giant - "Cough Syrup" (Official Video)
Reminds me of my final year at high school in South Africa where friends and I did satire mandatory synchronized swimming to the soundtrack of Koos Kombuis, "Ek Ry 'n BMW" lol...man those teachers were angry with us...

2012-04-20 06:58:48 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

Here is the link to Roshi's prayer at the "Happiness and well-being" United Nations - High level panel discussion, to be found at 2:53:12 : http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2012/04/high-level-panel-discussion-happiness-and-well-being-english-2.html
It is such a deep and deeply generous prayer...Thank you, Rosh Joan, for your presence right now.

2012-04-18 05:16:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Did you know you can change a link so a video will start at a certain point? Just click Share > Options on a video page or add #t= and the number of minutes and seconds at the end of the URL. For example, if I wanted to start at 4 minutes and 7 seconds, I'd add #t=4m7s and I'm done! So, say you wanted to skip straight to the part where the starved, foreign explorer freaks out over cheese puffs... bam:

Basic needs - extreme happiness

And guess what? If you're not scared of a little html, it works for urls within players you embed on blogs and websites too. Pretty sweet.

#YouTubeProTip courtesy of YouTube's Trends Manager +Kevin Allocca

2012-04-18 05:13:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

http://nrk.no/227/dag-for-dag/andre-brink_-darkness-at-noon-1.8068814

2012-04-16 22:31:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

“Today we’re on a quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow.”

2012-04-16 05:32:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

My hometown for 18 years...It still has a large part of my heart...This is quite a historical spot where this photo was taken...bloubergstrand...

2012-04-16 02:29:29 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

2012-04-14 21:17:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Two Googlers created this very cool interactive visualization of wind speeds in the US at http://hint.fm/wind/index.html.

Google has invested almost one billion dollars in renewable energy (http://www.google.com/green/energy/) and is purchasing over 200MW from wind farms to power our datacenters (http://www.google.com/green/energy/use/#purchasing).

2012-04-14 21:15:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hung out with Henrietta in the playground in my Cape Town life :-) She rocks! http://geosireads.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/an-interview-with-south-africas-caine-prize-winner-henrietta-rose-innes/

2012-04-14 14:11:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Me? I really dig the new layout as does my little friend below.

#googleplusupdate #whitespace

2012-04-13 16:41:51 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
(Post #3 - since the first and second posts exceeded comment limits)

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Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of (generic-brand) "Cheerios" in the below glass vase.

The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:

1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only oneguess per person, please.

2) <... more »

2012-04-12 12:32:21 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Live Webcasts from Hawaii and San Diego

There will be live webcasts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's public talks and panel discussions during his visit to Hawaii and San Diego, USA, from April 14-19, 2012.

April 14th: Talk with Students - "Educating the Heart"
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a public talk entitled "Educating the Heart" and will discuss with Hawaii high school and college students the importance of practicing tolerance, perseverance, and persistence in everyday life at the University of Hawaii's Stan Sheriff Center. Live webcast can be viewed from http://dalaila.ma/HzbQLE
Time: 1:45pm HAST (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time)

April 15th: Panel Discussion - "The Importance of Native Intelligence in Modern Times"
His Holiness will participate in a panel discussion with Native Hawaiian leaders on "The... more »

2012-04-12 04:43:23 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 6 +1s)

addicted to this sound :-) Calvin Harris - Feel So Close

2012-04-12 00:05:36 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125511963

OMG I crave silence...sometimes even a distant hum of a motorbike on a Sunday afternoon sounds like a full-on crescendo choir to me :) and as for the buzz of appliances at night...aargh...am with the monks in their pursuit :)

2012-04-11 14:11:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Toward a simpler, more beautiful Google

We've just begun the worldwide rollout of a more functional and flexible version of Google+. We think you’ll find it easier to use and nicer to look at, but most importantly, it accelerates our efforts to create a simpler, more beautiful Google.

You can read more about it here:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/toward-simpler-more-beautiful-google.html

#googleplusupdate

2012-04-11 14:03:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

"And as we grapple with our troubles in SA today, the anniversary of the death of Hani brings into focus the paradox of our times: why is it that those who were prepared to die for one another are today seemingly unable to live for each other?"...
http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/hani-s-last-command-when-we-held-our-country-s-future-in-our-hands-1.1272897

2012-04-10 23:48:09 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-04-10 19:39:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Take some time to check this out and absorb - very rich and a vital challenge at this time...

"We must recognize that we have no alternative but to cultivate radical compassion at this time."

http://www.upaya.org/newsletter/view/2012/04/10#story8

Upaya Newsletter for 4/10/2012
www.upaya.org
Defining a New Economic Paradigm Hosted by the Royal Government of the Kingdom of BhutanECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters New York City April 2, 2012

2012-04-09 16:52:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

the invisible force around our earth, so powerful and beautiful, here depicted in lived time:
http://hint.fm/wind/
Wind Map
hint.fm

2012-04-08 22:14:57 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

there's every chance everything is going to be ok :-)

2012-04-08 19:02:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

This morning I saw a Flowering Cross ceremony. It brought to mind Rebecca Parker's "Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire"...Her book starts with the words, "It took Jesus a thousand years to die. Images of his corpse did not appear in churches until the tenth century. Why not?..." This flowering cross image also made me think of seeds deep in the darkness growing within and the continual awakening/resurrection happening within us all. Deeply moving... Happy Easter and Happy Awakening.