
Sep 13, 2023 Today's DailyGood: The 8 Kinds of Humility to Help You Stay Grounded "I'm wary of those who counsel deferential or pious humility to contain and admonish those who have strong opinions and perspectives. For example, the stereotype of humble Asians and Asian Americans acts to silence important messages that are quite critical to our time of change and distress. To be bold and not "humble" per se risks being called "arrogant" or "difficult to deal with." I think it's possible to be both brave and humble, but it requires constant internal and interpersonal work, and risks rupturing or distressing relationships. That perspective keeps me grounded even when I express myself and my concerns for marginalized peoples quite strongly. In that way, a sense of responsibility and allyship fuels both bravery and many forms of humility. Here's an overview of eight varieties of humility--and of all the ways they can keep us grounded even in the face of injustices." Psychiatrist Ravi Chandra shares more in this post. [Read more ...]
Sep 13, 2023 KarunaNews: Rescue Center Boosts Survival For Stranded Dolphins On Cape Cod
Sep 12, 2023 KarmaTube's video of the week: The Beauty of Being a Misfit.
Sep 12, 2023 KarunaNews: 'You Can Always Start Again': The LA Restaurant Helping Refugees Resettle -- One Dish At A Time
Sep 12, 2023 This week's Awakin reading is by Mark Nepo titled 'The Practice Before The Practice': From the moment we open our eyes, we are meaning-seeking creatures, looking for what matters though we carry what matters deep within us. And more than the hard-earned understandings we arrive at, more than the principles or beliefs we stitch together out of our experience, how we stay in relationship to the mysterious Whole of Life is what brings us alive and keeps us alive. Everyone knows firsthand that life is messy and painful, beautiful and unpredictable. The endless practice is keeping our heart open to the whole of it. And the journey of becoming who we were born to be never ends. It’s limitless, eternal. We don’t arrive—we grow. I believe and give my heart to the notion that spirituality is listening for and living into the soul’s place on Earth. A life of spirit, regardless of the path we choose, begins with a person’s acceptance that they are part ... [Read more] Seed questions for reflection: How do you relate to the notion of ‘the practice before the practice’? Can you share an experience you’ve had of ‘the practice before the practice’? What helps you make deep progress?
Sep 10, 2023 What a kick-off to our 21-day Interfaith Challenge! Watch the clips here, from Rabbi Ariel Burger's stories to Wakanyi and Nina's moving songs!
Sep 9, 2023 Birju's latest Work + T newsletter is out -- money, values and more. :) Headliner article is around Kegan's work on socialized mind (follow rules), self -authoring mind (my rules), self-transforming mind (many identities, many rules, many paradoxes). Also excited to see Cleona's interview as a feature!
Sep 8, 2023 So excited to start 21-Day Interfaith Compassion Challenge with 28 partnering organizations! If you'd like to join folks from 60+ countries, sign up here.
Sep 5, 2023 In a weekend retreat organized by our Indian volunteers, a senior tech leader remarked at the end -- "I have been on many vacations and more recently -- stay-cations, work-cations, etc. But perhaps this is my first time doing what I may call a soul-cation." Well, what touches your soul, like that? The team thinks that when small acts of kindness start compounding in a space, it invokes a deep remembrance in each human being. More in this blog post here - 40 Strangers, 1 Circle, 1 Intelligence. And their next retreat "Crafting a New Story" is now accepting applications.
Sep 5, 2023 KarmaTube's video of the week: A Cloud Never Dies.