Aug 25, 2023

Tomorrow, two big-hearted friends of our ecosystem in Australia are joining us for a call. Danny and Berry! 

Despite being one of the wealthiest families in Australia, they have turned tradition upside down! Many moons ago, when Danny aerospace engineering required designing an airplane that would drop 100 kilos of missiles, his response: “Can’t we all design a plane to drop 100 kilos of rice to a community in need, that’s hard to access?” Take a look at a pre-call we had with them two days (and yes, we took out the unending humorous outtakes): 

Hope you can join in the fun tomorrow! Ari and Nav are tag-teaming as the volunteer moderators, which makes it double the fun. :)

Aug 25, 2023

More than 50 young people came together for a retreat in India. 

At the end of the retreat, Jay whipped this informal 4-minute video. What a gathering. Meghna, who has put together well over a hundred such retreats, couldn't stop smiling.

Passing comment by one of the youth, from Sister Lucy's community -- "I was so happy that I got to experience a bed all by myself!"

Aug 24, 2023

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Aug 24, 2023

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Aug 23, 2023

After his Pod experience, a podmate shared his favourite quote in Quaker faith in his gratitude:

The humble, meek, merciful, just, pious, and devout souls are everywhere of one religion; and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wear here makes them strangers. This world is a form; our bodies are forms; and no visible acts of devotion can be without forms. But yet the less form in religion the better, since God is a Spirit; for the more mental our worship, the more adequate to the nature of God; the more silent, the more suitable to the language of a Spirit. --William Penn, 1963 

Aug 23, 2023

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Aug 22, 2023

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Aug 21, 2023

Rev. Bonnie Rose interviews Nipun for Ventura TV.  Yes, that's right -- TV!

Aug 20, 2023

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Aug 19, 2023

As we were settling down on the couch with our morning tea, a beautiful conversation took place between Arundada and Audrey, in his 2019 visit to the US. Here are some glimpses of the conversation, as I tried hard to translate what was transpiring between the two :)

Audrey: How did Vinoba lead?

Arun dada: Vinoba did not lead, he did what organically appeared in front of him. He was anarambhi - someone who does his duty in the world with complete non-attachment. In Patanjali yogasutra it is the ‘cessation of fluctuation in consciousness’, a state of consciousness where nothing arises nor passes away – a state without a beginning.

[Read full post by Jignasha here]