Kindness Challenge: Midpoint Call!
Virtual
About This Event
Alongside some fun surprises, our call will again be brimming with sacred evocations. We'll get a chance to hear and share reflections with each other, and we're delighted to be joined with stories and insights from esteemed author Sharon Salzberg, and some inspiring hip-hop music from Nimo!
Sharon Salzberg is the author of 11 books (including LovingKindness, Love Your Enemy, and Real Happiness at Work), founder of a pioneering meditation center, contributing editor of Oprah's O Magazine, and a renowned spiritual teacher for many around the globe. Her visionary work has provided countless people with greater tools for wellbeing and collective goodwill. A touching teaser from her journey: 5 Minutes with Sharon!
Nimo Patel is a hip-hop artist who has dedicated the last dozen+ years working with underprivileged communities in the Gandhi Sabarmati Ashram in India. His journey has encompassed Ivy League b-school, working on Wall Street on 9/11, MTV Rap star fame, and a pilgrimage into a life of service. Feel his spirit in this inspiring video from his "Empty Hands" journey.
To attend Sunday's 90-minute call, simply click the RSVP button below and receive the information about the call logistics online and by email. In case the time doesn't work in your part of the world, do still RSVP so you can receive the call recording.
Thank you for co-creating such a sacred space of kindness!
Video Clips: Kindness Challenge: Midpoint Call!
Who Am I?
04:12
Can you guess the challenge participant?
Monica: Weather Report
04:52
The "weather" across the past week of our Kindness Challenge!
Guided Meditation
04:38
We begin Sharon's talk with a guided meditation.
Sharon: The Great Equalizer
05:31
A touching story on how kindness brings us all on the same level.
A World That Could Use Some Love
03:39
Story behind a book title, and how kindness makes the world go round.
Joy Of Receiving
03:19
Ram Dass and the synergistic flow of giving and receiving.
Predominant Conditioning
05:20
Sharon fields questions: If kindness is our natural state, why isn't it predominant? How do we include ourselves in the field of compassion? Who do we have to be to receive as effortlessly as we may give?
Tough Love
04:39
How can we be kind to those who've hurt us? Difference between inner intent and external action.
The Greatest Compliment
01:15
From Sharon's Tibetan teachers' teachers.
Loving Kindness
01:18
On meditation 'progress', Sharon notes: What changes have come in our daily lives?
Nimo: Melting The Walls
06:41
Closing remarks from rapper, Nimo Patel.
Music Video: Superhero
03:45
Sightings of everyday heroes, with Nimo and Daniel's song!
Nimo: What Do I Have To Give?
03:02
A family just lost everything. How did they respond?
Grateful Song!
03:57
Nimo closes the call with an elevating live zoom performance.