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Updated on November 9, 2015
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September 17, 2015
Today I was at Hauptbahnhof, Vienna’s main train session and my impressions were similar to those I experienced at Westbahnhof the previous day. Everything was orderly. There were abundant volunteers cooking and serving meals and playing with kids … Continue reading
Reflections Upon Humanity #3
What a night and what an immersion into the refugee situation! About 1am as we were concluding a beautiful circle in which friends were expressing their exhaustion and their learnings from the past two weeks of intensity, we received news … Continue reading
Reflections on Humanity #1
Impressions from Westbahnhof Vienna…
I’ve arrived a day late, maybe. I’m not needed here as the level of caring and response is so strong. The urgency and adrenaline rush of the past weeks has subsided. Hungary has closed its borders and … Continue reading
June 25, 2015 Tui Spain
Sometimes it seems like life is insistent upon reminding me of my calling to hold space for pain. And I wonder what this means. What am I to do when I encounter someone in pain?
Yesterday I … Continue reading
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Tagged camino, Camino Reflections, Holding Space, Reflection, Sacred Outsider
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Questions from the Global South
Its been four months now that I have been in India and China with the intention of “preparing the field” and it feels like it is time to be harvesting some learnings from this journey. My hesitance and procrastination suggest … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of Hosting, China, questions, Reflection
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Being the Sacred Other
It was 5:55PM and we were scheduled to begin at 6:00 and still we did not have the design. Narayan, my co-host, and I had just met for nearly three hours with four young Chinese women to sense into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of Hosting, China, Sacred Other, warrior, World Cafe
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If you want to be happy, be grateful
The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, … Continue reading
Remove Mutual Enmity ~ Imam Ali
“To remove mutual enmity, ill-feeling and hatred is better than recommended prayers and fasting.”
~ Imam Ali written to Imam Husayn and Hasan. (from “letter 47”)
Lessons from the Universe ~ Ask for What You Need
My nomadic journey has been founded upon the intentions of being involved in meaningful work, following where life is calling me and of trusting that if I give of my gifts freely I will receive whatever I need to sustain … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Egypt, gift, Intention, Jeffery Schwartz, Neuroscience
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