Puppetji wisdom for the weekend, laughter brings us into the moment. Your daily today will take you less than 1 minute to complete and a lifetime to practice! Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds627
Posts By: Mariana
#tds626 “Music is my Religion.” Jimi Hendrix
Today we get to ‘Draw the Sound’. Here are the instructions: “Listen closely with your eyes closed to three different types of instrumental music, preferably a song with a heavy beat, a one with a single instrument, and a song with an orchestra. Draw a box you feel represents each sound and draw within each… Read more »
#tds625 Meeting each other with an empty mind
Who will you meet today with an empty mind, no preconceptions or need for a result in the conversation? How easy or not was it? Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds625
#tds624 Finding colour
From the blurb: “Alike” is an animated short film directed by Daniel Martínez Lara & Rafa Cano Méndez alike.es SYNOPSIS: In a busy life,Copi is a father who tries to teach the right way to his son,Paste. But… what is the correct path?” A lovely animation, using colour to make philosophical points about life. TL;DR ? Take time for… Read more »
#tds623 Your fear list
“I thought this might be a good practice for a Daily Stillness activity: Listing our fears keeps them from being a surprise – we can get comfortable around them.” Today your job is to start making your very own fear list to befriend. This may take more than today…that is okay. One day… Read more »
#tds622 One thing at a time
“Your instructions: All day long, do just one thing at a time. If you catch yourself doing two things, switch your focus back to one. Don’t read an article and Tweet about it – read it, then Tweet. Write an email until you’ve finished it and hit “send.” Perhaps even take a moment to just… Read more »
#tds621 Social Media and Ambient Intimacy
Some useful counterpoints to the idea that ‘the virtual is not real’ in this video: Social media and Ambient Intimacy. Exploring the idea that social media may be helping us develop what David Bohm referred to as proprioception of thought or what we might understand as online empathy. A short and first person reflection… Read more »
#tds620 Seven minutes of info-magical conversation
Another Infomagical challenge today. Listen to the 7 minute podcast and here are the instructions: “…the seven minute conversation theory [Sherry Turtkle] discovered in the course of her most recent research. It goes like this: in a real, verbal, human conversation, it takes at least seven minutes to see whether or not a conversation will… Read more »
#tds619 Say No and say No again
Today be intentional about when you say yes and when you say no. Resentment about busyness is often about saying yes when we want to say no. Non Violent Communication speaks to this unconditional giving. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds619
#tds618 Stillness in communication
Take your camera on a stroll and do some people watching. Make a photo that shows stillness in conversation. Somebody listening attentively, two people staring at the clouds…enjoy your walk. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds618
#tds617 Are you introverted or just rude?
“Years ago, I was habitually late. “I can’t help it!” I declared to an expert in time management (I’d turned my effort to reform into a magazine article, as writers do, which gave me the excuse to seek professional help). “Have you ever missed a plane?” she asked. I had not. “Then you can help it…. Read more »
#tds616 How forgiving are you?
Today we take time away from doing to think about forgiveness – Just how forgiving are you. Do the quiz. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds616
