What is awe? We take time to look past the overused ‘awesome’ today. It is ‘a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.’ It turns out that experiencing genuine awe makes us more generous. The study defines awe as: ‘an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend current frames of reference.’ Today… Read more »
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#tds578 Finding our ground in conversation
Notegraphy Do a close reading of this poem. In what ways might embodying this poem help us with interpersonal attention? Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds578
#tds577 Marshmallows, flexibility and habits
Take time to listen to this podcast and what it has to say about human flexibility and the need for creating the right context and for training the mind to change our actions over time. How comfortable are you with the idea that you do not ‘have’ a personality but that your actions are… Read more »
#tds576 Notice your opinions
Today stop reacting and notice your responses to other people. We all need support and encouragement to be aware of what we think, what we say, and what we do. Notice your opinions. If you find yourself becoming aggressive about your opinions, notice that. If you find yourself being nonaggressive, notice that. Pema Chrodron On… Read more »
#tds575 Build a rat park
This short video might offer new light on the idea of what drives us to become addicted to the web or our phone or anything. Be patient, watch it and then you will know why you may need to build a rat park to be released from addictive patterns. Video is under 6 minutes long… Read more »
#tds574 I am sorry
Who do you need to apologise to today? Pay attention to how you feel after the apology. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds574
#tds573 Contemplative Listening
Find somebody to listen to today and try out Gregg’s responses. In order to use them you will have to listen! The blanks need to be filled with the actual words that other person use as they speak. This week we welcome some students from an MA in Mindfulness Studies doing a course on mindful… Read more »
#tds572 Finding our ground in conversation
Notegraphy Do a close reading of this poem. In what ways might embodying this poem help us with interpersonal attention? or just take time, a quiet moment to read and immerse yourself in these insightful words. You are welcome. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds572
#tds571 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 »
#tds570 Zentangle time!
You can just print this pattern and follow these easy steps to create your first Zentangle or you can create your own starter pattern like a pro! Enjoy purposeful doodle time. Hint: if you search Zentangle Starter Patterns in the google you will have your pick of patterns to get you started. Tweet your response… Read more »
#tds569 Learning to intertwine loss, decency and beauty
On Being is a treasure trove of still moments and insight. Let’s listen to another podcast today? “Kate Braestrup is a chaplain to game wardens, often on search and rescue missions, in the wilds of Maine. She works, as she puts it, at hinges of human experience when lives alter unexpectedly — where loss, disaster,… Read more »
#tds568 Quiet is a think-tank of the soul
How can we not listen to somebody who says that ‘quiet is a think-tank of the soul’? From the blurb on the podcast: “Silence is an endangered species, says Gordon Hempton. He defines real quiet as presence — not an absence of sound, but an absence of noise. The Earth, as he knows it, is… Read more »
