instead of what it is that I can temporarily get a rush from. Nothing wrong with temporary rushes. Right? But I want more permanent stuff. I’m greedy. I want it to stay there all the time and I want you and everybody else to have it there all the time. Like never, ever stop, no matter what happens. I want that underlying energy to keep flowing, lifting you, supporting you and then we can just keep getting higher and higher, by letting go. TS: I might call that the deepest generosity and not greedy, Michael, but OK. So, I would say a huge focus of the book Living Untethered is this identification of what these blockages are. What are these blockages? And yo... posted on Feb 3 2023 (5,633 reads)

for the future of a democratic culture. This isn’t a trend that started yesterday; it emerged about a hundred years ago, but it is not yet so old that we cannot hope to change it. It is not engraved in human nature; in fact, it goes against human nature. My argument is that a democratic culture rests, not on any specific and unique juridical arrangements but first and foremost on a special form of interrelationships among people, one based  on mutual respect and trust, on generosity toward our fellow citizens and understanding for their intentions, and on a willingness to keep arguing over our differences, to keep believing even against some good evidence that if we ke... posted on Feb 13 2023 (2,355 reads)

be able to do what this child needed, be the father that he needed. But what also worried me in the days ahead was wondering about what kind of world my son was coming into. Was this going to be a world where people would be kind to him, where if he stumbled and made a mistake, people would forgive him and give him another chance? Where he would do the same for other people? Was it going to be a world that was driven by and informed by the core values of love, of kindness and compassion and generosity? Or was he going to be in a world that was driven by fear, where people were pitted against each other, where everyone was looking out for themselves? I know what kind of world I want for h... posted on Apr 14 2023 (3,868 reads)

as “the manner in which our consciousness is disposed towards whatever else exists,” he writes: The choice we make of how we dispose our consciousness is the ultimate creative act: it renders the world what it is. It is, therefore, a moral act: it has consequences. A century-some after William James insisted that our experience is what we agree to attend to, and two generations after Simone Weil asserted that “attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity,” McGilchrist adds: Attention changes the world. How you attend to it changes what it is you find there. What you find then governs the kind of attention you will think it a... posted on May 23 2023 (3,207 reads)

is Britain's senior Dharma teacher. Having once lived on 39 British pounds per year for ten years, he has sat beneath The Tree of Enlightenment in Bodhgaya, India and, so impacted by the experience, returned to Bodhgaya for years afterward to offer retreats there. For five decades, he has been teaching Dharma around the world for free. Living primarily on donations since 1970, Christopher has noted his intention to stay true to the spirit of dana, a practice of cultivating generosity. Christopher is a teacher of Awakening and Insight Meditation in the Buddhist tradition. He does not use the label 'Buddhist' for himself but expresses the deep benefits of his l... posted on Jun 6 2023 (2,196 reads)

and practical tools for getting better at managing our moods and feelings. Susan grew up in South Africa, teaches at Harvard Medical School, co-founded the Institute of Coaching and regularly shares ideas that make me stop and think—and rethink—about emotions. Hey Susan. Hi Adam. So excited to be here today. Adam Grant: Are you excited or are you just saying that because you're an expert in emotional agility? Susan David: I'm genuinely excited. A little bit fearful, a feeling of generosity, various things going on for me. Adam Grant: I wonder what you're afraid of. Susan David: Well, I think that there's always the challenge when one is bringing ideas to the world of wantin... posted on Mar 28 2024 (216 reads)

transformational path of Sufism. That is how I ended up practicing two religions.Janessa:  So inclusive and non-judgmental, and it's beautiful. Just a quick follow up from a caller, Carol. She asked if the spiritual alphabet is similar to the 99 names of Islam? Have you matched the sacred names to the alphabet?Mary Ann:  We haven't, but you're right. It is probably a direct match. I'd have to go through and do that though. But certainly, things like gratitude and love and beauty and generosity. I love this phrase, and I identified with this immediately when I really began to explore Sufism more deeply. There is this phrase about doing the beautiful, you want to do the beautiful, ... posted on May 5 2024 (2,259 reads)