I couldn’t even remember what Evie’s new diagnosis was called—let alone how to spell it. I was so confused, and didn’t know what questions to ask. Then after a while I thought, I don’t think this is how it has to be. So tell me what you saw when you looked at Evie. Who was the little human you saw staring back?    Evie was the embodiment of her name. Her full name is Evie Amore, and to us that means “life is possible because of love.” Evie showed us a completely different kind of love. Hers was a love without words. When I walked in to see her each morning, she’d see me and flap her arms and legs about in co... posted on Aug 27 2018 (8,866 reads)

Simon: Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True. My name is Tami Simon. I’m the founder of Sounds True, and I’d love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation. The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion regardless of financial, social or physical challenges. The Sounds True Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to communities in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans,... posted on Nov 2 2021 (3,240 reads)

follows is the syndicated transcript of an Insights at the Edge interview from Sounds True, between Tami Simon and Michael Singer. You can listen to the audio version here. Tami Simon: Welcome to Insights at the Edge produced by Sounds True. My name’s Tami Simon, I’m the founder of Sounds True and I’d love to take a moment to introduce you to the Sounds True Foundation. The goal of the Sounds True Foundation is to provide access and eliminate financial barriers to transformational education and resources such as teachings and trainings on mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion. If you’d like to learn more and join with us in ... posted on Feb 3 2023 (5,759 reads)

have to have either one. Intraconnected, in a way, tells you you’re inner, you’re inner and there’s a wholeness to it all. So you don’t have to choose. You can integrate, meaning you differentiate the inner and the inter and even the wholeness of it all, and it’s all important, but they’re distinct and you can bring them together. TS: Tell me more about linkage. In the book, you talk about linkage as an expression, we could say, or a form of love. So how does linkage integrate all of these distinctions and act as an activity of love? DS: Yes, exactly. I mean the parenthetic, brief story about linkage being love, and this won&r... posted on Mar 10 2023 (2,347 reads)

that I was being told the truth about the way things really were. And instead, I think I often found caricatures or warnings about the way things were. Especially as a young person, a lot of people lobbying for my soul, both denominationally and theologically. So it took me until my middle year of seminary to walk into a church in downtown New Haven and feel like I was home. Though now when I look back on it, it was like Hogwarts. I mean, I can’t believe that’s what I fell in love with, but I did. Tippett:You mean that church, that high Episcopal Church? Taylor:Yeah. Very high. I think no women even in the choir. Tippett:Yeah. Lots of — what do they say? &ld... posted on Aug 26 2023 (4,248 reads)

planets beyond our own solar system — that might have liquid water and harbor life. She works with the Kepler Mission at NASA, searching among millions of stars that emit "compelling signals" in the range of Kepler's space telescope. For her, it's only a matter of time — a when, not an if — that we discover planets where we know life exists. And, I've never met anyone who speaks more intriguingly than Natalie Batalha about the connection between science, love, and gratitude for life. She is a luminous voice for the way exploring the heavens — as we do that now — is bringing the beauty of the cosmos and the exuberance of scientific discover... posted on Jan 29 2014 (26,470 reads)

change. We talked about the magnetic call of virtue, and how hope is a virtue that is not to be confused with optimism, and how Krista engages the muscular quality of hope on a daily basis. We talked about Krista's discovery of yoga at an important time in her life, and finally, how science and spirituality come together for her as faith in the unfolding mystery. Here's my conversation with someone who is so gifted herself at the art of conversation, Krista Tippett: Krista, I'd love to start by speaking a little bit, interviewer to interviewer, if that's OK. Krista Tippett: [Laughs.] Yes. TS: To begin with, I know you teach a class and it has to do with t... posted on Dec 31 2016 (13,119 reads)

the place where I really sense you found your calling, you understood what was meaningful for you, when you went back to France and you encountered men in an asylum. And somehow, you were seized by that and that has kind of mapped out the direction of your life. MR. VANIER: Yes, I come back to the reality of pleasure and to the reality of what is my deepest desire and what is your deepest desire? And what — and somewhere, the deepest desire for us all is to be appreciated, to be loved, to be seen as somebody of value. But not just seen — and Aristotle makes a difference between being admired and being loved. When you admire people, you put them on pedestals. When you lo... posted on Feb 23 2018 (12,395 reads)

death. At its heart is a resplendent six-bedroom Victorian guesthouse providing 24-hour care for people in their final days. Residents and their families are immersed in an environment that awakens their senses, rather than one that numbs them by way of fluorescent-lit corridors and tired, overworked clinicians. Here, sunlight pours through the windows, art adorns the walls, soups made of locally sourced produce simmer away in the kitchen and volunteer caregivers share warmth and gestures of love. It’s a place that invites attention through beauty and the aesthetic world, where people can live fully right up until the end. BJ was 19 when he had his own intimate encounter with dea... posted on Oct 29 2018 (12,544 reads)

follows is the edited transcript of Chelan Harkin's Awakin Call Mark Peters:  So it’s now my honor to introduce Chelan. Chelan has been channeling ecstatic poetry for more than a decade now and has published two popular collections of her work, Susceptible to Light and Let Us Dance: The Stumble and Whirl with the Beloved, both of which were released in 2021. Her books aim to remind readers of their inherent joy, to support modes of relating to life that open the heart, and to deconstruct anything about God that doesn’t feel intimate, authentic, and warm. Her publishing journey has been supported by mystical connections and prayer experim... posted on Apr 1 2023 (4,376 reads)

group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds: "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think... _____ "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca - age 8 _____ "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4 _____ "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.... posted on Dec 29 2010 (627,161 reads)

at the Santa Monica library.) I turn back around, and he’s taken the sign off. “Picture’s free,” he says, “but you have to wear this for two hours. I’m David, what’s your name?” I ask him to tie it around my neck. He says if anyone asks me what the sign is about to tell him, “It’s a demand.” I gave him a hug and two bucks and went up the stairs to write. The smiles I got as I walked to my little table by the window. Be love, be love, be love. Part of my book talks about the messengers in our lives. David was one such messenger, indeed. He’d also never taken a pic with an iPhone before, and the picture of me... posted on Sep 7 2013 (50,668 reads)

are things that I do that other people might think are brave that, for me, actually don’t require that much courage. It’s really easy for me to put myself forward in the world, in a certain way. I’m comfortable travelling alone. I’m comfortable putting my neck out creatively. There are other aspects of my life where I’m often paralyzed by fear. Things that might be easier for other people—a certain kind of emotional confrontation with a loved one, for instance—that somebody else might just be able to sit down and do, can send me into a panic. That shuts me down for months. So we all have aspects of our lives where it’s... posted on Sep 16 2014 (23,861 reads)

imbalanced emphasis on positivity, and also a new framework for grieving that's based on telling and listening to our shared stories of loss. We talked about how to respond skillfully when someone's grieving—what works and what doesn't—and how listening with deep attention and compassion literally changes something in the brain of the person being heard. Finally, we talked about the shift that happens when we realize how our grief is actually a function of how deeply we love. Here's my conversation with Patrick O'Malley: Patrick, to begin with, could you tell our listeners a little bit about how you came to write your new book, Getting Grief Right? ... posted on Jan 17 2018 (62,290 reads)

hero of compassion" by the Dalai Lama, not long before President Obama appointed him to a council for addressing poverty and inequality in the US. He talks frequently on the topic of giftivism, and how relationships in this current economic paradigm have been reduced to a very deadening, singular kind of transaction. His role is to bring an abundant mindset back into our communities, where giving might well be the ultimate reward -- and where there are many kinds of capital to trade: from love and kindness to labour and time. Perhaps most noteworthy of all is Nipun's humility, vibrating through everything he touches, and his conviction that ego is not the core of what it means to b... posted on Nov 19 2019 (7,590 reads)

creates a special kind of sacred space, filled with a scent that can connect us to the past.  Whether freshly cut and placed in a crystal vase with winter greens, or tumbling out of an old watering can, dried for a Victorian potpourri or the center of an herb filled tussie mussie, the rose connects us to our inner selves, to memories of another time, another place, as past and present merge.  A dried pressed rose petal, falling out of a precious book, means someone was once deeply loved.  Throughout the ages the rose has symbolized love, life, sexuality and passion, death, the sun, the moon, the heart, the soul, perfection itself.  Hafiz, a Sufi poet, calls it the ... posted on Nov 15 2020 (7,699 reads)

Simon: Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True. My name is Tami Simon; I’m the founder of Sounds True. I’d love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation. The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges. The Sounds True Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to communities in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, a... posted on Dec 4 2020 (9,620 reads)

secret of success is concentrating interest in life… interest in the small things of nature… In other words to be fully awake to everything.” With Father’s Day around the corner, let’s take a moment to pay heed to some of the wisest, most heart-warming advice from history’s famous dads. Gathered here are five timeless favorites, further perpetuating my well-documented love of the art of letter-writing. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD In a 1933 letter to his 11-year-old daughter Scottie, F. Scott Fitzgeraldproduced this poignant and wise list of things to worry, not worry, and think about, found in the altogether excellent F. ... posted on Jun 17 2012 (19,940 reads)

lived life. That's fine, until you have reached old age and look back on life with regrets. That's fine, until you see your kids go off to college and realize that you missed their childhoods. What follows is just a list of ideas, obvious ones mostly that you could have thought of yourself, but that I hope are useful reminders. We all need reminders sometimes. If you find this useful, print it out, and start using it. Today. Love. Perhaps the most important. Fall in love, if you aren't already. If you have, fall in love with your partner all over again. Abandon caution and let your heart be broken. Or love family members, friends, anyone -- it doesn't hav... posted on Jul 28 2013 (296,713 reads)

the study’s staff discover that the allegedly “normal” Godfrey was an intractable and unhappy hypochondriac. On the 10th anniversary of his joining the study, each man was given an A through E rating anticipating future personality stability. When it was Godfrey’s turn, he was assigned an “E.” But if Godfrey Camille was a disaster as a young man, by the time he was an old one he had become a star. His occupational success; measurable enjoyment of work, love, and play; his health; the depth and breadth of his social supports; the quality of his marriage and relationship to his children—all that and more combined to make him one of the most succ... posted on Oct 23 2013 (66,667 reads)