A new Buddha in India? (Snap Judgment)

Yogi Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; Glynn Washington, Jeff Greenwald (Snap Judgment, PRX)The Buddha-to-come (Ragg Burns Imaging/flickr.com)   The Gold Ring and Losing My Religion Nun Tsultrim Lhamo, Tibet (Xinhua)(Sept. 7, 2012) Snap proudly presents stories about people looking for something to believe in and finding it in the most unexpected places... Want to help us support the artists that make Snap possible?  Donate $10 through our partner PRX (Public Radio Exchange).  Just...

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WAR: US soldier POV in Afghanistan (video)

I. Rony, Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly via Gawker/Imaging Resource WARNING: Vulgar and coarse language and real life videogame first-person-shooter action!Join the Army, learn to kill (zazzle.com).This mercenary soldier is tacitly working for the MIC (military-industrial complex) ensuring not "freedom" but free trade. He shows what it's really like to travel the world, see formerly great civilizations, and try to kill the people met there.The Taliban, a CIA-created organization...

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Proof of Rebirth: Xenoglossy

Wisdom Quarterly edit of XenoglossyRed hall Torii line at Fushimi Inari taisha sanctuary, Kyoto, Japan (Alex_Saurel/flickr.com)   Reclining Buddha (traveladventures.org)Xenoglossy, also written xenoglossia, is the putative paranormal phenomenon in which a person is able to speak and/or write a language he or she could not have acquired by natural means.For example, there may be a person who suddenly speaks German fluently -- but is not a native speaker, has never studied German, never...

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Where can teens meditate?

CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; MAYAretreats.org    Bored distracted teens (browndesign.com)Now if we close our eyes and pay attention to our breathing, Who would believe what’s going on inside our heads?That steady flow of thoughts, emotions, and fantasies is said to be "normal." Yet it can distract, stress, and keep us from recognizing who and what we really are. It can keep us from being here for what’s really happening right now.    "I'D RATHER BE HERE NOW" a sticker on a...

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PUNK: "We Survived the Pit!" (concert)

Wisdom Quarterly; Los Angeles Weekly   LOS ANGELES, California - Track 16 is closing (as planned) on Oct. 6th. The Meat Puppets and MC Keith Morris, frontman for OFF! formerly of the Circle Jerks (who are getting back together), are officiating its demise on Saturday.Win passes to the closing of TRACK 16 Gallery featuring art, live music, and more!On Saturday 10/6/2012 join LA Weekly to celebrate THE CLOSING OF TRACK 16.We Got Power! Hardcore punk scenes from 1980's Southern California  ...

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US Economy: "We're Not Broke" (film)

Wisdom Quarterly; OnshoreDocumentary; OccupyTogether.org(SFF) While covering the story of American corporations dodging taxes, documentary filmmakers Karin Hayes and Victoria Bruce reveal how they ended up documenting the modern  rise in anti-corporation protests that helped spawn the Occupy Movement. It is gathering acclaim on the film festival circuit for its portrayal of what is going on in America today as multinational corporations (like Romney's Bain Capital) purposely transfer wealth out of the nation.Analysis: "We're Not Broke" (uprisingradio.org)...

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Chemtrails: WHY are they spraying? (film)

Wisdom Quarterly; M.J. Murphy; KPFK.org Truthmediaproduction (1:12:55)   Chemtrails over OC and LA County, Oct. 2012The entire Los Angeles basin from Long Beach Harbor to the San Gabriel Mountain range has been bombarded with massive aerial spraying for the past two days including night spraying. It culminated in an otherwise inexplicably cold fog bank by Thursday morning. Temperatures have been in the 100s throughout the Southland, and nerves have been on edge.Since the release of...

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The Detox Period (Pema Chodron)

Pema Chödrön (Shambhala Publishers, Oct. 3, 2012) When we refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They do not magically disappear. Over the years, I’ve come to call resting with the discomfort “the detox period,” because when we don’t act on our habitual patterns, it’s like giving up an addiction. We’re left with feelings we were trying to escape. The practice [Buddhist meditation] is to make a wholehearted relationship with that. From Living...

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Meditation: Deep Relaxing in the Forest

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Wisdom springs from Meditation

Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly(h.koppdelaney/flickr.com)  Sit. Rest. Bring up attention. Pick an object, any object will do. You've chosen the breath -- a present time object that always exists only in the present. Breathing is now. I breathe in; I breathe out. I am aware for the entire length and duration of the in-phase, of the out-phase, and any small residual resting phase in between, clearly comprehending BREATH.The Three Minds of MeditationMy mind wanders to something less subtle, more...

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Overcoming difficulties: Let it R.A.I.N.

Tara Brach [adapted from her book True Refuge (Bantam, 2013)]; Wisdom Quarterly Tara Brach (examiner.com)Years ago some American Buddhist teachers began to share a new mindfulness tool that offers in-the-trenches support for working with intense and difficult emotions.    Called RAIN (an acronym for the four steps of the process), it can be accessed in almost any place or situation. It directs our attention in a clear, systematic way that cuts through confusion and stress. The...

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KPFK FM benefit with Amy Goodman

  During the 2012 election season, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan are on a national speaking tour to mark the 16th anniversary of the daily, independent, global TV/Radio news hour and to launch their new book, The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope.    Tickets are available through KPFK during its Fall Fund Drive with a limited number of tickets available at the door. Reception (tickets required) begins at 6:30 pm....

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