10/15/15
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OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS: GRIZZLY and STARFISH
Sir Paul McCartney sings Happy Birthday to You!
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Garfield's happy birthday dance
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http://www.youtube.com/v/1qBK4RRpouQ&hl=en&fs=1&
born free -- animals
David Foster Wallace, Commencement Speech
MEDITATION AND GUIDED IMAGERY:
"A Zen-inspired blend of meditation, breathing exercises and focus techniques are in vogue in corporate America—championed by blue-chip employers like Google Inc. and General Mills Inc. as a simple but potent mind-sharpening tool." Gershman, Jacob. "
"Lawyers Go Zen, With Few Objections." WSJ. June 18, 2015.
Accessed September 20, 2015 by Starfish, E603A
Lovingkindness is a form of meditation designed to cultivate feelings of warmth and kindness to all people, including oneself, the researchers said. Practicing the technique may activate a soothing-caring regulation system that is probably deficient in chronic self-critics, they suggest [that] this practice may...... help in breaking down perfectionist tendencies. I know that at least for me, if I choose to allow myself forgiveness, encouragement, and grace, then I will be happier and more peaceful. The harshest of "self-critics" can use this meditation to learn how to better handle their self-judging nature. When we are less demanding of ourselves, we can in turn, be less demanding of others.
Lukits, Ann. "After Meditation, Self-Critical People Ease Up." WSJ. August 13, 2015. Accessed September 20, 2015 by Starfish, E603A.
COMPASSION FOR YOUR SELF OR SELVES: Circle includes your current and past selves, including all your childhood selves
The Buddha is reported to have said, "It is possible to travel the whole world in search of one who is more worthy of compassion than oneself. No such person can be found" (Black Bear 603A15)
"In order to manifest effective compassion for others it is first necessary to be able to experience and full appreciate one's own suffering and to have, as a consequence, compassion for oneself." (689) Although it seems intuitive to have compassion for yourself, in practice it can sometimes be difficult. In my own life, I've struggled with treating myself with kindness when I suffer or fail. My first instinct is to ignore any pain or hurt myself further with self-criticism. Being compassionate towards myself required understanding that adversity and imperfection is inevitable. Having compassion for yourself makes it easier to reflect compassion back unto the world." (Jaguar 603A15)
Dass Guided Imagery
685-686 Suffering
857-858 Ram Dass, introduction
Thich Nhat Hanh
859-871 biography and five mindfulness trainings
872-878 quotations
879-882 best books
883 "Please Call Me By My True Names" RECOMMENDED READING:THICH NHAT HANH: Being Peace, 1987; The Miracle of Mindfulness, A Manual on Meditation,1991;Cultivating The Mind Of Love, 1996; Living Buddha, Living Christ, 1997; Anger, 2002, No Death, No Fear, 2003, Touching the Earth: Intimate Conversations with the Buddha, 2004, Understanding Our Mind, 2006,; and all other texts cited by Dass
EXTRA CREDIT THIS EVENING: 9 pts extra credit if I see you there. SAVE THE TREES. Liberal Arts Council.
We will begin the speaker portion of the event at 7 PM in the Julius Glickman Conference Center B in the CLA, but we're opening the Glickman lobby area at 6:30 for environmental student organizations to table and pizza.
Speakers: J. Bump and Dr. Kelley Crews and Professor Monty Humble. Dr. Crews is an Earth Science professor who teaches a variety of courses regarding environmental science and human interaction with the environment. Professor Humble is a professor at UT Law who also is a director at Brightman Energy, involved with the Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration, and Environmental Law.
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P1 critiques due 10-17 SATURDAY
If your five critiques are not completed until 10-18, -10.
If your five critiques are not completed until 10-19, -20
If your five critiques are not completed until 10-20, -30
If your five critiques are not completed by 10-20, -50
EXTRA CREDIT. ETHICS AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY FLAGS: DIARY OF ANNE FRANK PERFORMANCE OCT. 8-18;
10-22 P1 Due; meet at Bullock Museum for 3D Imax movie: Humpback Whales ($8 11-11:45); or Blanton or LBJ or SSB/Kinsolving or ........?
10-20,. DASS 2 10-27, DASS 3
10-29, 11-3 compassion test: Earthlings
11-7 EVENING DIWALI EXTRA CREDIT 6:30-midnight?FOR GLOBAL CULTURES AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY FLAGS AND FOR UNDERSTANDING SIDDHARTHA AND HOW CAN I HELP? Janmashtmi Utsav Krishna birthday celebration at Radha Madhav Dam 400 Barsana Road, Austin, TX, 78737
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CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: Your Head and Your Heart
“Stress Recess” Stressed by papers? Tests? Relationship issues? For these and other stressors, take a few minutes to check out a new interactive website called “Stress Recess” at http://www.cmhc.utexas.edu/stressrecess, a component of the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center. This site is loaded with videos, animation, video games, body scans, quizzes, clickable charts and graphics and practical information tailored to YOU. Learn what causes stress, signs of stress and—most importantly---what you can do to manage stress in healthy ways!