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How's the water?
OUR CLAN ANIMAL
How's the dirt? How's the worm?
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Relate
to the practice of meditation: 
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Mathematical Circles
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Pay attention, then you will know there are other options. It will actually be within your power to experience a crowded, hot, slow, consumer-hell type situation as not only meaningful, but sacred, on fire with the same force that made the stars: love, fellowship, the mystical oneness of all things deep down.
David Foster Wallace, Commencement Speech
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Love
alone can unite living beings so as to complete and fulfill
them... for it alone joins them by what is deepest in
themselves. All we need is to imagine our ability to love developing
until it embraces the totality of men and the earth."
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Dass Guided Imagery
THE MYSTERY
"LOVE AND DO WHAT YOU WILL" St. Augustine
Get Together
The Youngbloods 1960's
Love is but the song we sing,
And fear's the way we die
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You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at your command
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DIVERSITY IN AMERICA FLAG
"You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here."
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LOOKING AHEAD:
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The leader of the blind moles, having tunneled 1273 [A++] kilometers, is leaving the steel city of Rourkela on her way to Varanasi.The next mole, having tunneled 1215 [A++] kilometers, is exploring the Kathak dance and classical music of Raigarh.The next moles, having tunneled 1171 and 1186 [A+]kilometers, are crossing the hot, fertile coastal plain of Odisha heading north to Sambalpur, birthplace of three Tantric cults of Buddhism.These four moles are "racing" toward Varanasi for the award ceremony for the top three pilgrims.Another pair of blind moles, having tunneled 986 [B+] and 1013 [A-] kilometers, areexploring the temples of Brahmapur, but will also soon turn north toward Sambalpur and Varanasi.A third pair of moles, having tunneled 904 [B-] and 963 [B] kilometers, are exploring the Andhra mahavishnu Temple in the Krishna district of Srikakulam .The fourth pair of moles, having tunneled 834 [C-] and 861 [C] kilometers, are relaxing at the north end of Kakinada beach which has one of longest coastlines of all Indian beaches and is famous for its mild blue waters and cold breeze all day.Three moles, having tunneled 751[D], 773 [D+], and 775[D+] kilometers, are relaxing at the south end of Kakinada beach.One, having journeyed 663 kilometers , is lost among the ancient Buddhist stupa and the Jain relics in Gudivada.NEED POINTS
LOOKING AHEAD:
TODAY: OFFICE HOURS FROM 3:30 BY APPOINTMENT EMAIL bump@utexas.edu
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- EARTH WEEK EXTRA CREDIT ACTIVITIES 8 pts. for proof of attendance at each event, up to 20 more for EC Blogs
April 27, 2017
UT Farm Stand
noon – 5:30 p.m.
Gregory Plaza
April 28, 2017
Hot Science, Cool Talks: How Bees Improve Our Lives
5:30 – 6:45 p.m. Community Science Fair, 7 – 8:15 p.m. Main Program
Community Science Fair (JGB), Main Program (SAC 1.402)
April 29, 2017
Austin People's Climate March and Rally
1 – 3 p.m.
Texas Sate Capitol
April 30, 2017
Microfarm Work Day
10 a.m. – noon
2204 Leona Street
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4-30 AT NOON TANIGUCHI GARDENS
Address: 2220 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78746
12 pts. attendance, up to 27 more blog
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meet at bamboo tea house
#4-30 noon ISAMU TANIGUCHI
DIVERSITY EXPERIENCE: TANIGUCHI: Nature and the Orient, the Asian-American experience " It doesn't matter what the professors teach, it's what the place teaches...." "read" with your bare feet.
Goals: Peace vs. stress this time of semester; Finding a sanctuary; Leadership, Taniguchi as role model ; use both Left brain right brain; Discovery/ Experiential Learning; Semiotics; Diversity
Activities: BAREFOOT WALKING and STILL MEDITATIONS IN THE GARDEN
Your experience here in this garden was a test of your ability to ignore distractions, maintain a "peaceful mind," and concentrate on "reading" the garden. What is meant by that word? Taniguchi: "When a man, with such pure appreciation in his peaceful mind tries to compose with stones, grass, and water in order to create one unified beauty—the formation is called a 'garden.'"
Write about about how you "read" this garden, perhaps through all your senses.
Possible Topics:
"It doesn't matter what the professors teach, it's what theplace teaches...." What does this place teach you?
Double points: "one unified beauty" How does reading this garden relate to reading "paper" works that express our course themes of "Only Connect" and "Hammer Your Thoughts Into Unity" from Woman Warrior to our first readings of last semester.
How does reading this garden communicate the "peaceful coexistence of all the elements of nature"? How is this garden a "symbol of universal peace"?
Do you read any ethical calls or responsibilities in the garden? "By observing the genuine peaceful nature of the garden, I believe that we should be able to knock on the door of our conscience," . . . .
Do you read any spirituality in the garden? "Today we have lost the healing effect from that precious medicinal capsule which is our religious teachings" . . . . .
READINGS:
Asian American Exclusion Acts (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Taniguchi Oriental Garden images (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
MAP (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.Zilker Botanical Garden website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Hartman Prehistoric Garden website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Isamu Taniguchi Oriental Garden website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
https://www.pinterest.com/michaelroybal20/zilker-park-isamu-taniguchi-japanese-garden-austin/
961-2 Asian Exclusion Act
963-7 Crystal City, Texas
967 Zilker Botanical Garden map;
968-9 Isamu Taniguchi;
970 "The Spirit of the Garden";
971 Reading "The Spirit of the Garden"
972-4 NeoConfucian Manifesto
975-84 "The Mother Tree";
985 Other Zilker Park sites;
986 Hartman Prehistoric Garden;
987-8 Dobie statue
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4-30 MIDNIGHT: BLOG DUE FOR 5-2
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MAY 5: BEST AND WORST: UP TO 60 POINTS
MAY 5: THE TWO BULLOCK IMAX MUSEUM BLOGS: 54 POINTS
MAY 5: WORD DOC OF CRITIQUES DUE
MAY 5: ALL EXTRA CREDIT BLOGS + TANIGUCHI GARDEN BLOG
S5-5 MIDNIGHT P4 DUE 200 POINTS
IF EMAILED BY 5-6 -5; IF EMAILED BY 5-7 -10; IF EMAILED BY 5-8 -15; IF EMAILED BY 5-9 -20; IF EMAILED BY 5-10 -25; IF EMAILED BY 5-11 -30; IF EMAILED BY 5-12 35; IF EMAILED BY 5-13 -40; IF EMAILED BY 5-14 -45; IF NOT RECEIVED BY 5-14 "F" IN COURSE
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ASIAN AMERICANS
WOMAN WARRIOR
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meet at bamboo tea house
#4-30 noon ISAMU TANIGUCHI
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#5-2 Woman Warrior LEADER: SWIFT
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#5-4 P4B DUE Awards DEER'S BIRTHDAY 7-4 PANDA'S BIRTHDAY 8-19 CINCO DE MAYO: EXTRA CREDIT FOR COMING IN MEXICAN COSTUMES, BRINGING MEXICAN TREATS, etc.
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TODAY #4-27 Woman Warrior LEADER: BLACK PANTHER
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MEDITATION
BEST AND WORST IN PAIRS
QUIZ
TRANSFER FROM PIKA TO PANTHER
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“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!
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