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The Mad Hatter: "There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. [picks up his hat] Which luckily I am." provided by Cody
MEDITATION AND GUIDED IMAGERY:
To live with compassion and lovingkindness, one must get rid of selfishness–to be greater than the self. When I think about this, it reminds me of the meditations we do in class. And while, at first, I was self-consciously worrying about holding hands with others, I have learned that this isn't about me. There is a greater purpose. There is a call to connect with everyone around me and extend my compassion to others.
Kim
"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." Wall Street Journal. June 18, 2015.
Accessed September 20, 2015 by Starfish, E603A
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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."Wall Street Journal.. August 13, 2015. Accessed September 20, 2015 by Starfish, E603A.
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our inspirations for "loving-kindness" 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
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
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
"LOVE AND DO WHAT YOU WILL" St. Augustine
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Loving-kindness includes
COMPASSION FOR YOUR SELF OR SELVES: The 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
947-948 painting suffering949-953 Asian compassion overview954 Jain guidelines955-958 Asian Religion and Animals959-963 Ahimsa964 Ghandi965-967 Jain Ahimsa in Practice968-972 Mahavira's Environmental Ethics973-975 "Learning from Eastern Thought"166 The words "Loving-Kindness" and Metta 167 Metta and the other brahmaviharas 168-170 Harris on the brahmaviharas 171 Judeo-Christian love and caritas; love vs. fear 172 Native American love vs. fear story 173 The term biophilia
REVIEW: POSSIBLE DISCUSSION TOPICS: PREVIOUS QUIZ QUESTIONS 1, 2, 3,5, + EACH OF THE VIDEOS + IS EATING MEAT A NECESSITY?
LOOKING AHEAD
11-8 Sunday: blogs for 11-10 and 11-12 assignments due by 11:59 PM Sunday.
- 977-979 Banquet Scene Context
- 883-886 Imperialism
- 938-946 War of No Pity
- 887-905 1857 Reader
November 13 EXTRA CREDIT: 10 pts. for attendance, up to 20 more for blog
Faculty Seminar on British Studies
The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of WonderlandBy Douglas-Fairhurst
Round Table Discussion :Carol MacKay, Chair; Jerome Bump; George Scott Christian; John Farrell;Tom Lea Rooms, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center 3.206
Friday November 13, 2015 2:45 for 3:00 p.m.
11-15 Sunday: blogs for 11-17 and 11-19 assignments due by 11:59 PM Sunday.
11-17P2a due online: spirit animal discovery
"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!
FYI :Mindfulness Meditation Lunch Hour Group:
A drop-in group for any member of the UT Community to practice mindfulness meditation together. No experience necessary; brief instruction on meditation will be provided.
Group will meet biweekly on Fridays at 12:10 beginning on Sept. 11. Meetings in Harry Ransom Ctr, 3rd Fl. Tom Lea Room.
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