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INSPIRATIONS

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

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"LOVE AND DO WHAT YOU WILL"  St. Augustine

 

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Dass Guided Imagery

ALL GUIDED IMAGERY



ETHICS GOALS

[2A2] The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: “have experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems.”

our primary approach is the oldest: ethics guided by lovingkindness; more specifically, by three nonbinary emotions: biophilia, inner peace, joie de vivre

honi soit mottohoni soit motto[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.

OTHER GOALS

honi soit motto[3C1] To unify the self: our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.


LOOKING AHEAD:

REBIRTH, AND TRIBE FORMATION, + NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC+ EXTRA CREDIT FOR COMING DRESSED AS YOUR ANIMAL GUIDE AND, IF YOU WISH, NATIVE AMERICAN DRESS

class dance

QUESTIONS ABOUT P1, finding your animal, or ANY ASPECTS OF THE COURSE?


LOOKING AHEAD further:

  2-14 The Longhorn Texas Totem Animal  2-16 Compassion East and West  2-21, 2-23 Earthlings Compassion Test  2-28 P1b  Due 3-2 Hemingway, Toxic Aggression, and Animals 3-7 Dominion and Aggression, Genesis and Lord of the Flies  3-9 Swift and Carnism  3-21 Carnism and Sustainability  3-23, 3-28, 3-30 Carroll, Alice books 4-4 P2a due 4-6 Racism Alice Walker 4-11, 4-13, 4-18 Fowler, Beside Ourselves  4-20 Research Universities and Animals  Carroll, Adams 4-25 Boulle, Kafka  4-27 Paradise Regained Isaiah, Virgil  5-2 Paradise Regained Hicks, Davis 5-4 P2b due

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P1   DUE 2/9 !You cannot pass the course without satisfactory essays.

REQUIREMENTS: an accurate word count of at least 1400 words (not counting quotations) and at least two images and at least two of the required quotations:

[a] one from a scientific account of your animal (may be from the internet) or from the course anthology section assigned 1-31 [b] and one from  a library book not available in any way on the internet. You may choose one of the books on reserve listed below. (Needless to say, the quote from the reserve book can not be from pages reproduced in our course anthology. )

Begin with the animal. You can use any selection process you like but the emphasis should be on the animal choosing you rather than vice versa. Then you can then draw on your memories and/or the scientific observations of others (worth extra points) to establish the traits of the animal that are most relevant to you.Here are three contemporary guided meditations that may help you find a power animal in the Native American tradition: Steven Farmer  Shamanic  Denise Linn

2. Be the animal To get a sense of the animal, in addition to your memories and your research, use your sympathetic imagination, trying to imagine what it is like to be the animal. At least 400 words must be devoted to helping us see, feel, hear, etc. as the animal does.This of course is good practice for Project Two where you must write even more from the point of view of the animal.

3. Learn from the animal (For example, what could you learn from the animal's ability to "be here now.") Focus on the animal's traits and what you can learn from them: those that you would like to have more of yourself and those that you would like to see less of in yourself. It would be especially useful if you include traits that you need or don't need to be a better leader.HOW COULD S/HE BE A LEADER FOR YOU? HOW COULD S/HE HELP YOU DEVELOP YOUR OWN LEADERSHIP TRAITS?

HOW WILL IT BE GRADED? HERE is a sample summary of an evaluation of a student's final P1 by the instructor* The essay itself is marked up by the professor using the nine categories and adding and subtracting points according to the rubrics and according to the general "college-level writing" criteria here: Detailed criteria for your print version here (to be turned into the instructor).    see also http://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/requirements.html

 Examples: an early draft: https://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/603A15/FoxP1.htm

Examples from E350 Animal Humanities :Black Panther   Black-Tail Deer [images missing[  Butterfly Deer Mouse Doe Dog Dragonfly Elephant Hoot Owl Lion Manta Ray [images missing] Panda Screech Owl Sea Turtle Soft shell Turtle Squirrel

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES:; GUIDED IMAGERY, BEST AND WORST, QUIZ, Blog DISCUSSION or guided imagery

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one spirit animal choice: the turtle

When Kevin comes to class after Thursday:

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Kevin leaves class to return to "the wild"

honi soit motto

 

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Kevin finds his home

honi soit motto

Kevin finds his rock

honi soit motto

Kevin is happy

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Kevin becomes a professor

HIs topic

honi soit motto

 

 

Kevin's classroom and students

 

 

honi soit motto

Kevin tells them what it means to be calm on the inside of the boundaries rather than participating in the rat race outside of them

Enlightenment

honi soit motto

 

 

His students discover the joy of living

 

honi soit motto

FOX VIDEO

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tower m otto

hawk's shape as it flashed by instructor at Waller Creek;

video of visit of red-tailed hawk to instructor at Waller Creek

videos of instructor "flying"; seeing from, feeling the perspective of red-shouldered hawk


 

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Transformation/Rebirth/ShapeShifting  BRING VOLUME 2

421-422                  SkinWalker

422                           Totem Animals and Medicine

423                           Shapeshifting * *

425-426                 Asian reincarnation

427-428                 Fairy tales and other transformations, including The Odyssey and the Golden Ass

429                           Ovid

430-436                 Ovid, Metamorphoses

437-439                 The Alice books

440-465                 Kafka, The Metamorphosis

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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!