Stitched | What's this About?
Missy loves a revolution and challenges the status quo. Her latest adventure is stitched. A movement, that starts with one and impacts many. Stitched is about remembering what matters. It’s simple, and makes a difference. Moments are all we have. stitched brings those moments together. It’s a picture of you and a gift for others. get stitched.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thesis exhibition!!!!! Yip yip hooray!
My thesis art exhibition dates, stay tuned fans!!!! The dates are approximate at this time but looks like it will be, Feb 15th through March 5th. OH my gosh I am SO SO EXCITED! Prayers, mantras, chants, and general shouts of encouragement are deeply appreciated! If you want to subscribe to my Minnesota Artist's profile page follow this link and register for email updates. My exhibit will be installed in one of the window bays of the classroom gallery at United Theological Seminary.
MN Artist profile page
MN Artist profile page
Love ... For a Future to be Possible
True love includes a sense of responsibility, accepting the other person as they are, with all their strengths and weaknesses. Love is maitri, the capacity to bring joy and happiness, and karuna, the capacity to transform pain and suffering. It [love] is safe. It guarantees everything.
adapted from p 28 Thich Nhat Hanh, For a Future to be Possible.
adapted from p 28 Thich Nhat Hanh, For a Future to be Possible.
Supreme Court Rolls Back Campaign Finance Restrictions
Supreme Court Rolls Back Campaign Finance Restrictions
Corporations are not sentient, they market personal traits for the benefit of their profit margin and shareholders. People operate with norms of culture and society and when they go outside those bounds the are labeled deviants. Those who continue to commit violations often go on to become incarcerated. If corporations are indeed people then our statutes around corporate justice need revising.
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Corporations are not sentient, they market personal traits for the benefit of their profit margin and shareholders. People operate with norms of culture and society and when they go outside those bounds the are labeled deviants. Those who continue to commit violations often go on to become incarcerated. If corporations are indeed people then our statutes around corporate justice need revising.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Choice | Mother Jones
The Choice | Mother Jones
by Kevin Drum
Read why the health care reform bill needs to NOW be passed as it stands.
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by Kevin Drum
Read why the health care reform bill needs to NOW be passed as it stands.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
A Very American Coup | Mother Jones
A Very American Coup | Mother Jones
# 10. And, most important of all, remember that fear is the mind-killer that makes militarism possible. Ramping up "terror" is an amazingly effective way of shredding our Constitution. Putting our "safety" above all else is asking for trouble. The only way we'll be completely safe from the big bad terrorists, after all, is when we're all living in a maximum security state. Think of walking down the street while always being subject to a "full-body scan."
That's my top 10 things we need to do. It's a daunting list and I'm sure you have a few ideas of your own. But have faith. Ultimately, it all boils down to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's words to a nation suffering through the Great Depression: the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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# 10. And, most important of all, remember that fear is the mind-killer that makes militarism possible. Ramping up "terror" is an amazingly effective way of shredding our Constitution. Putting our "safety" above all else is asking for trouble. The only way we'll be completely safe from the big bad terrorists, after all, is when we're all living in a maximum security state. Think of walking down the street while always being subject to a "full-body scan."
That's my top 10 things we need to do. It's a daunting list and I'm sure you have a few ideas of your own. But have faith. Ultimately, it all boils down to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's words to a nation suffering through the Great Depression: the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Playing For Change | Peace Through Music
Episode 24!!! Awesome! "Equal Rights" by Afro Fiesta
Playing For Change | Peace Through Music
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War, No More Trouble! - lyrics
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned -
Everywhere is war -
Me say war.
That until there no longer
First class and second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes -
Me say war.
That until the basic human rights
Are equally guaranteed to all,
Without regard to race -
Dis a war.
That until that day
The dream of lasting peace,
World citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued,
But never attained -
Now everywhere is war - war.
And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
that hold our brothers in Angola,
In Mozambique,
South Africa
Sub-human bondage
Have been toppled,
Utterly destroyed -
Well, everywhere is war -
Me say war.
War in the east,
War in the west,
War up north,
War down south -
War - war -
Rumours of war.
And until that day,
The African continent
Will not know peace,
We Africans will fight - we find it necessary -
And we know we shall win
As we are confident
In the victory
Of good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah! [fadeout]
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned -
Everywhere is war -
Me say war.
That until there no longer
First class and second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes -
Me say war.
That until the basic human rights
Are equally guaranteed to all,
Without regard to race -
Dis a war.
That until that day
The dream of lasting peace,
World citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued,
But never attained -
Now everywhere is war - war.
And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
that hold our brothers in Angola,
In Mozambique,
South Africa
Sub-human bondage
Have been toppled,
Utterly destroyed -
Well, everywhere is war -
Me say war.
War in the east,
War in the west,
War up north,
War down south -
War - war -
Rumours of war.
And until that day,
The African continent
Will not know peace,
We Africans will fight - we find it necessary -
And we know we shall win
As we are confident
In the victory
Of good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah! [fadeout]
Monday, January 18, 2010
Vengeance and the Devil; Pat Robertson
Just a quick thought on a statement I read Pat made about the people of Haiti. My question to Pat would be, given that the people of Haiti were enslaved by the French why is it not plausible that they would enlist the assistance of God to gain freedom from oppression?
This was on my mind because I am listening to Redemption Song, and War, No More Trouble - Bob Marley songs also on www.playingforchange.com
This was on my mind because I am listening to Redemption Song, and War, No More Trouble - Bob Marley songs also on www.playingforchange.com
Perspectives on Vengeance and Forgiveness
Michael E. McCullough, Ph.D., professor of Psychology and Religious Studies.
Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct.
http://www.beyondrevengebook.com/
International Forgiveness Day
http://www.ceca.cc/global_forgiveness_day.html
Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct.
http://www.beyondrevengebook.com/
International Forgiveness Day
http://www.ceca.cc/global_forgiveness_day.html
Mundus Imaginalis
The intriguing yet elusive territory between the physical and metaphysical worlds is ancient and universal. p 44 Spirituality and Health 2008.
http://www.hermetic.com/bey/mundus_imaginalis.htm
metis
mundus imaginalis
shamans night
thin space?
what other words describe this territory?
http://www.hermetic.com/bey/mundus_imaginalis.htm
metis
mundus imaginalis
shamans night
thin space?
what other words describe this territory?
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Generosity
The Second mindfulness training is a deep practice. We speak of time, energy, and material resources, but time is not only for energy and material resources. Time is for being with others—being with a dying person of with someone who is suffering. Being really present for even five minutes can be a very important gift. Time is not just to make money. It is to produce the gift of Dharma and the gift of non-fear. p 24 Thich Nhat Hanh, For a Future to be Possible.
This zen quote is for you
It is better to practice a little than talk a lot.
-Muso Kokushi
Zen Quote of the day, sent from my iPod
-Muso Kokushi
Zen Quote of the day, sent from my iPod
www.chrisjordan.com
“The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young. On this diet of human trash, every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die on Midway from starvation, toxicity, and choking.”
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Reposting on Banking/Mortgage Bailout
Read about what Chase Manhattan did to this home owner
Further evidence the financial and banking industry is determined to continue feeding their greed without remorse. Read this article, Chase Manhattan mistakenly foreclosed on this property and they also sold the house to themselves at auction for $100.
—doug abbott
Further evidence the financial and banking industry is determined to continue feeding their greed without remorse. Read this article, Chase Manhattan mistakenly foreclosed on this property and they also sold the house to themselves at auction for $100.
—doug abbott
interbeing
Thinking is at the base of everything. It is important for us to put an eye of awareness into each of our thoughts. Without a correct understanding of a situation or a person, our thoughts can be misleading and create confusion, despair, anger, or hatred. Our most important task is to develop correct insight. If we see deeply into the nature of interbeing, that all things interare, we will stop blaming, arguing, and killing, and we will become friends with everyone. To practice nonviolence, we must first of all learn ways to deal peacefully with ourselves. If we create true harmony within ourselves, we will know how to deal with family, friends, and associates. p 11 Thich Nhat Hanh, For a Future to be Possible.
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