Archive for the ‘Multimedia’ Category

Buddhist Mealtime Prayer

Posted: May 31, 2012 in Multimedia
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This food is the gift of the whole universe, Each morsel is a sacrifice of life, May I be worthy to receive it. May the energy in this food, Give me the strength, To transform my unwholesome qualities into wholesome ones. I am grateful for this food, May I realize the Path of Awakening, For [...]

When a woman of a certain African tribe knows she is pregnant, goes to the jungle with other women, and together they pray and meditate until you get to “The song of the child.” When a child is born, the community gets together and they sing their song. Thus, when the child begins his education, [...]

Posted: March 10, 2012 in Multimedia
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Agree not to Disagree

Posted: January 26, 2012 in Multimedia
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[An article was published in the booklet Bits and Pieces, which is published by The Economic Press in Fairfield, New Jersey. This article offers some sound advice on learning to “agree not to disagree”.] Welcome the disagreement: Remember the slogan, ‘When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary.’ If there is some [...]

The Value of a Smile at Christmas

Posted: January 26, 2012 in Multimedia

[An advertisement in a New York City department store] A smile costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None are so rich they can get along without it, and none are so poor but are richer [...]

Listen, son: I am saying this as you lie asleep, one little paw crumpled under your cheek and the blond curls stickily wet on your damp forehead. I have stolen into your room alone. Just a few minutes ago, as I sat reading my paper in the library, a stifling wave of remorse swept over [...]

Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit eager to pontificate on life to young people who’d rather be Rollerblading. Most of us, alas, will never be invited to sow our words of wisdom among an audience of caps and gowns, but there’s no reason we can’t entertain ourselves [...]

2011 in review

Posted: January 7, 2012 in Multimedia

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 13,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that many [...]

Interview with Richard Bach

Posted: December 11, 2011 in Multimedia
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INTERVIEWER: “Do you believe in a New Age? A time when man will live in total harmony with himself, others and the environment?” RICHARD: “We’re already there. We’re already living in total harmony with ourselves, with others and the environment. The appearance that we are not, the belief that we’re mortals clad in physical bodies, [...]

Fight Club [1999]

Posted: December 9, 2011 in Multimedia
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The warning at the beginning of the DVD, after the copyright warnings reads: WARNING If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don’t you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly [...]