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Becoming Beautiful
Native American Wisdom
Beauty, in our eyes, is always fresh and living, even as God, the Great Mystery, dresses the world anew at each season of the year.
— Ohiyesa in The Wisdom of the Nati…
A Workshop for Civility
The late Vaclav Havel wrote that civility can only come about through the "complex, long-term, and never-ending work involving education and self-education." In this enlightening article from aspen.…
Uncovering the Hijab
By Misbah Awan in The Soul of Gender
“Towel-Head. Tablecloth. Batman. Ninja. Oppressed. Raghead. Terrorist. Do you have Cancer? Do you have hair? Do you shower with it on? Oh, you can think?…
Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing
In an article for the Huffingtonpost.com, Dennis Merritt Jones (Your (Re)Defining Moments) uses this quotation from Rumi: "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will mee…
Kindness, Care, and Consideration in an Apartment Community
Practicing democracy in a diverse community does not need to be stressful or tense. At the small apartment complex in Southern California where I live, 19 residents engaged in enjoyable practices ro…
Eat Your Food — Or Else the Witch Eats You!
By Onkar Borde
I still remember the way my grandma narrated the stories of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, some of the most popular mythological legends, when we used to sleep on the roof on hot s…
Touching the Earth for Our Adversaries
One of the great challenges in all the world's religious and spiritual traditions is learning to love our enemies. Contemporary cultures still honor the eye-for-an-eye approach to enemies. Revenge i…
A Secular Version of the Ten Commandments
The winners of a competition to crowdsource an alternative secular alternative to the Ten Commandments for the modern age were announced last week at AtheistMindHumanistHeart.com. The $10,000 Prize …
A Prayer for Ending Police Racism and Violence
News: An article by Kate Stringer in YesMagazine.org spells out a crisis:
"After being pulled over for a busted taillight on July 6, Philando Castile informed a Minnesota police officer at his wi…
Are There Any Constants in Life, or Is Everything Impermanent?
Artwork by: Arina Stetsiuk, age 14
Written by: Lily Wang
It was morning and raining in this corner of the world. Beneath the ashen sky, the little shop stood between two streets.