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  • Practical Philosophy and Economics with Justice

    Practical Philosophy and Economics with Justice
    2013/12/30
    UK Barrister and Principal of the School of Economic Science, Ian Mason, has worked extensively to bring an ethical dimension to understanding economics with justice based upon a practical philosophy rooted in Advaita Vedanta and emphasizing the inherent unity of all of life. Economics with justice involves the creation of cooperative relationships based on mutual respect, kindness and compassion towards all. In stressing the importance of living an examined life, he delves into the study of the inner makeup of being human and systematic ways in which positive energies and human potential can be released, while restraining negative tendencies. Economics is a study of people and how they live and of the systems that people and governments establish to produce wealth and wellbeing. Daily practices of meditation, mindfulness, and the inner development of spiritual life are core to the curriculum of the School of Economic Science.
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    57 分
  • Ambiology: The Healing Qualities of Music

    Ambiology: The Healing Qualities of Music
    2013/12/23
    Sharing about musical tones, amplitude, frequencies and varying tempos, Barry Goldstein discusses the healing qualities of music as the universal language of love. A self described translator of sacred sounds and inspirational songs, he believes that music, set at certain soothing vibrational patterns can improve health and well being. He calls such music, “Music of the heart,” and he has helped to compose and play healing sounds which are being used in clinics, hospitals, wellness centers and by individuals who wish to improve their health. Receiving a flash of insight while riding a train in New York City, he understood the transformative power of love, as he observed the sunlight dancing on the waters of the Hudson River. He wanted to share this sense of sacred connectivity with all of life through the medium of music.
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    56 分
  • Promising Futures: Educating Disadvantaged Children

    Promising Futures: Educating Disadvantaged Children
    2013/12/16
    Moved by the large numbers of poor, uneducated children who are vulnerable to human trafficking, illicit labor practices, and exploitation, Naresh Jain co-founded Educare Foundation (www.educarecharity.org), with locations in India and New Jersey, to provide education to poor and marginalized youth. His organization helps to support eleven schools in nine states in India, and will soon open more branches. Youth leadership and Toastmasters programs, and an annual essay contest on compassion, and other important values have been launched in New Jersey. Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa and Martin Luther King, Jr. are held as the inspirational role models of Educare Foundation. The values of service, cultivating love and respect for others, developing the heart of compassion, and embracing positive principles for living are core to its mission. All officers, Trustees, and administrators of this charity are volunteers, and receive no remuneration for their services.
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    57 分
  • Economics for Equality, Social Justice and Ecology

    Economics for Equality, Social Justice and Ecology
    2013/12/09
    Professor Steve Szeghi spent his formative years, (from 15 to 25 years of age), with the United Farm Workers Union under the tutelage of Cesar Chavez, an activist farm worker, labor leader and civil rights proponent. Professor Szeghi learned important lessons on how to create transformation through acts of nonviolent civil disobedience so farm workers could receive fair wages and benefits. During this period of engagement, he discovered the poet within himself through the awakening of powerful feelings of compassion and solidarity that he felt with the farm workers. He discusses his more recent involvement with the Indigenous Peoples, primarily the Navajo, that deepened his appreciation for our sacred connection to the earth, and the respectful relationship which we must maintain towards it, and all life forms. A professor of economics for many years, his life experiences have infused his teachings with the importance of values, compassion, and maintaining right relationships with each other, and our precious environment.
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    56 分
  • Developing Our Higher Calling and Life’s Purpose

    Developing Our Higher Calling and Life’s Purpose
    2013/12/02
    While our physical bodies are miraculous vehicles that move us through our human experiences we are in reality far greater than our physical bodies. We are innately connected to higher realms of consciousness, and as we develop our spiritual lives we become more finely attuned to these subtler realms of existence that can deepen our appreciation and understanding of the sacredness of our lives, and all of life itself. Drs. JJ and Desiree Hurtak share about our true essence, and our participation in a great evolutionary flow that will ultimately lead us into transcendental union with the Divine Source of all there is. As we evolve we can discover our higher calling in life, and our life’s purpose, which helps us to learn how to care for each other with the heart of love, compassion and understanding.
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    56 分
  • Journey of Forgiveness: Healing Soul Wounds From The Boarding School Histories Of The Indigenous Peoples

    Journey of Forgiveness: Healing Soul Wounds From The Boarding School Histories Of The Indigenous Peoples
    2013/11/25
    In 1879, Lt. Richard Henry Pratt founded the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania that resulted in policies of cultural genocide to force the assimilation of the children of Indigenous Peoples into White society. His model was widely adopted and children were forcibly removed from their families. The goal was to “kill the Indian to save the man.” The children had to stop speaking their native languages, give up their tribal customs and way of life, and experienced the eradication of their native identities. They had to learn English and embrace Christianity. The children suffered severe mental, physical and sexual abuses which resulted in their premature death, trauma and suicide. Dr. Denise Lajimodiere shares the experiences of her parents in boarding school, the impact which their experiences had on her own childhood, and the forgiveness she had to find within herself to heal and break the generational trauma for the sake of her children and grandchildren.
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    56 分
  • The Sovereign Rights And Spiritual Qualities of Water To The Indigenous Peoples

    The Sovereign Rights And Spiritual Qualities of Water To The Indigenous Peoples
    2013/11/18
    Attorney Danika Littlechild, a member of the Ermenskin Cree Nation located in the territory of Treaty No. 6 in Alberta, Canada, shares about the complexities experienced by Indigenous Peoples who are caught between the Federal and territorial/provincial laws of the country regarding their rights to the accessibility, availability, management and purity of water on their historic, sacred lands. The Indigenous Peoples have a deeply spiritual relationship with water, which is seen as integral to their original creation story, and a primary molder of a person’s identity. Water is believed to have its own energy and soul, and was historically managed amongst the Indigenous Peoples by their customary laws. Ms. Littlechild shares a compelling point of view that advocates for removing the Indigenous Peoples and their water rights out of the current statutory, legal framework, and restore them to their own customary laws for resolution of all issues pertaining to water.
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    58 分
  • Hope Against Hope In the Congo

    Hope Against Hope In the Congo
    2013/11/11
    Professor Mutombo Nkulu N’Sengha returns to the US from spending a year’s sabbatical in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and shares his experiences in Kamina, a town in the Katanga region where he established the Bumuntu Peace Institute. The people of the Congo have been long suffering in a history fraught with colonialism, dictatorships, exploitation, and prolonged wars. Some of the world’s poorest people live in a country with the world’s richest and greatest reservoirs of natural resources: gold, diamonds, copper, coltan, and various rare earth metals. Professor Mutombo speaks of his work to provide education, promote health and ethical, sustainable development in his country of birth. He is a tireless champion for peace education, interreligious dialogue, human rights, the rights of women, and social justice for his people. He shares about his many challenges living and working in the Congo, and his unswerving commitment to continue with his work there against all odds.
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    58 分