In this excerpt from Brothers in the Beloved Community, author Bishop Marc Andrus discusses how Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used the nonviolent technique of "raising the tension" to cultivate reconciliation and acknowledgement of the interbeing of all people.
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Poem: Recipe for Friendship
By Gaia Thurston-Shaine Making friends is like baking a cake—ingredients must be addedin the right proportions.Respect is the flour—without it,you could not even have a biscuit.Love is the sugar,a sweet and happy hug.As baking powderhelps a cake to rise,communication bridges gapsand helps a relationship to grow.And understanding is the eggholding…
Blooming Lilac Sangha
By Ann Marie (Annie) O’Reilly Love and Understanding Program; photo courtesy of monastic friends Being part of a dynamic, ever-changing Sangha has been a jewel for my practice and my life. Since my Order of Interbeing ordination, my heart has become wider. I have become more able to study, listen,…
Shining Light on White
By Vanna Waldron photo by Brother Bieu Hien Mindfulness practice gives us tools to face parts of ourselves, our reality, and our histories that we may otherwise push away, deny, or neglect. In this article, I explore my experience shining light on the reality of my racial privilege as a…
Poem: I Embrace the Sky
I embrace the skywhen her storms hurl me into dark cloudsI remind myself that we sharethe same matter the clouds and IYet the clouds do not know my fears, my judgments, my plansI look up and see a woman riding a billygoata cloud transforming through the skyI cannot hold on…
Wake Up Schools: Planting Good Seeds
The pandemic has asked much of teachers...
My Soul-Stirring Mindfulness Bells
A Wake Up friend shares about touching encounters with Thầy through a TV interview, a book, and on retreat.
Media Reviews
Happiness Essential Mindfulness Practices By Thich Nhat Hanh Parallax Press, 2009 Softcover, 160 pages Reviewed by Janelle Combelic This book is a treasure trove of practical wisdom for longtime practitioners, beginners, anyone who is curious about the practice of mindfulness. Happiness summarizes in concise, clear chapters what Thay has been…
Shooting Stars
A Children’s Well-Being Radio Show By David M. Nelson “Living your dream, not somebody else’s. Instead of reaching for the stars, be one. We are still growing. Enjoy life because it doesn’t happen twice. The hopes and dreams to be someone, to shine and go somewhere unimaginable – We are…
Generation to Generation
By Judith Toy New York People of Color Day of Mindfulness ;photo by Tasha Chuang Faces of the children I work with—victims of great violence and injustice—file through my heart during meditation. What do these children and their families need in order to heal? Only loving attention. When fifteen-year-old Dee…