On Mirror Neurons, Compassion, and Reality
by John Light Mirror neurons are the progeny of neuroscience What are mirror neurons? Mirror neurons have been written about extensively in the popular press, and they have been interpreted as a source...
View ArticleGratitude
By Emily Takahashi An excerpt from the Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective November 2024 Newsletter My friend Irene asked if I would write something about gratitude, in honor of the season of...
View ArticleThe Art of Mindful Birding
By Sean McCann Mindful birding is the intentional use of birding for cultivating mindfulness. Anyone who has been entranced by seeing a murmuration (a phenomenon in which a flock of birds, sometimes...
View ArticlePoetry by Mark Frutkin
A Word from Mark These poems have not been published previously. They have a particular influence from my experience with meditation and the Shambhala path. I studied poetry with Allen Ginsberg when I...
View ArticleA World Built on Pain: The Call for Healing and Change
By George Cassidy Payne We live in a world where systems of power and dominance are designed to destroy the very planet that sustains us. These systems, though old in origin, have become more visible...
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