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"Morning Mist" (1948) by Grace M. Ballentine. Most fitting on this rainy day here in Minnesota: tmblr.co/Z37ZbymzuTDt
My favorite bits of curiosity this week, including Harper Lee's epistolary charm + a dying woman on art and cancer. bit.ly/11ADLCi
Are we in the matrix? Physicist James Gates says string theory stretches our imaginations about the nature of reality. On @Beingtweets.
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So appreciate when work like this see renewed interest. A brother's tribute to his sister's life + art: bit.ly/15RIgJu #cancer
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The backstory to history is often more interesting. The tale behind Robert Capa’s pictures of D-Day: tmblr.co/Z37ZbymnY2_2
Classic epistolary reply from the great writer Harper Lee: tmblr.co/Z37Zbymj-v4s
"There is a dark privilege to being so close to religious persecution...." ~@aelefton on Bahá’ís in Iran: bit.ly/185Z0Rj
Ran across this interview w/ Roxana Saberi while editing a commentary on the persecution of Baha'is in Iran: tmblr.co/Z37Zbymgt8Dl
Reading this, "The greatest tragedy of human existence is not to live in time" + seeing this: tmblr.co/Z37ZbymgX0Yx
Your jaw will drop: AMAZING giant downward sloping xylophone that plays Bach w/a push of a ball. In Japanese forest bit.ly/18OEGB1
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In the studio listening to a truly incredible interview b/w @kristatippett and @JoyLadin. Will time-shift tweet later this week.
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"In trying to please everyone else, I have gone away from the very thing that I truly love." ~Gary James bit.ly/132RKAp
I worry that technology is to this century what ideologies were to the last - "solutions" in which hope and hubris merge dangerously.
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Our listeners do not disappoint. Check out this reflection and "found poem" from Rabbit's Gone Missing: bit.ly/1343pO3
NC, here we come! RT @WildGooseFest: We're excited to partner with @kristatippett & @Beingtweets at #WildGoose13: bit.ly/11mLL9G
Tami Simon on the evolution of spirituality/tech as a "personal investigation tool"/inner life at work: onbeing.org/program/inner-…
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Regarding that last tweet, I adore how she took Marie Howe's interview and turned it into a "found poem." So right: bit.ly/17arbxu
On Annie Dillard, Marie Howe, and finding the poetry in ordinary events and time. Lovely post. rabbitsgonemissing.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-po…
My 2 podcast worlds have collided @Beingtweets interview w/ @soundstrue. I just kissed bedtime goodbye to hear this one
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This week's show is ready for listening! "Inner Life at Work: Tami Simon on Business, Meditation, & Technology" bit.ly/11EfEE9
Ditto! MT @brianmclaren: Wild Goose -: I'm really looking forward to being interviewed for On Being w/ Krista Tippett bit.ly/ZePtkX
We don't have a title yet for this week's show. What title grabs you, makes you want to listen? on.fb.me/11peM07
Best part of our work? Receiving letters from Jamaican bartenders who speak to the power of poetry and pursuit: bit.ly/132RKAp
Happened upon this great photo + back story while perusing Danya Bateman's (@suttonhoo) Flickr account: tmblr.co/Z37Zbylxl0z6
When one's pen goes silent for three years, what's the first line to come out. Christian Wiman tell us: bit.ly/10VlqeE
"God goes, belonging to every riven thing he's made..." ~Christian Wiman bit.ly/10VlqeE
Christian Wiman's words on loneliness + uncertainty jogged our collective memory of Rilke's poem "Onto a Vast Plain": bit.ly/10paSZR
In Australia, hearing of a South African who is finding life, meaning& hope through past issues of @onbeing @kristatippett & @TrentGilliss
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I'm looking into online donation systems for On Being's new nonprofit org. I'm aware of Razoo. Other recommendations?
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"Even in this moment, the spark of life within remains." ~Hudson Gardner bit.ly/YZgYz2
RT @pewforum: SCOTUS to weigh in on prayer at govt meetings bit.ly/14onS1K.
“If there is a truth about the digital world, its that our analog world is more and more valuable” - @andrew_zolli ow.ly/lcFBU
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Yaazish @Narkhan on what Muslim parents tell their children: bit.ly/13Fywln
Talking with your pre-teen can be difficult enough, without adding terrorism + its association with Islam to the mix: bit.ly/13Fywln
Few things are more appreciated (and honorable) than a guest replies to listeners' comments. Thank you @andrew_zolli! bit.ly/11HOuO7
RT @kristatippett: We need humility even in pursuing our highest ideals. Niebuhr would like "resilience thinking": bit.ly/10cjwav
Gorgeous colors in this @NatGeo photo of a Falun Gong meditation exercise in NYC's Chinatown. Check out the comments: instagram.com/p/Zfh6hToVSl/
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Resilience - a framework for hopeful humility and innovative clarity amidst the seismic change of our time: onbeing.org/program/a-shif…
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Simple Awareness: David Foster Wallace on the Value and Responsibility of Being Educated (video) bit.ly/13vyFEB
This video brilliantly captures the essence + imagination of David Foster Wallace's 2005 commencement speech: bit.ly/13vyFEB
Which of these 3 titles grabs your attn? 1) "The Hunger + Challenge of Faith" 2) "The Inseparability of Doubt + Faith" 3) "Remembering God"
Is Sam Harris' new form of atheism an old form of colonialism? Interesting piece on moral clarity + Islamophobia: bit.ly/10JLVVg
RT @andrew_zolli: Listen in on one of the best conversations I've ever had, w @kristatippett: popte.ch/110A2sW airing on NPR this wknd
This week's podcast is up! "A Shift to Humility: @andrew_zolli on Resilience and Expanding the Edge of Change" - bit.ly/11HOuO7
Thrilled to be delivering the Baccalaureate address @USC this evening - The Art of Living - at the invitation of the admirable Varun Soni.
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RT @justRASHAD: I took for granted that we had Vincent Harding. #NowListening to Harding on Civility, History, and Hope
A big, tough samurai once went to see a little monk. "Monk," he barked, "teach me about heaven and hell!" bit.ly/16ycT9G
A powerful Zen parable teaching us about compassion and gratitude in the face of death: bit.ly/16ycT9G