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Today’s contemplative practice is inspired by Richard Rohr’s teaching that, “We cannot do all our thinking with our minds! True spirituality always brings us back to the original bodily knowing that is unitive experience.” Meditation teacher Lorin Roche guides readers through a practice of calm awareness, which “trains you to let yourself be surprised by perception, to let new and fresh perceptions emerge. This exercise also lets you practice giving speech to your immediate perceptions. Since childhood, you may not have had a chance to speak freely without editing first.”

What “language” of the body do you understand and use most easily: seeing, smelling, hearing, tasting, touching, moving? Which one do you wish you had more fluency in? Read more: http://ow.ly/M6LA30q8wqI

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Though their lives were nothing like our own, Fr. Richard Rohr believes the Desert Fathers and Mothers have valuable lessons to teach us. He writes, “The Desert Fathers and Mothers withdrew from cities to the desert to live freely, apart from the economic, cultural, and political structure of the Roman Empire…. They knew, as we should today, that empire would be an unreliable partner. They recognized that they had to find inner freedom from the system before they could return to it with true love, wisdom, and helpfulness…. The early Christian abbas and ammas first insisted on finding the inner silence necessary to tame the obsessive mind. Their method was originally called the prayer of quiet and eventually referred to as contemplation.”

Are you a part of an organization or “system” that is restricting your inner freedom? Can you imagine contemplatively stepping away from it for a period so you could return with greater perspective or integrity? Read more: http://ow.ly/WAc830qakxc

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Very little of plastic we recycle is actually removed from the waste stream.

Exposing The Myth Of Plastic Recycling: Why A Majority Is Burned Or Thrown In A Landfill

Very little of plastic we recycle is actually removed from the waste stream.

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The fashion industry is the second-largest consumer of water and the second-largest polluter of water. Here's why.

The fashion industry emits more carbon than international flights and maritime shipping combined. Here are the biggest ways it impacts the planet.

The fashion industry is the second-largest consumer of water and the second-largest polluter of water. Here's why.

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