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What is spirituality, and why do I care? Four reasons….
August 20, 2015 20 August, 12015 HE A woman came up to me, after a Zembekiko at a Greek festival in the Boston area, and asked me ‘What do you feel when you dance?’ -I had to ask her what … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, AdultRiteOfPassage, Cooperation, health, survivors, tools
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Çok Merci Cumhuriyet -“Nous sommes tous Charlie”
Merci pour soutenir La Laicité et la liberté du presse. Teşşekurler Laicité ve basın özgürlüğü destek ıçın. Thank you for supporting the Separation of Church and State, and freedom of the Press. ShiraDestinie -“Je Suis Charlie” 14 Ocak 2015 Çarşamba … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooperation, exploitation, Gandhi, HumanEra, LaCoopération, TheWorldCalendar
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Protect others by teaching them how You Overcame…
How have you overcome, and taught others to overcome? Are you an adult? Take the Adulthood Challenge, and tell us: http://adulthoodchallenge.dreamwidth.org/ Then, write your autobiography! In service to Community Cooperation (and the Universal Holocene/Human Era Calendar…) ShiraDestinie, Universal Date (fka … Continue reading
Martin Luther King -Rabbinical Commentary poster inspired a Novel
MLK3speechHillelCommentaryStudy This speech, treated as a sacred text, inspired me to write my first practice Novel RealDraft6Creator Friend or Foe Beginnings ShiraDestinie Today’s ‘normal’ date is: Satur, December 20, 2014 Today’s U.N. Date is: Wednesday, December 20, 12014 H.E. (Holocene … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooperation, MartinLutherKing, WalkingTours
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“I Refuse” = the 2 most powerful words in the English language
Nov. 21st, 2014 09:34 am Original: (http://meowdate.dreamwidth.org/10876.html) We are taught to avoid strangers, which is important, or vigilance, rather, is important, but taught to trust those in authority and close to our families, which may not be the best for … Continue reading
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The War on Drugs -What happened to The War on Poverty?
Change has to come. But it does not have to be bloody. Yes, local elections, won in large numbers, can change things if the Federal government allows the change. But at the same time, I am convinced, we must have … Continue reading
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Tagged Basic Income, Cooperation, Einstein Two Percent Plan, HoloceneEra, HumanEra, MEOWDate, MEOWvision, multiplelearningstyles, The Open Library Project of Internet Archive, TheWorldCalendar, Viktor Frankl
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Avant-d’être-Adulte, les Adultes, et les Rites de Passage
ENGLISH Chers Amis voici une autre idée pour vous : Un nouveau rite de passage . On a besoin d’un nouveau rite de passage dont chaque adolescent doit a son plein gré enseigner quelqu’un, de zéro, une habilité utile et important . … Continue reading
Est-ce que je suis une adulte ? Partie 1 : La Définition
( ENGLISH : ) Mes critères pour être adulte sont au nombre de six : D’abord, chaque enfant doit être capable 1. de nager, autant que faire se peut 2. de se défendre (émotionnellement et physiquement), autant que faire se peut 3. … Continue reading
Imposed calendar, religion, language and ‘civilization’ led to loss for All women
Voices of Cherokee Women is a well-written chronicle, from pre-contact to modern times, of how Cherokee women went from respected voices in the community to silence, and back again. Telling many stories again from another perspective (particularly Mooney and Lt. … Continue reading
Marcus Aurelius would agree: “beware the dangers of Groupthink!”
Ancient: “If it be right and honest to be spoken or done, undervalue not thyself so much, as to be discouraged from it.” from The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Modern: “… beware the dangers of Groupthink! Just because all your … Continue reading
The MEOW Vision: A bit like Herland, but more equal
The ground-breaking novella Herland was a good start, but lacked a vision of fully inclusive equality. The MEOW Vision builds on Gilman’s ideas, with the aim of Fully Inclusive Equality. The Goals (allowing each person to contribute fully): 1. Each … Continue reading
Intergenerational committment to shared ideals outweighs, but is affected by, historical differences.
The Girl, a hybrid from the poorest district in India, begins and ends very well. In between, she tells us how intergenerational committment to shared ideals outweighs, but is affected by, historical differences. Opposing communities use open communication (telephathy helps … Continue reading
I Had a Dream: Teaching via Hidden Race Riots and Community
After reading the excellent: Snow-Storm in August: The Struggle for American Freedom and Washington’s Race Riot of 1835 on history and community,I was, for some odd reason, facilitating a workshop at the YMCA, which I get the impression was in … Continue reading
The Answer is 73! Community Marriage Cooperative Project: The Community Alternative to Dating
Even if you Fall in Love for Life , marriage takes work and committment. After talking with some friends, I think I should try again to explain my idea for a community Marriage Cooperative (fka the Arranged Marriage Cooperative), a … Continue reading
“Delight, respect, and compassion” in the City of Sorrows: Christian-Jewish Deut.4:24 views via shared struggle, as portrayed using Minbari and ‘Earth’ religions, and analysed via your FaceBook Autobiography?
Well, I woke up this morning with my mind… pondering To Dream in the City of Sorrows. A good friend called me regarding the strange story of how Ziporah rescues either Moses or their son on the way to see … Continue reading
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Winning glory on today’s battlefield: The Modern Mind
Renault’s excellent book The Persian Boy shows the difficulty of learning, and of teaching. Both would probably be easier if our society understood what it takes to teach a person a useful and neccesary skill from start to finish. Hence … Continue reading
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Universal Income or Land: Reminding Us What We Could Be
I am a true Democrat: following the example of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Chaos or Community , I take seriously the idea that all are equal in dignity, in rights to live up to their full potential, and in ability … Continue reading
Why write your autobiography? Mar shows the adults…
Michel Grimaud shows us how one young person, too young to know that his task was impossible (a bit like Harry Potter and his friends, but written in 1978…), can do something worth writing about, as he becomes an adult. … Continue reading
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Respect for Teachers == Respect for US All as a Society
02/27/2013 10:00:00 shirad Generating more respect for teachers requires cultural change People certainly should respect the difficult work that teachers do. This would probably be made easier if our children and adults understood what it takes to teach a person … Continue reading
Am I an Adult? (Part 1. Definition…)
Français I have six criteria for being an adult. Each prospective adult must be able to: 1. swim, 2. defend him or herself both emotionally and physically, 3. think critically and build logical arguments, 4. understand statistics, 5. drive manual … Continue reading
Pre-Adulthood, Adults, and Rites of Passage…
FRANçAIS Dear Friends, here is another idea for your perusal. A New Rite of Passage We need a new rite of passage in which every teenager must voluntarily teach someone, from start to finish, a usable and important … Continue reading
More Inclusive Calendars and Eras
Posted on Meow Date Thursday, 12 April of the year 12,014 H.E. At its inception, the United Nations proposed a more logical, easy to memorize and universal calendar which all the world could use. It was to be called The … Continue reading
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Tagged HoloceneEra, HumanEra, MEOWDate, TheWorldCalendar
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New book on Community Cooperation to Share
Español “At the turn of the century, both communities developed similar ways of evading White discrimination. Both communities built their own institutions, … ” which “… deepens the connection between them. Cooperation in other areas built ties that would eventually … Continue reading