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Autumn's shiny imprint leaves splashes of vibrancy all over urban streets filled with rhythm and smoke from Labor Day barbecues, dance parties, jack-o-lanterns, and school children. This is a time to make room for transition, as to honor the fall equinox. For many, September and October is an important time of reflection and action.TRANSCRIPT
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welcomeAutumns shiny imprint leaves splashes of vibrancy all over urbanstreets filled with rhythm and smoke from Labor Day barbecuesdance parties jack-o-lanterns and school children This is a timeto make room for transition as to honor the fall equinox Formany September and October is an important time of reflectionand action
In September there is the celebration of the Jewish New Year RoshHashanah in preparation for Yom Kippur the Day of AtonementThe final days of Ramadan came to a close at the beginning of themonth And the International Day of Peace was celebrated on thetwenty-first as we move towards a more sustainable andharmonious planet In October we observe Indigenous PeoplesDay All Hallows Eve and in the higher latitudes we set our clocksback one hour to mark Daylight Savings Time
Each year the sun crosses the plane of the equator away from thenorthern hemisphere making day and night of equal length Wedlike to invite you to focus on Balance and what that concept meansto you Utilize the symbolic energies of the equinox to aid youalong your personal journey Allow it to inspire the motivation youneed to manifest a sustainable just and loving world
Enjoy this special SeptemberOctober issue of transform as CXCushers in new partnerships honors old ones and continues topave the way for vision amp practice for transformative social change
Allah the personal name of God Inscribed in Islamic calligraphy on one of eight medallionsHagia Sophia Istanbul Turkey image angel Kyodo williams
whats newWeb of ChangeWeb of Change connects theforemost thinkers and do-ers insocial media technology andsocial change Together this is agrowing community of leaders
working for transformation of our organizations andour world Web of Change has become the leadingconvener of North Americas social change andtechnology community We are pleased to bring yousome leading truly inspiring messages from thisexciting event where the frontline meets the online
Read more Our Web of Change An amazing week Questions from Web of Change
in SIGHTSheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari on Being Muslim HavingUnique Challenges in the West
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living on the rightbearing witness to the bend towards justiceINcite with angel Kyodo williams
Istanbul Turkey
Five times per day throughout this enigmaticcity the calls to prayer or Ezan ring outinitiating an exodus from homes offices andeven busy tourists shops and restaurants
Allahu Akbar - God is most great
It is Ramadan the month of fasting and the mood alternates betweenthe quiet introspection compelled by taking neither food nor waterfrom sun-up to sun-down during some of the longest days of the yearand the burst of celebration (and relief) of the breaking bread for iftarthe breaking of the fast When the muezzin calls Istanbullus answer bymaking their way to any one of nearly 3000 active mosques Even withits secular government established in 1923 by the real Young Turksthe Republic of Turkey boasts a 98 muslim population and moremosques per capita than anyplace in the world 85000 or 1 for every350 citizens
Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa llah - I bear witness that there is but oneGodAsh-hadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullah - I bear witnessMohammed is a messenger of GodHayya ala-salat - Make haste towards prayer
From this vantage point it is hard to comprehend the furor generatedaround the placement of just one mosque that of the proposedCordoba Mosque and Community Center in New York Citys lowerManhattan
For the record it is not on the World Trade Center site it is near Two
No video Click httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=7Y5E5qM9dLY
Sheikh Abdel Aziz Bukhari worked his entire life andhis family has worked for hundreds of years for peacein Palestine-Israel He left the Earth this past summerThough often he spoke to a Muslim student audiencehere he speaks with Eliyahu McClean as part of theUnusual Pairs dialogue
Jerusalem Peacemakers
In 2002 the General Assembly officially declaredSeptember 21 as the permanent date for theInternational Day of Peace Peace Day should bedevoted to commemorating and strengthening theideals of peace both within and among all nations andpeoples The Global Ceasefire may be just a smallstart yet let one day become 2 two become 4 and soforth as we transform and the conditions of peacebecome manifest
International Day of Peace and Global Ceasefire Subscribe to CXC on YouTube
in TIMECXC The Only Full Range ofPractices Designed for SocialChange Agents
Owing to the exciting and newstrategic alliance with YES
CXCs practice schedule will be modified for the monthof October to allow for the transition to happen in agood way
Read More
in the CENTER27 Days of Change | Fall2010 Practice Period Twenty people from around thecountry and participating in theFall 27 Days of Change |Practice Period During the 27
Days formal participants commit to intensifyingreflective and contemplative practice on three levels(inner interpersonal and globalsocial) which when
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blocks away And for those of us that didnt know the fact of long-standing mosques 4 and 12 blocks away was illumined by the NewYork Times Each stood peacefully in the shadow of the Twin Towers fordecades Both mosques overflow with ever-increasing numbers ofbelievers during this holiest of months One is conservative by Islamicstandards maintaining separate prayers spaces for men and womenthe other considered to be the most progressive in the nation is ledby a woman It is the prayer leader of the latter most progressive ofmosques that was inspired to build the community center as a symbolicbridge of healing through mutual exchange A better candidate couldntbe found even abiding by our quasi-racist criteria
Notwithstanding its overwhelming predominance of Muslims Turkey laysclaim to a history of religious tolerance that cannot be ignored In 1492as Columbus delivered claim over native lands to Spain 200000Sephardic Jews were delivered into freedom from the Inquisition byOttomans Sultan Some 15000 French Jews were saved during theHolocaust As home to the prophetic purveyor of peace and love Jalalad-Din Rumi Turkey still seats the Christian Orthodox Patriarch and onSeptember 12 a referendum for a new constitution seeks to extendhuman rights and religious freedom while limiting the historically longarm of law in exchange for greater democracy transparency andbalance
As the capital of empires for 800 years Istanbul has much to teach theeconomic capital of Americas Empire The main point being this allempires fall In their wake what they leave behind is a legacy It canbe a legacy that glorifies the past to be regaled in rubble and ruins orit can be a legacy that sets the course for the future An admirablepost-empiric future is one that learns from the mistakes of arrogancepast and matures into a principled elder state exhibiting universallymoral characters of tolerance compassasion restraint temperance andseeking to become unequivocally just
Hayya alal-Falah - Make haste towards success
Critics argue that the name Cordoba represents the triumph of Islamover Christianity as that of the grand mosque of the same name built inSpain on the site of a former Christian Church What they fail tomention is the church site was purchased not seized and that it wasChristians who turned the 500-year old mosque into a cathedral It ismore likely the beauty the defied any description that inspired thename
Perhaps they should have chosen a different name Perhaps they shouldhave chosen a different location Perhaps they should have coweredinto a corner waiting for elections and the ensuing political straw-grabbing to pass Maybe then they could have quietly found themselvesa place in the pitiful America expounded by the Tea Party Or perhapsthey should just join Barack Obama in that small corner of Islamophobiathat has been paintedmdashwhich he ran full speed intomdashand retract the
brought together form a holistic relationship to oneslife and creates the conditions for transformation
Read more
A Nation SAT for Change Atthis moment just after the 3rdAnnual SIT for Change it is atime to reflect on what wasaccomplished by 2010 SIT for
Change and what remains to be accomplished Read more
from the FIELDDoing Good WorkThe Interaction Institute forSocial Change (IISC) is anonprofit organization thatharnesses the power ofcollaboration within the social
sector to create a just and sustainable world Read more
inner PRACTICEFinding Balance in Life
Many of us try to juggle thingsand endlessly search for somekind of balance in life Thequestion we should ask is
whether we need balance or just to be able to stand onsolid ground Enjoy this reprint from the Zen toFitness blog on finding balance in your life
Read more Zen of Fitness Blog
outer ACTIONACRJ | Forward Stance inActionAsian Communities forReproductive Justice (ACRJ)promotes and protectsreproductive justice through
organizing building leadership capacity developingalliances and education to achieve community andsystemic change Read how they incorporate ForwardStance in how they operate their organization and howit is infused in all of the work they do in the world
Read more
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mosque altogether
But that would be a shame
A shame upon them the politicians that would trounce on the moralfoundation America seeks to claim as its underpinning not only forpolitical gain but to fuel their unyielding rage that a black man with amuslim name presides in their White House
A shame upon every single one of the 68 of Americans purported to beagainst the mosque who love their own freedom but would withhold itfrom others under the guise of everything from security to sensitivitySensitivity to social racial cultural and religious minorities has neverbeen our strong suit As a nation built on stolen lands by people stolenfrom their lands developing true moral character is our only hope forredemption
But most of all it is a shame on us the rest of the Americans who havenot yet stood alongside Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his eloquentmdashandunshakablemdashdefense of the right of the mosque to be built Shame onall us for not responding with the vitriol reserved for when ones verylife and liberty depends upon it because it does Shame on any one ofus that allows themselves to believe this is not their issue that thereare more important things or worse that have chosen to ignore thematter altogether
If you take the time to divine the conscience of the moral universe asUnitarian Theodore Parker did 160 years ago you can bear witness toits trajectory Time has proven there is right and wrong side of historyOn wrong side were Axis and Central powers the Nazis theConfederates the slaveholders Jim Crow Always on the wrong sideare fascists oppressionists segregationists fundamentalistspersecutionists misogynists racists and intolerants of every stripeTime and time again that moral arc named by Parker and memorializedby Dr King course corrects the petty side excursions we are witnessingtoday and bends ever so powerfully towards justice
Al-salatu khayru min an-nawm - Prayer is better than sleep
It is time for the left to learn to live firmly on the right
How long will that take
As King often reminded us Not long because the arc of the moraluniverse is long but it bends toward justice
Let us bear witness to that inshallah
As salaam alaikum Ramadan Kareem
Read more ACRJ website ACRJ blog Forward Stance Leadership Initiative
social CHANGEA Taste of Kings TruthI refuse to accept the view thatmankind is so tragically bound tothe starless midnight of racismand war that the bright daybreakof peace and brotherhood can
never become a realityacirceurobrvbar I believe that unarmed truthand unconditional love will have the final word -Martin Luther King Jr
Read more
in the MINDResentment of Do-GoodersHas Psychological Origins |StudyA study by psychologists atWashington State University inthe US demonstrated that
apparent acts of altruism often serve only to alienateothers just as much as those who are greedy
Read more
fearless Meditation is a 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation within a social justiceframework Its offered for no charge for agents ofsocial changethe best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy work
fearless Meditation INovember 5 2010 amp every 1st Friday | 7pm
in the BODYTwelve Months of Abhaya(fearless) Asana | GomukhasanaKapotasana also known as PigeonPosture is one of the backbendsand hip openers of the WarriorSeries It is a great posture for
finding opening in the thighs abdomen shouldersheart center and particularly the hips
Read more
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mdashyours in truth aKw
with gratitude to Ibrahim and Istanbuls Rumist CafAtildecopy for theirgenerosity in sharing iftar dedicated to the lives of AmericansChristians Jews Buddhists Muslims Afghanis Iraqis believers andnon-believers alike who lost their lives on September 11 and theenusing aftermath of nine years of unjust war
Curious Listen to the full Ezan audio here
angel Kyodo williams is founder of urbanPEACE and its Centerfor Transformative Change Happily she is no longer its directorbut the official Intellectual Guru Emeritus A social visionary andleading voice for transformative social change she is the author ofBeing Black Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace
Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heart
Facebook Like angel here
Twitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on Change
Web httpangelkyodowilliamscom
angel Kyodo williams next public talk
newDharma TalkNewDharma Talk | Be Deeply Yourself in theWorldTo find who we really are to be balanced wealready know we have to start with Practice Butmost of us believe that all of that practice is on thecushion Well to GET balanced we have to BE
balanced even-acirceurordquoespecially in Practice Check out this dharma talkthat shows the value of an ancient teaching about practice on and offthe cushion
Listen to Be Deeply Yourself In the World
Download text of Be Deeply Yourself In the World
activists allies amp agents of change
Norma Wong | Stance Energy Awareness and Rhythm
Ryuko (Norma) Wong Roshi is an instructor atInstitute of Zen Studies She teaches the AppliedZen program which offers workshops andtraining in the application of Zen principles andspiritual training in work and life She is also aprivate consultant specializing in strategic
Read more
wellness amp being wellGrounding | Coming Down toRise UpGrounding--do we feel it in ourbody Smell it in earthly aromasSee a light coming up from theground into the root of our
body Is it in a way we think practical thoughts anddont drift off Use words with actual distinct meaningsDoes ground lie in feeling connected with the elementsan electron transfer between our skin and minerals
Read more
september wallpaper
master domeAn amalgamated wonder of Byzantine architectureOrthodox Christian celebration and Islamic grace theHagia Sophia remains one of the great religious sitesof Istanbulhellipand the world For nearly 1000 years itexisted as the worlds largest cathedral built andpreserved with the mathematical genius of architectureprotected by the vision and humility inspired by spiritand the love of God
Just shy of 102 feet in diameter it is the great dome ofthe Hagia Sophia that commands the most attentionand marvel Controversy continues over whether thestunning Islamic calligraphy should be removed toreveal the mosiac assumed to be underneath that ofChrist as Master of the World What shows instead isthe Quranic Verse of Light (2435) that begins Allah isthe Light of the heavens and the earth Architecturallyin Christianity and in Islam the masterful domecontinues to inspire photo copyright 2010 angel Kyodo williams
Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop
Download with calendar
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private consultant specializing in strategicplanning and organizational capacity Her career
has spanned service as a Hawaii state legislator where she worked withpublic policy planning strategy and native Hawaiian issues
CXC What is Forward Stance concretely and at its essence
NW Forward Stance is a mind-body approach to movement building
A mind-body approach utilizes the physical experience to developexplore and demonstrate human actions
By developing a physical and conceptual understanding of basic ForwardStanceprinciples organizations and allies can literally shift the way inwhich we move in the world The basics include characteristicprinciples of stance energy awareness and rhythm
Forward Stance emphasizes proactive strategic action that draws fromsustainable energy in a constantly changing environment
Read moreEMERJ Project
resources for transformative changehellipLearn more about MLK than mass media will ever reveal After morethan a decade of serious contemplation King unwaveringly concludedthat no war is worth sacrificing children to He said More and more Ihave come to the conclusion that the potential destructiveness ofmodern weapons of war totally rules out the possibilities of war everserving again as a negative good To read more follow the link below
Remembering Dr Martin Luther King the Revolutionary
Revisit the revolutionary speech Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to BreakSilence by Dr martin Luther King Jr The full text and audio can befound on the American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank
MLK | A Time to Break Silence
Grounding yoga poses help to quiet the mind and release anxiety Theyare especially good to practice during the fall and winter known asVata season in Ayurveda
Staying Grounded
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A life without love is of no account Dont ask yourself what kind oflove you should seek spiritual or material divine or mundane Easternor Western Divisions only lead to more divisions Love has nolabels no definitions It is what it is pure and simple Love is thewater of life And a lover is a soul of fire The Universe turnsdifferently when fire loves water mdashCathy Lynn Pagano
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living on the rightbearing witness to the bend towards justiceINcite with angel Kyodo williams
Istanbul Turkey
Five times per day throughout this enigmaticcity the calls to prayer or Ezan ring outinitiating an exodus from homes offices andeven busy tourists shops and restaurants
Allahu Akbar - God is most great
It is Ramadan the month of fasting and the mood alternates betweenthe quiet introspection compelled by taking neither food nor waterfrom sun-up to sun-down during some of the longest days of the yearand the burst of celebration (and relief) of the breaking bread for iftarthe breaking of the fast When the muezzin calls Istanbullus answer bymaking their way to any one of nearly 3000 active mosques Even withits secular government established in 1923 by the real Young Turksthe Republic of Turkey boasts a 98 muslim population and moremosques per capita than anyplace in the world 85000 or 1 for every350 citizens
Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa llah - I bear witness that there is but oneGodAsh-hadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullah - I bear witnessMohammed is a messenger of GodHayya ala-salat - Make haste towards prayer
From this vantage point it is hard to comprehend the furor generatedaround the placement of just one mosque that of the proposedCordoba Mosque and Community Center in New York Citys lowerManhattan
For the record it is not on the World Trade Center site it is near Two
No video Click httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=7Y5E5qM9dLY
Sheikh Abdel Aziz Bukhari worked his entire life andhis family has worked for hundreds of years for peacein Palestine-Israel He left the Earth this past summerThough often he spoke to a Muslim student audiencehere he speaks with Eliyahu McClean as part of theUnusual Pairs dialogue
Jerusalem Peacemakers
In 2002 the General Assembly officially declaredSeptember 21 as the permanent date for theInternational Day of Peace Peace Day should bedevoted to commemorating and strengthening theideals of peace both within and among all nations andpeoples The Global Ceasefire may be just a smallstart yet let one day become 2 two become 4 and soforth as we transform and the conditions of peacebecome manifest
International Day of Peace and Global Ceasefire Subscribe to CXC on YouTube
in TIMECXC The Only Full Range ofPractices Designed for SocialChange Agents
Owing to the exciting and newstrategic alliance with YES
CXCs practice schedule will be modified for the monthof October to allow for the transition to happen in agood way
Read More
in the CENTER27 Days of Change | Fall2010 Practice Period Twenty people from around thecountry and participating in theFall 27 Days of Change |Practice Period During the 27
Days formal participants commit to intensifyingreflective and contemplative practice on three levels(inner interpersonal and globalsocial) which when
102410 958 PMreflection balance and action | septoct 2010
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blocks away And for those of us that didnt know the fact of long-standing mosques 4 and 12 blocks away was illumined by the NewYork Times Each stood peacefully in the shadow of the Twin Towers fordecades Both mosques overflow with ever-increasing numbers ofbelievers during this holiest of months One is conservative by Islamicstandards maintaining separate prayers spaces for men and womenthe other considered to be the most progressive in the nation is ledby a woman It is the prayer leader of the latter most progressive ofmosques that was inspired to build the community center as a symbolicbridge of healing through mutual exchange A better candidate couldntbe found even abiding by our quasi-racist criteria
Notwithstanding its overwhelming predominance of Muslims Turkey laysclaim to a history of religious tolerance that cannot be ignored In 1492as Columbus delivered claim over native lands to Spain 200000Sephardic Jews were delivered into freedom from the Inquisition byOttomans Sultan Some 15000 French Jews were saved during theHolocaust As home to the prophetic purveyor of peace and love Jalalad-Din Rumi Turkey still seats the Christian Orthodox Patriarch and onSeptember 12 a referendum for a new constitution seeks to extendhuman rights and religious freedom while limiting the historically longarm of law in exchange for greater democracy transparency andbalance
As the capital of empires for 800 years Istanbul has much to teach theeconomic capital of Americas Empire The main point being this allempires fall In their wake what they leave behind is a legacy It canbe a legacy that glorifies the past to be regaled in rubble and ruins orit can be a legacy that sets the course for the future An admirablepost-empiric future is one that learns from the mistakes of arrogancepast and matures into a principled elder state exhibiting universallymoral characters of tolerance compassasion restraint temperance andseeking to become unequivocally just
Hayya alal-Falah - Make haste towards success
Critics argue that the name Cordoba represents the triumph of Islamover Christianity as that of the grand mosque of the same name built inSpain on the site of a former Christian Church What they fail tomention is the church site was purchased not seized and that it wasChristians who turned the 500-year old mosque into a cathedral It ismore likely the beauty the defied any description that inspired thename
Perhaps they should have chosen a different name Perhaps they shouldhave chosen a different location Perhaps they should have coweredinto a corner waiting for elections and the ensuing political straw-grabbing to pass Maybe then they could have quietly found themselvesa place in the pitiful America expounded by the Tea Party Or perhapsthey should just join Barack Obama in that small corner of Islamophobiathat has been paintedmdashwhich he ran full speed intomdashand retract the
brought together form a holistic relationship to oneslife and creates the conditions for transformation
Read more
A Nation SAT for Change Atthis moment just after the 3rdAnnual SIT for Change it is atime to reflect on what wasaccomplished by 2010 SIT for
Change and what remains to be accomplished Read more
from the FIELDDoing Good WorkThe Interaction Institute forSocial Change (IISC) is anonprofit organization thatharnesses the power ofcollaboration within the social
sector to create a just and sustainable world Read more
inner PRACTICEFinding Balance in Life
Many of us try to juggle thingsand endlessly search for somekind of balance in life Thequestion we should ask is
whether we need balance or just to be able to stand onsolid ground Enjoy this reprint from the Zen toFitness blog on finding balance in your life
Read more Zen of Fitness Blog
outer ACTIONACRJ | Forward Stance inActionAsian Communities forReproductive Justice (ACRJ)promotes and protectsreproductive justice through
organizing building leadership capacity developingalliances and education to achieve community andsystemic change Read how they incorporate ForwardStance in how they operate their organization and howit is infused in all of the work they do in the world
Read more
102410 958 PMreflection balance and action | septoct 2010
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mosque altogether
But that would be a shame
A shame upon them the politicians that would trounce on the moralfoundation America seeks to claim as its underpinning not only forpolitical gain but to fuel their unyielding rage that a black man with amuslim name presides in their White House
A shame upon every single one of the 68 of Americans purported to beagainst the mosque who love their own freedom but would withhold itfrom others under the guise of everything from security to sensitivitySensitivity to social racial cultural and religious minorities has neverbeen our strong suit As a nation built on stolen lands by people stolenfrom their lands developing true moral character is our only hope forredemption
But most of all it is a shame on us the rest of the Americans who havenot yet stood alongside Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his eloquentmdashandunshakablemdashdefense of the right of the mosque to be built Shame onall us for not responding with the vitriol reserved for when ones verylife and liberty depends upon it because it does Shame on any one ofus that allows themselves to believe this is not their issue that thereare more important things or worse that have chosen to ignore thematter altogether
If you take the time to divine the conscience of the moral universe asUnitarian Theodore Parker did 160 years ago you can bear witness toits trajectory Time has proven there is right and wrong side of historyOn wrong side were Axis and Central powers the Nazis theConfederates the slaveholders Jim Crow Always on the wrong sideare fascists oppressionists segregationists fundamentalistspersecutionists misogynists racists and intolerants of every stripeTime and time again that moral arc named by Parker and memorializedby Dr King course corrects the petty side excursions we are witnessingtoday and bends ever so powerfully towards justice
Al-salatu khayru min an-nawm - Prayer is better than sleep
It is time for the left to learn to live firmly on the right
How long will that take
As King often reminded us Not long because the arc of the moraluniverse is long but it bends toward justice
Let us bear witness to that inshallah
As salaam alaikum Ramadan Kareem
Read more ACRJ website ACRJ blog Forward Stance Leadership Initiative
social CHANGEA Taste of Kings TruthI refuse to accept the view thatmankind is so tragically bound tothe starless midnight of racismand war that the bright daybreakof peace and brotherhood can
never become a realityacirceurobrvbar I believe that unarmed truthand unconditional love will have the final word -Martin Luther King Jr
Read more
in the MINDResentment of Do-GoodersHas Psychological Origins |StudyA study by psychologists atWashington State University inthe US demonstrated that
apparent acts of altruism often serve only to alienateothers just as much as those who are greedy
Read more
fearless Meditation is a 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation within a social justiceframework Its offered for no charge for agents ofsocial changethe best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy work
fearless Meditation INovember 5 2010 amp every 1st Friday | 7pm
in the BODYTwelve Months of Abhaya(fearless) Asana | GomukhasanaKapotasana also known as PigeonPosture is one of the backbendsand hip openers of the WarriorSeries It is a great posture for
finding opening in the thighs abdomen shouldersheart center and particularly the hips
Read more
102410 958 PMreflection balance and action | septoct 2010
Page 5 of 7httptransformativechangeorgtransformjournal201009html
mdashyours in truth aKw
with gratitude to Ibrahim and Istanbuls Rumist CafAtildecopy for theirgenerosity in sharing iftar dedicated to the lives of AmericansChristians Jews Buddhists Muslims Afghanis Iraqis believers andnon-believers alike who lost their lives on September 11 and theenusing aftermath of nine years of unjust war
Curious Listen to the full Ezan audio here
angel Kyodo williams is founder of urbanPEACE and its Centerfor Transformative Change Happily she is no longer its directorbut the official Intellectual Guru Emeritus A social visionary andleading voice for transformative social change she is the author ofBeing Black Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace
Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heart
Facebook Like angel here
Twitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on Change
Web httpangelkyodowilliamscom
angel Kyodo williams next public talk
newDharma TalkNewDharma Talk | Be Deeply Yourself in theWorldTo find who we really are to be balanced wealready know we have to start with Practice Butmost of us believe that all of that practice is on thecushion Well to GET balanced we have to BE
balanced even-acirceurordquoespecially in Practice Check out this dharma talkthat shows the value of an ancient teaching about practice on and offthe cushion
Listen to Be Deeply Yourself In the World
Download text of Be Deeply Yourself In the World
activists allies amp agents of change
Norma Wong | Stance Energy Awareness and Rhythm
Ryuko (Norma) Wong Roshi is an instructor atInstitute of Zen Studies She teaches the AppliedZen program which offers workshops andtraining in the application of Zen principles andspiritual training in work and life She is also aprivate consultant specializing in strategic
Read more
wellness amp being wellGrounding | Coming Down toRise UpGrounding--do we feel it in ourbody Smell it in earthly aromasSee a light coming up from theground into the root of our
body Is it in a way we think practical thoughts anddont drift off Use words with actual distinct meaningsDoes ground lie in feeling connected with the elementsan electron transfer between our skin and minerals
Read more
september wallpaper
master domeAn amalgamated wonder of Byzantine architectureOrthodox Christian celebration and Islamic grace theHagia Sophia remains one of the great religious sitesof Istanbulhellipand the world For nearly 1000 years itexisted as the worlds largest cathedral built andpreserved with the mathematical genius of architectureprotected by the vision and humility inspired by spiritand the love of God
Just shy of 102 feet in diameter it is the great dome ofthe Hagia Sophia that commands the most attentionand marvel Controversy continues over whether thestunning Islamic calligraphy should be removed toreveal the mosiac assumed to be underneath that ofChrist as Master of the World What shows instead isthe Quranic Verse of Light (2435) that begins Allah isthe Light of the heavens and the earth Architecturallyin Christianity and in Islam the masterful domecontinues to inspire photo copyright 2010 angel Kyodo williams
Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop
Download with calendar
102410 958 PMreflection balance and action | septoct 2010
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facebook twitter YouTube
private consultant specializing in strategicplanning and organizational capacity Her career
has spanned service as a Hawaii state legislator where she worked withpublic policy planning strategy and native Hawaiian issues
CXC What is Forward Stance concretely and at its essence
NW Forward Stance is a mind-body approach to movement building
A mind-body approach utilizes the physical experience to developexplore and demonstrate human actions
By developing a physical and conceptual understanding of basic ForwardStanceprinciples organizations and allies can literally shift the way inwhich we move in the world The basics include characteristicprinciples of stance energy awareness and rhythm
Forward Stance emphasizes proactive strategic action that draws fromsustainable energy in a constantly changing environment
Read moreEMERJ Project
resources for transformative changehellipLearn more about MLK than mass media will ever reveal After morethan a decade of serious contemplation King unwaveringly concludedthat no war is worth sacrificing children to He said More and more Ihave come to the conclusion that the potential destructiveness ofmodern weapons of war totally rules out the possibilities of war everserving again as a negative good To read more follow the link below
Remembering Dr Martin Luther King the Revolutionary
Revisit the revolutionary speech Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to BreakSilence by Dr martin Luther King Jr The full text and audio can befound on the American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank
MLK | A Time to Break Silence
Grounding yoga poses help to quiet the mind and release anxiety Theyare especially good to practice during the fall and winter known asVata season in Ayurveda
Staying Grounded
quote of the month
A life without love is of no account Dont ask yourself what kind oflove you should seek spiritual or material divine or mundane Easternor Western Divisions only lead to more divisions Love has nolabels no definitions It is what it is pure and simple Love is thewater of life And a lover is a soul of fire The Universe turnsdifferently when fire loves water mdashCathy Lynn Pagano
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CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging the innerand outer lives of social change agents activists and allies to support amore effective more sustainable social justice movement
We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by bothdeveloping practices and programs for agents of social change andworking in collaboration with leading organizations to help shape thisemerging movement Most importantly CXC reflects the field and themovement back to itself by publishing the transform blog andmonthly journal thus strengthening our collective identitycommunity and shared vision
This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alter broad-based social change at its very core--from inner to outer--resulting in amore just equitable society for all
Great vision takes great action and our work is not possible without thegenerous support and partnership of individuals like you Thepublication of transform is made possible by your direct contributionNo amount is too smallhellipso make your contribution to deep changetoday
Donate to CXC
Visit the Centers website
What is Transformative Change Find out HERE
Center for Transformative Change is a project of urbanPEACE a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whose mission to inform incite and empowera broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement
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blocks away And for those of us that didnt know the fact of long-standing mosques 4 and 12 blocks away was illumined by the NewYork Times Each stood peacefully in the shadow of the Twin Towers fordecades Both mosques overflow with ever-increasing numbers ofbelievers during this holiest of months One is conservative by Islamicstandards maintaining separate prayers spaces for men and womenthe other considered to be the most progressive in the nation is ledby a woman It is the prayer leader of the latter most progressive ofmosques that was inspired to build the community center as a symbolicbridge of healing through mutual exchange A better candidate couldntbe found even abiding by our quasi-racist criteria
Notwithstanding its overwhelming predominance of Muslims Turkey laysclaim to a history of religious tolerance that cannot be ignored In 1492as Columbus delivered claim over native lands to Spain 200000Sephardic Jews were delivered into freedom from the Inquisition byOttomans Sultan Some 15000 French Jews were saved during theHolocaust As home to the prophetic purveyor of peace and love Jalalad-Din Rumi Turkey still seats the Christian Orthodox Patriarch and onSeptember 12 a referendum for a new constitution seeks to extendhuman rights and religious freedom while limiting the historically longarm of law in exchange for greater democracy transparency andbalance
As the capital of empires for 800 years Istanbul has much to teach theeconomic capital of Americas Empire The main point being this allempires fall In their wake what they leave behind is a legacy It canbe a legacy that glorifies the past to be regaled in rubble and ruins orit can be a legacy that sets the course for the future An admirablepost-empiric future is one that learns from the mistakes of arrogancepast and matures into a principled elder state exhibiting universallymoral characters of tolerance compassasion restraint temperance andseeking to become unequivocally just
Hayya alal-Falah - Make haste towards success
Critics argue that the name Cordoba represents the triumph of Islamover Christianity as that of the grand mosque of the same name built inSpain on the site of a former Christian Church What they fail tomention is the church site was purchased not seized and that it wasChristians who turned the 500-year old mosque into a cathedral It ismore likely the beauty the defied any description that inspired thename
Perhaps they should have chosen a different name Perhaps they shouldhave chosen a different location Perhaps they should have coweredinto a corner waiting for elections and the ensuing political straw-grabbing to pass Maybe then they could have quietly found themselvesa place in the pitiful America expounded by the Tea Party Or perhapsthey should just join Barack Obama in that small corner of Islamophobiathat has been paintedmdashwhich he ran full speed intomdashand retract the
brought together form a holistic relationship to oneslife and creates the conditions for transformation
Read more
A Nation SAT for Change Atthis moment just after the 3rdAnnual SIT for Change it is atime to reflect on what wasaccomplished by 2010 SIT for
Change and what remains to be accomplished Read more
from the FIELDDoing Good WorkThe Interaction Institute forSocial Change (IISC) is anonprofit organization thatharnesses the power ofcollaboration within the social
sector to create a just and sustainable world Read more
inner PRACTICEFinding Balance in Life
Many of us try to juggle thingsand endlessly search for somekind of balance in life Thequestion we should ask is
whether we need balance or just to be able to stand onsolid ground Enjoy this reprint from the Zen toFitness blog on finding balance in your life
Read more Zen of Fitness Blog
outer ACTIONACRJ | Forward Stance inActionAsian Communities forReproductive Justice (ACRJ)promotes and protectsreproductive justice through
organizing building leadership capacity developingalliances and education to achieve community andsystemic change Read how they incorporate ForwardStance in how they operate their organization and howit is infused in all of the work they do in the world
Read more
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mosque altogether
But that would be a shame
A shame upon them the politicians that would trounce on the moralfoundation America seeks to claim as its underpinning not only forpolitical gain but to fuel their unyielding rage that a black man with amuslim name presides in their White House
A shame upon every single one of the 68 of Americans purported to beagainst the mosque who love their own freedom but would withhold itfrom others under the guise of everything from security to sensitivitySensitivity to social racial cultural and religious minorities has neverbeen our strong suit As a nation built on stolen lands by people stolenfrom their lands developing true moral character is our only hope forredemption
But most of all it is a shame on us the rest of the Americans who havenot yet stood alongside Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his eloquentmdashandunshakablemdashdefense of the right of the mosque to be built Shame onall us for not responding with the vitriol reserved for when ones verylife and liberty depends upon it because it does Shame on any one ofus that allows themselves to believe this is not their issue that thereare more important things or worse that have chosen to ignore thematter altogether
If you take the time to divine the conscience of the moral universe asUnitarian Theodore Parker did 160 years ago you can bear witness toits trajectory Time has proven there is right and wrong side of historyOn wrong side were Axis and Central powers the Nazis theConfederates the slaveholders Jim Crow Always on the wrong sideare fascists oppressionists segregationists fundamentalistspersecutionists misogynists racists and intolerants of every stripeTime and time again that moral arc named by Parker and memorializedby Dr King course corrects the petty side excursions we are witnessingtoday and bends ever so powerfully towards justice
Al-salatu khayru min an-nawm - Prayer is better than sleep
It is time for the left to learn to live firmly on the right
How long will that take
As King often reminded us Not long because the arc of the moraluniverse is long but it bends toward justice
Let us bear witness to that inshallah
As salaam alaikum Ramadan Kareem
Read more ACRJ website ACRJ blog Forward Stance Leadership Initiative
social CHANGEA Taste of Kings TruthI refuse to accept the view thatmankind is so tragically bound tothe starless midnight of racismand war that the bright daybreakof peace and brotherhood can
never become a realityacirceurobrvbar I believe that unarmed truthand unconditional love will have the final word -Martin Luther King Jr
Read more
in the MINDResentment of Do-GoodersHas Psychological Origins |StudyA study by psychologists atWashington State University inthe US demonstrated that
apparent acts of altruism often serve only to alienateothers just as much as those who are greedy
Read more
fearless Meditation is a 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation within a social justiceframework Its offered for no charge for agents ofsocial changethe best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy work
fearless Meditation INovember 5 2010 amp every 1st Friday | 7pm
in the BODYTwelve Months of Abhaya(fearless) Asana | GomukhasanaKapotasana also known as PigeonPosture is one of the backbendsand hip openers of the WarriorSeries It is a great posture for
finding opening in the thighs abdomen shouldersheart center and particularly the hips
Read more
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mdashyours in truth aKw
with gratitude to Ibrahim and Istanbuls Rumist CafAtildecopy for theirgenerosity in sharing iftar dedicated to the lives of AmericansChristians Jews Buddhists Muslims Afghanis Iraqis believers andnon-believers alike who lost their lives on September 11 and theenusing aftermath of nine years of unjust war
Curious Listen to the full Ezan audio here
angel Kyodo williams is founder of urbanPEACE and its Centerfor Transformative Change Happily she is no longer its directorbut the official Intellectual Guru Emeritus A social visionary andleading voice for transformative social change she is the author ofBeing Black Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace
Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heart
Facebook Like angel here
Twitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on Change
Web httpangelkyodowilliamscom
angel Kyodo williams next public talk
newDharma TalkNewDharma Talk | Be Deeply Yourself in theWorldTo find who we really are to be balanced wealready know we have to start with Practice Butmost of us believe that all of that practice is on thecushion Well to GET balanced we have to BE
balanced even-acirceurordquoespecially in Practice Check out this dharma talkthat shows the value of an ancient teaching about practice on and offthe cushion
Listen to Be Deeply Yourself In the World
Download text of Be Deeply Yourself In the World
activists allies amp agents of change
Norma Wong | Stance Energy Awareness and Rhythm
Ryuko (Norma) Wong Roshi is an instructor atInstitute of Zen Studies She teaches the AppliedZen program which offers workshops andtraining in the application of Zen principles andspiritual training in work and life She is also aprivate consultant specializing in strategic
Read more
wellness amp being wellGrounding | Coming Down toRise UpGrounding--do we feel it in ourbody Smell it in earthly aromasSee a light coming up from theground into the root of our
body Is it in a way we think practical thoughts anddont drift off Use words with actual distinct meaningsDoes ground lie in feeling connected with the elementsan electron transfer between our skin and minerals
Read more
september wallpaper
master domeAn amalgamated wonder of Byzantine architectureOrthodox Christian celebration and Islamic grace theHagia Sophia remains one of the great religious sitesof Istanbulhellipand the world For nearly 1000 years itexisted as the worlds largest cathedral built andpreserved with the mathematical genius of architectureprotected by the vision and humility inspired by spiritand the love of God
Just shy of 102 feet in diameter it is the great dome ofthe Hagia Sophia that commands the most attentionand marvel Controversy continues over whether thestunning Islamic calligraphy should be removed toreveal the mosiac assumed to be underneath that ofChrist as Master of the World What shows instead isthe Quranic Verse of Light (2435) that begins Allah isthe Light of the heavens and the earth Architecturallyin Christianity and in Islam the masterful domecontinues to inspire photo copyright 2010 angel Kyodo williams
Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop
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private consultant specializing in strategicplanning and organizational capacity Her career
has spanned service as a Hawaii state legislator where she worked withpublic policy planning strategy and native Hawaiian issues
CXC What is Forward Stance concretely and at its essence
NW Forward Stance is a mind-body approach to movement building
A mind-body approach utilizes the physical experience to developexplore and demonstrate human actions
By developing a physical and conceptual understanding of basic ForwardStanceprinciples organizations and allies can literally shift the way inwhich we move in the world The basics include characteristicprinciples of stance energy awareness and rhythm
Forward Stance emphasizes proactive strategic action that draws fromsustainable energy in a constantly changing environment
Read moreEMERJ Project
resources for transformative changehellipLearn more about MLK than mass media will ever reveal After morethan a decade of serious contemplation King unwaveringly concludedthat no war is worth sacrificing children to He said More and more Ihave come to the conclusion that the potential destructiveness ofmodern weapons of war totally rules out the possibilities of war everserving again as a negative good To read more follow the link below
Remembering Dr Martin Luther King the Revolutionary
Revisit the revolutionary speech Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to BreakSilence by Dr martin Luther King Jr The full text and audio can befound on the American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank
MLK | A Time to Break Silence
Grounding yoga poses help to quiet the mind and release anxiety Theyare especially good to practice during the fall and winter known asVata season in Ayurveda
Staying Grounded
quote of the month
A life without love is of no account Dont ask yourself what kind oflove you should seek spiritual or material divine or mundane Easternor Western Divisions only lead to more divisions Love has nolabels no definitions It is what it is pure and simple Love is thewater of life And a lover is a soul of fire The Universe turnsdifferently when fire loves water mdashCathy Lynn Pagano
Learn more
support deep change
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CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging the innerand outer lives of social change agents activists and allies to support amore effective more sustainable social justice movement
We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by bothdeveloping practices and programs for agents of social change andworking in collaboration with leading organizations to help shape thisemerging movement Most importantly CXC reflects the field and themovement back to itself by publishing the transform blog andmonthly journal thus strengthening our collective identitycommunity and shared vision
This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alter broad-based social change at its very core--from inner to outer--resulting in amore just equitable society for all
Great vision takes great action and our work is not possible without thegenerous support and partnership of individuals like you Thepublication of transform is made possible by your direct contributionNo amount is too smallhellipso make your contribution to deep changetoday
Donate to CXC
Visit the Centers website
What is Transformative Change Find out HERE
Center for Transformative Change is a project of urbanPEACE a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whose mission to inform incite and empowera broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement
Having trouble reading this email Go to httptransformativechangeorgtransformjournal201009html
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mosque altogether
But that would be a shame
A shame upon them the politicians that would trounce on the moralfoundation America seeks to claim as its underpinning not only forpolitical gain but to fuel their unyielding rage that a black man with amuslim name presides in their White House
A shame upon every single one of the 68 of Americans purported to beagainst the mosque who love their own freedom but would withhold itfrom others under the guise of everything from security to sensitivitySensitivity to social racial cultural and religious minorities has neverbeen our strong suit As a nation built on stolen lands by people stolenfrom their lands developing true moral character is our only hope forredemption
But most of all it is a shame on us the rest of the Americans who havenot yet stood alongside Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his eloquentmdashandunshakablemdashdefense of the right of the mosque to be built Shame onall us for not responding with the vitriol reserved for when ones verylife and liberty depends upon it because it does Shame on any one ofus that allows themselves to believe this is not their issue that thereare more important things or worse that have chosen to ignore thematter altogether
If you take the time to divine the conscience of the moral universe asUnitarian Theodore Parker did 160 years ago you can bear witness toits trajectory Time has proven there is right and wrong side of historyOn wrong side were Axis and Central powers the Nazis theConfederates the slaveholders Jim Crow Always on the wrong sideare fascists oppressionists segregationists fundamentalistspersecutionists misogynists racists and intolerants of every stripeTime and time again that moral arc named by Parker and memorializedby Dr King course corrects the petty side excursions we are witnessingtoday and bends ever so powerfully towards justice
Al-salatu khayru min an-nawm - Prayer is better than sleep
It is time for the left to learn to live firmly on the right
How long will that take
As King often reminded us Not long because the arc of the moraluniverse is long but it bends toward justice
Let us bear witness to that inshallah
As salaam alaikum Ramadan Kareem
Read more ACRJ website ACRJ blog Forward Stance Leadership Initiative
social CHANGEA Taste of Kings TruthI refuse to accept the view thatmankind is so tragically bound tothe starless midnight of racismand war that the bright daybreakof peace and brotherhood can
never become a realityacirceurobrvbar I believe that unarmed truthand unconditional love will have the final word -Martin Luther King Jr
Read more
in the MINDResentment of Do-GoodersHas Psychological Origins |StudyA study by psychologists atWashington State University inthe US demonstrated that
apparent acts of altruism often serve only to alienateothers just as much as those who are greedy
Read more
fearless Meditation is a 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation within a social justiceframework Its offered for no charge for agents ofsocial changethe best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy work
fearless Meditation INovember 5 2010 amp every 1st Friday | 7pm
in the BODYTwelve Months of Abhaya(fearless) Asana | GomukhasanaKapotasana also known as PigeonPosture is one of the backbendsand hip openers of the WarriorSeries It is a great posture for
finding opening in the thighs abdomen shouldersheart center and particularly the hips
Read more
102410 958 PMreflection balance and action | septoct 2010
Page 5 of 7httptransformativechangeorgtransformjournal201009html
mdashyours in truth aKw
with gratitude to Ibrahim and Istanbuls Rumist CafAtildecopy for theirgenerosity in sharing iftar dedicated to the lives of AmericansChristians Jews Buddhists Muslims Afghanis Iraqis believers andnon-believers alike who lost their lives on September 11 and theenusing aftermath of nine years of unjust war
Curious Listen to the full Ezan audio here
angel Kyodo williams is founder of urbanPEACE and its Centerfor Transformative Change Happily she is no longer its directorbut the official Intellectual Guru Emeritus A social visionary andleading voice for transformative social change she is the author ofBeing Black Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace
Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heart
Facebook Like angel here
Twitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on Change
Web httpangelkyodowilliamscom
angel Kyodo williams next public talk
newDharma TalkNewDharma Talk | Be Deeply Yourself in theWorldTo find who we really are to be balanced wealready know we have to start with Practice Butmost of us believe that all of that practice is on thecushion Well to GET balanced we have to BE
balanced even-acirceurordquoespecially in Practice Check out this dharma talkthat shows the value of an ancient teaching about practice on and offthe cushion
Listen to Be Deeply Yourself In the World
Download text of Be Deeply Yourself In the World
activists allies amp agents of change
Norma Wong | Stance Energy Awareness and Rhythm
Ryuko (Norma) Wong Roshi is an instructor atInstitute of Zen Studies She teaches the AppliedZen program which offers workshops andtraining in the application of Zen principles andspiritual training in work and life She is also aprivate consultant specializing in strategic
Read more
wellness amp being wellGrounding | Coming Down toRise UpGrounding--do we feel it in ourbody Smell it in earthly aromasSee a light coming up from theground into the root of our
body Is it in a way we think practical thoughts anddont drift off Use words with actual distinct meaningsDoes ground lie in feeling connected with the elementsan electron transfer between our skin and minerals
Read more
september wallpaper
master domeAn amalgamated wonder of Byzantine architectureOrthodox Christian celebration and Islamic grace theHagia Sophia remains one of the great religious sitesof Istanbulhellipand the world For nearly 1000 years itexisted as the worlds largest cathedral built andpreserved with the mathematical genius of architectureprotected by the vision and humility inspired by spiritand the love of God
Just shy of 102 feet in diameter it is the great dome ofthe Hagia Sophia that commands the most attentionand marvel Controversy continues over whether thestunning Islamic calligraphy should be removed toreveal the mosiac assumed to be underneath that ofChrist as Master of the World What shows instead isthe Quranic Verse of Light (2435) that begins Allah isthe Light of the heavens and the earth Architecturallyin Christianity and in Islam the masterful domecontinues to inspire photo copyright 2010 angel Kyodo williams
Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop
Download with calendar
102410 958 PMreflection balance and action | septoct 2010
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facebook twitter YouTube
private consultant specializing in strategicplanning and organizational capacity Her career
has spanned service as a Hawaii state legislator where she worked withpublic policy planning strategy and native Hawaiian issues
CXC What is Forward Stance concretely and at its essence
NW Forward Stance is a mind-body approach to movement building
A mind-body approach utilizes the physical experience to developexplore and demonstrate human actions
By developing a physical and conceptual understanding of basic ForwardStanceprinciples organizations and allies can literally shift the way inwhich we move in the world The basics include characteristicprinciples of stance energy awareness and rhythm
Forward Stance emphasizes proactive strategic action that draws fromsustainable energy in a constantly changing environment
Read moreEMERJ Project
resources for transformative changehellipLearn more about MLK than mass media will ever reveal After morethan a decade of serious contemplation King unwaveringly concludedthat no war is worth sacrificing children to He said More and more Ihave come to the conclusion that the potential destructiveness ofmodern weapons of war totally rules out the possibilities of war everserving again as a negative good To read more follow the link below
Remembering Dr Martin Luther King the Revolutionary
Revisit the revolutionary speech Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to BreakSilence by Dr martin Luther King Jr The full text and audio can befound on the American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank
MLK | A Time to Break Silence
Grounding yoga poses help to quiet the mind and release anxiety Theyare especially good to practice during the fall and winter known asVata season in Ayurveda
Staying Grounded
quote of the month
A life without love is of no account Dont ask yourself what kind oflove you should seek spiritual or material divine or mundane Easternor Western Divisions only lead to more divisions Love has nolabels no definitions It is what it is pure and simple Love is thewater of life And a lover is a soul of fire The Universe turnsdifferently when fire loves water mdashCathy Lynn Pagano
Learn more
support deep change
transform is published by the Center for Transformative Change (CXC)
Download without calendar
connect | subscribe | shareConnect
Subscribeget your own monthly issues of transform
Forwardsend this issue via email to a friend now
Feedbackeditortransformativechangeorg
Contributehow are you changing the WAY change is done
Registration and other questions888XSOCHANGE (toll free)
registertransformativechangeorg
Center for Transformative Change2584 MLK Jr WayBerkeley CA 94704 middot USA+15105493733
Google the Center
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CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging the innerand outer lives of social change agents activists and allies to support amore effective more sustainable social justice movement
We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by bothdeveloping practices and programs for agents of social change andworking in collaboration with leading organizations to help shape thisemerging movement Most importantly CXC reflects the field and themovement back to itself by publishing the transform blog andmonthly journal thus strengthening our collective identitycommunity and shared vision
This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alter broad-based social change at its very core--from inner to outer--resulting in amore just equitable society for all
Great vision takes great action and our work is not possible without thegenerous support and partnership of individuals like you Thepublication of transform is made possible by your direct contributionNo amount is too smallhellipso make your contribution to deep changetoday
Donate to CXC
Visit the Centers website
What is Transformative Change Find out HERE
Center for Transformative Change is a project of urbanPEACE a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whose mission to inform incite and empowera broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement
Having trouble reading this email Go to httptransformativechangeorgtransformjournal201009html
102410 958 PMreflection balance and action | septoct 2010
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mdashyours in truth aKw
with gratitude to Ibrahim and Istanbuls Rumist CafAtildecopy for theirgenerosity in sharing iftar dedicated to the lives of AmericansChristians Jews Buddhists Muslims Afghanis Iraqis believers andnon-believers alike who lost their lives on September 11 and theenusing aftermath of nine years of unjust war
Curious Listen to the full Ezan audio here
angel Kyodo williams is founder of urbanPEACE and its Centerfor Transformative Change Happily she is no longer its directorbut the official Intellectual Guru Emeritus A social visionary andleading voice for transformative social change she is the author ofBeing Black Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace
Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heart
Facebook Like angel here
Twitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on Change
Web httpangelkyodowilliamscom
angel Kyodo williams next public talk
newDharma TalkNewDharma Talk | Be Deeply Yourself in theWorldTo find who we really are to be balanced wealready know we have to start with Practice Butmost of us believe that all of that practice is on thecushion Well to GET balanced we have to BE
balanced even-acirceurordquoespecially in Practice Check out this dharma talkthat shows the value of an ancient teaching about practice on and offthe cushion
Listen to Be Deeply Yourself In the World
Download text of Be Deeply Yourself In the World
activists allies amp agents of change
Norma Wong | Stance Energy Awareness and Rhythm
Ryuko (Norma) Wong Roshi is an instructor atInstitute of Zen Studies She teaches the AppliedZen program which offers workshops andtraining in the application of Zen principles andspiritual training in work and life She is also aprivate consultant specializing in strategic
Read more
wellness amp being wellGrounding | Coming Down toRise UpGrounding--do we feel it in ourbody Smell it in earthly aromasSee a light coming up from theground into the root of our
body Is it in a way we think practical thoughts anddont drift off Use words with actual distinct meaningsDoes ground lie in feeling connected with the elementsan electron transfer between our skin and minerals
Read more
september wallpaper
master domeAn amalgamated wonder of Byzantine architectureOrthodox Christian celebration and Islamic grace theHagia Sophia remains one of the great religious sitesof Istanbulhellipand the world For nearly 1000 years itexisted as the worlds largest cathedral built andpreserved with the mathematical genius of architectureprotected by the vision and humility inspired by spiritand the love of God
Just shy of 102 feet in diameter it is the great dome ofthe Hagia Sophia that commands the most attentionand marvel Controversy continues over whether thestunning Islamic calligraphy should be removed toreveal the mosiac assumed to be underneath that ofChrist as Master of the World What shows instead isthe Quranic Verse of Light (2435) that begins Allah isthe Light of the heavens and the earth Architecturallyin Christianity and in Islam the masterful domecontinues to inspire photo copyright 2010 angel Kyodo williams
Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop
Download with calendar
102410 958 PMreflection balance and action | septoct 2010
Page 6 of 7httptransformativechangeorgtransformjournal201009html
facebook twitter YouTube
private consultant specializing in strategicplanning and organizational capacity Her career
has spanned service as a Hawaii state legislator where she worked withpublic policy planning strategy and native Hawaiian issues
CXC What is Forward Stance concretely and at its essence
NW Forward Stance is a mind-body approach to movement building
A mind-body approach utilizes the physical experience to developexplore and demonstrate human actions
By developing a physical and conceptual understanding of basic ForwardStanceprinciples organizations and allies can literally shift the way inwhich we move in the world The basics include characteristicprinciples of stance energy awareness and rhythm
Forward Stance emphasizes proactive strategic action that draws fromsustainable energy in a constantly changing environment
Read moreEMERJ Project
resources for transformative changehellipLearn more about MLK than mass media will ever reveal After morethan a decade of serious contemplation King unwaveringly concludedthat no war is worth sacrificing children to He said More and more Ihave come to the conclusion that the potential destructiveness ofmodern weapons of war totally rules out the possibilities of war everserving again as a negative good To read more follow the link below
Remembering Dr Martin Luther King the Revolutionary
Revisit the revolutionary speech Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to BreakSilence by Dr martin Luther King Jr The full text and audio can befound on the American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank
MLK | A Time to Break Silence
Grounding yoga poses help to quiet the mind and release anxiety Theyare especially good to practice during the fall and winter known asVata season in Ayurveda
Staying Grounded
quote of the month
A life without love is of no account Dont ask yourself what kind oflove you should seek spiritual or material divine or mundane Easternor Western Divisions only lead to more divisions Love has nolabels no definitions It is what it is pure and simple Love is thewater of life And a lover is a soul of fire The Universe turnsdifferently when fire loves water mdashCathy Lynn Pagano
Learn more
support deep change
transform is published by the Center for Transformative Change (CXC)
Download without calendar
connect | subscribe | shareConnect
Subscribeget your own monthly issues of transform
Forwardsend this issue via email to a friend now
Feedbackeditortransformativechangeorg
Contributehow are you changing the WAY change is done
Registration and other questions888XSOCHANGE (toll free)
registertransformativechangeorg
Center for Transformative Change2584 MLK Jr WayBerkeley CA 94704 middot USA+15105493733
Google the Center
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CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging the innerand outer lives of social change agents activists and allies to support amore effective more sustainable social justice movement
We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by bothdeveloping practices and programs for agents of social change andworking in collaboration with leading organizations to help shape thisemerging movement Most importantly CXC reflects the field and themovement back to itself by publishing the transform blog andmonthly journal thus strengthening our collective identitycommunity and shared vision
This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alter broad-based social change at its very core--from inner to outer--resulting in amore just equitable society for all
Great vision takes great action and our work is not possible without thegenerous support and partnership of individuals like you Thepublication of transform is made possible by your direct contributionNo amount is too smallhellipso make your contribution to deep changetoday
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has spanned service as a Hawaii state legislator where she worked withpublic policy planning strategy and native Hawaiian issues
CXC What is Forward Stance concretely and at its essence
NW Forward Stance is a mind-body approach to movement building
A mind-body approach utilizes the physical experience to developexplore and demonstrate human actions
By developing a physical and conceptual understanding of basic ForwardStanceprinciples organizations and allies can literally shift the way inwhich we move in the world The basics include characteristicprinciples of stance energy awareness and rhythm
Forward Stance emphasizes proactive strategic action that draws fromsustainable energy in a constantly changing environment
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resources for transformative changehellipLearn more about MLK than mass media will ever reveal After morethan a decade of serious contemplation King unwaveringly concludedthat no war is worth sacrificing children to He said More and more Ihave come to the conclusion that the potential destructiveness ofmodern weapons of war totally rules out the possibilities of war everserving again as a negative good To read more follow the link below
Remembering Dr Martin Luther King the Revolutionary
Revisit the revolutionary speech Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to BreakSilence by Dr martin Luther King Jr The full text and audio can befound on the American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank
MLK | A Time to Break Silence
Grounding yoga poses help to quiet the mind and release anxiety Theyare especially good to practice during the fall and winter known asVata season in Ayurveda
Staying Grounded
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A life without love is of no account Dont ask yourself what kind oflove you should seek spiritual or material divine or mundane Easternor Western Divisions only lead to more divisions Love has nolabels no definitions It is what it is pure and simple Love is thewater of life And a lover is a soul of fire The Universe turnsdifferently when fire loves water mdashCathy Lynn Pagano
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CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging the innerand outer lives of social change agents activists and allies to support amore effective more sustainable social justice movement
We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by bothdeveloping practices and programs for agents of social change andworking in collaboration with leading organizations to help shape thisemerging movement Most importantly CXC reflects the field and themovement back to itself by publishing the transform blog andmonthly journal thus strengthening our collective identitycommunity and shared vision
This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alter broad-based social change at its very core--from inner to outer--resulting in amore just equitable society for all
Great vision takes great action and our work is not possible without thegenerous support and partnership of individuals like you Thepublication of transform is made possible by your direct contributionNo amount is too smallhellipso make your contribution to deep changetoday
Donate to CXC
Visit the Centers website
What is Transformative Change Find out HERE
Center for Transformative Change is a project of urbanPEACE a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whose mission to inform incite and empowera broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement
Having trouble reading this email Go to httptransformativechangeorgtransformjournal201009html
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CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging the innerand outer lives of social change agents activists and allies to support amore effective more sustainable social justice movement
We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by bothdeveloping practices and programs for agents of social change andworking in collaboration with leading organizations to help shape thisemerging movement Most importantly CXC reflects the field and themovement back to itself by publishing the transform blog andmonthly journal thus strengthening our collective identitycommunity and shared vision
This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alter broad-based social change at its very core--from inner to outer--resulting in amore just equitable society for all
Great vision takes great action and our work is not possible without thegenerous support and partnership of individuals like you Thepublication of transform is made possible by your direct contributionNo amount is too smallhellipso make your contribution to deep changetoday
Donate to CXC
Visit the Centers website
What is Transformative Change Find out HERE
Center for Transformative Change is a project of urbanPEACE a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whose mission to inform incite and empowera broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement
Having trouble reading this email Go to httptransformativechangeorgtransformjournal201009html