Know Thyself – Week Three: Podcast, Reflective Journal, and Forum
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Know Thyself: Week Three – Need a Change? Get Curious
You’re on a hike, taking in the beauty around you. Just as you turn a corner on the path, a bird lands gently on a tree branch near your shoulder. Your attention is immediately focused and you become curious. Curious as to what the bird’s experience of life is like. Curious about that particular species […]
Know Thyself: Week Three – Get Curious about the Story of Your Life
Why do we like stories and movies? I suppose the answers to that question could be as varied as the number of respondents. One thing is for certain though, we like movies and stories because well, we are one. The third week of our Aldea Explores Series, Know Thyself, focuses on a core element of […]
Aldea Explores Series – Know Thyself: Week Two – Taking Responsibility for the Future
Humans have an amazing gift that often goes underutilized. This gift has enormous power and can change how we respond in any moment – if we use it, that is. What is this gift? Imagination. The ability to imagine, or as I call it, arrive before you arrive, allows us to see into the future. […]
Know Thyself – Week Two: Taking Responsibility for My Life
Humanity has given rise to many talented artists, musicians, and architects, but how many of us have mastered the art of creating a happy moment — for ourselves and those around us? Thich Nhat Hanh What does it take to create a beautiful and happy moment for ourselves and others? You’ve done it […]
Aldea Explores Series – Know Thyself: Week One – The Ultimate Selfie
What is the Ultimate Selfie? Selfie’s have been the rage for sometime. People love to take pictures of themselves for all sorts of reasons. But what if the ultimate selfie isn’t you smiling with friends or showing off your latest culinary creation. What if the ultimate selfie is the exploration of, well…yourself? What if the […]
It’s Time for this Thought to Move On
Yesterday an anxious thought entered my mind. I don’t know why exactly, but I could conjecture some reasons. Certain situations or conversations from earlier in the day may have made it more likely for that thought to “pass by” later. But the thought seemed to float into consciousness without any help from “me.” I’m not […]
Think Beyond “What Is” To “What Could Be”
Can you see a bigger vision for Aldea? I can. I see an Aldea filled with people from all over the country. I see them gathering online (and one day back on ground) to explore spirituality. Millions of people “freelance” their spirituality because they are are tired of neat and tidy beliefs; dogmas peddled with fear and […]
This Sunday’s Gathering – Put Yourself In Their Souls – Confront Racism and Work for a Just Society
Hello Aldea Tribe, This Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 10 am AZ time, we continue our Sunday (Zoom) Series: Put Yourself in Their Souls: Confront Racism and Work to Create a Just Society. To act in anti racist ways, we must develop and practice empathy. Empathy is not a vague feeling of pity for another. […]
Put Yourself in Their Souls – New Four Week Zoom Gathering Series Begins June 14, 2020
Dear Aldea community, Racism is real. The murder of George Floyd reminds us of a reality that is all too easy to ignore. We can no longer ignore it. We must work for a just society. Wisdom and spiritual traditions remind us that a just society begins when we practice empathy and compassion. We must, as […]