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On Finding One’s Purpose Through Our Collective
May 18, 2021, 1 comments, 6 smiles
The Japanese have a word for it. They call it Ikigai, and give it a vague description that loosely feels and sounds like what purpose is supposed to be. Everyone has it, they say, it’s what French philosophy might call a raison d’etre. It’s the one single reason why any of us spring out of bed each and every day with the intention of staying alive.
When a group of us gathered from around the world to discuss what devotion and purpose means, we could mostly define purpose, yet a majority of us held our tongues from expressing what we felt when confronted with the word devotion. It invoked memories of practices tied to religious ideals, and for some it even evoked negative connotations. So we spent an intensive week reading, sharing deep thoughts and decoding what devotion might actually mean, once applied to daily life.
In the words of Jin Chuan, ... Read Full Story
Compassion Is The Measure Of Our Humanity
Mar 31, 2021, 3 comments, 4 smiles
On Sunday, about 40 of us completed a two-week Compassion in Education Pod. What stood out for me is this idea of measuring the value of a good education. We have measures for academic performance and intelligence, we keep scores of sports achievement, our musical proficiency is measured by the ability to sing or play a note in perfect pitch, but we struggle to find ways of measuring the value of all of these pieces of education.
As I reflect on the insightful stories that were shared in this pod, I am deeply compelled to conclude that the true measure of one's education lies in an individual's natural inclination towards compassion. How one reacts in a crisis, how one treats strangers, how well one shows up in their family, community, at work, and in the world has a lot to do with how compassionate a person is. That to me is ... Read Full Story
