https://awakin.org/read/ Awakin Readings are a weekly selection of insightful passages from various wisdom traditions, that are used for local circles around the globe. en Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:17:24 -0700 Weekly Wisdom From ServiceSpace.org ServiceSpace Awakin Readings are a weekly selection of insightful passages from various wisdom traditions, that are used for local circles around the globe. ServiceSpace tow@charityfocus.org https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1779453013/servicespace_400x400.png https://awakin.org/read/ no tow@charityfocus.org (ServiceSpace) https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2612 Let us pose a question.Do we truly comprehend all that we hold in our hands?We grasp to hold precious moments in time, captured instants of light and shadow.To hold them in snapshot memories of blessings we then easily forget.We tussle with the less ... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2612 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Let us pose a question.Do we truly comprehend all that we hold in our hands?We grasp to hold precious moments in time, captured instants of light and shadow.To hold them in snapshot memories of blessings we then easily forget.We tussle with the less ... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2804 A friendly person is someone who can empathize with you. They can put themselves in your shoes and see things from your point of view. That is what the Buddha meant by “noble.” So I like to call the Four Noble Truths the Four Friendly Fac... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2804 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700 A friendly person is someone who can empathize with you. They can put themselves in your shoes and see things from your point of view. That is what the Buddha meant by “noble.” So I like to call the Four Noble Truths the Four Friendly Fac... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2617 The great leader never feels it is us versus them. He or she is for everybody. To be for one interest group is never to be against another. To be for those without power is surely not to be against those with power. Provincialism occurs frequently i... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2617 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700 The great leader never feels it is us versus them. He or she is for everybody. To be for one interest group is never to be against another. To be for those without power is surely not to be against those with power. Provincialism occurs frequently i... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2616 Long, long before there were any written words, there were animals—and all the rest of the teeming natural world. Creation is the earliest sacred text given to us. Like Scripture, the natural world, too, opens up an infinite universe of meaning... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2616 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Long, long before there were any written words, there were animals—and all the rest of the teeming natural world. Creation is the earliest sacred text given to us. Like Scripture, the natural world, too, opens up an infinite universe of meaning... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2786 We live in a world of evidence. Our cities’ infrastructures and our environmental planning, our school curricula and our economic predictions, are all filtered through the funnel of data that compiles mechanisms of ‘science.’ Fair e... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2786 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700 We live in a world of evidence. Our cities’ infrastructures and our environmental planning, our school curricula and our economic predictions, are all filtered through the funnel of data that compiles mechanisms of ‘science.’ Fair e... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2785 Radical honesty, a form of authenticity that begins inside you, is a warm recognition that you gently apply to your conscious life. This view of radical honesty is not about telling everyone what you think. Instead, it is the root from which self-awa... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2785 Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Radical honesty, a form of authenticity that begins inside you, is a warm recognition that you gently apply to your conscious life. This view of radical honesty is not about telling everyone what you think. Instead, it is the root from which self-awa... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2730 What would I like? I would like to live a life of wisdom and compassion, like the sunflower, turning toward what deeply nourishes it. I would like to be at the edge of my knowing and becoming, present with joy and wonder, to the beauty of life's em... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2730 Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700 What would I like? I would like to live a life of wisdom and compassion, like the sunflower, turning toward what deeply nourishes it. I would like to be at the edge of my knowing and becoming, present with joy and wonder, to the beauty of life's em...