Gaia Community: Jayne 's Bookmarks

Campaign for Love and Forgiveness

Jayne — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:37:46 GMT

The Campaign for Love & Forgiveness is a project of the Fetzer Institute that combines public television programming, community activities and events, and on-line discussions to encourage contemplation and conversation about how love and forgiveness can effect meaningful change in individuals and society.

Tags: love, forgiveness, fetzer institute, healing

Buddhism and God

Jayne — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:49:34 GMT

Buddhism and God

Tags: buddhism, god, spirituality, beliefs

White Bison

Jayne — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:42:36 GMT

White Bison

White Bison, Inc., is an American Indian non profit organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Through White Bison, it's Founder and President Don Coyhis, Mohican Nation, has offered healing resources to Native America since 1988. White Bison offers sobriety, recovery, addictions prevention, and wellness/Wellbriety learning resources to the Native American community nation wide. Many non-Native people also use White Bison's healing resource products, attend its learning circles, and volunteer their services.

Tags: native american, american indian, recovery, healing, addictions, sobriety

WELLBRIETY FOR PRISONS.ORG

Jayne — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:36:59 GMT

WELLBRIETY FOR PRISONS.ORG

Wellbriety for Prisons provides a network of supportive programs for individuals within the prison system, in treatment centers, half-way houses, pre-release centers and in the community. These programs provide resources, emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual support for Native Americans who are looking for a traditional alternative for recovery support and relapse prevention.

Tags: wellbriety, native americans, recovery, rentry programs for prisoners, prison, parole, relapse prevention

A Shelter Is Built Green, to Heal Inside and Out - New York Times

Jayne — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:30:18 GMT

A Shelter Is Built Green, to Heal Inside and Out - New York Times

The facility, Crossroads, which will accommodate 125 residents, may be the only “green” homeless shelter built from the ground up. It has a solar-paneled roof, hydronic heating, artful but practical ceiling fans, nontoxic paint, windows that can be opened to let in fresh air, and desks and bureaus made from pressed wheat. (click to read more). Found this inspiring as there's beginning conversations around making our shelter 'green' as well.

Tags: green, homeless shelter, environment, oakland, healing

What One Man Can Do, Community Involvement/Social Responsibility Article - Inc. Article

Jayne — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:01:00 GMT

What One Man Can Do, Community Involvement/Social Responsibility Article - Inc. Article

Bill Strickland, President and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation and its subsidiaries, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild and Bidwell Training Center. Author of Making the Impossible Possible.

Tags: bill strickland, manchester craftsmens guild, pittsburg, arts, arts education, poverty, visionary, changing the world, social entrepreneur

TED | TEDBlog: Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time: Bill Strickland on TED.com

Jayne — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:23:28 GMT

TED | TEDBlog: Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time: Bill Strickland on TED.com

Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time: Bill Strickland on TED.com

Tags: arts, arts education, poverty, bill strickland, manchester craftmens guild, pittsburg, visionary, herbie hancock

Vedanta: The Heart of Hindu Spirituality

Jayne — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:48:55 GMT

Vedanta: The Heart of Hindu Spirituality

Good overview of Vedanta and the contributions of Swami Vivekananda

Tags: vedanta, karma yoga, raja yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga, ramakrishna, vivekananda, swami adiswarananda

Stone Soup Station

Jayne — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:39:25 GMT

Stone Soup Station

This is one of the best - maybe the best place to stay up to date on issues and news about homelessness. Written by Steve in Nashville, TN - an outreach worker who knows his stuff.

Tags: homelessness, stone soup, nashville, poverty

Urban Dictionary: Define Your World

Jayne — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:11:29 GMT

Urban Dictionary: Define Your World

OK, this is informative and fun. I just learned several interesting things from looking up words I hear on the street.

Tags: urban dictionary

Famous Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita

Jayne — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:58:44 GMT

Famous Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita

Mahatma Gandhi: When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.

Tags: bhagavad gita, hinduism

Welcome to the John Dau Sudan Foundation

Jayne — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:01:03 GMT

Welcome to the John Dau Sudan Foundation

After being featured in the award-winning film, God Grew Tired Of Us, lost boy John Dau decided to devote his celebrity to the cause of bringing hope and security to the Sudanese people. Since arriving in the US, John has dedicated himself, heart and soul, to giving back through humanitarian service. As Executive Director of the John Dau Sudan Foundation, he is focused on bringing healthcare, education and literacy to southern Sudan. Currently, the foundation is raising funds to build and operate six additional health clinics and education/literacy centers in the region.

Tags: lost boys of sudan, sudan, god grew tired of us, john dau, activism, health clinics

Best Places to Live: Compare the Best Cities & Small Towns for You!

Jayne — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:00:40 GMT

Best Places to Live: Compare the Best Cities & Small Towns for You!

A fun (really) online test to find the locations that best match your interests/preferences - even if you're not planning to move, this is interesting.

Tags: moving, best places to live

Educating Ourselves About Homelessness: 11.25.07 « The Viriditas Spiritual Center

Jayne — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:20:17 GMT

Educating Ourselves About Homelessness: 11.25.07 « The Viriditas Spiritual Center

This is an ongoing series of posts to help educate those who are working with or on behalf of those who are experiencing homelessness that we may better understand the issues, causes and potential solutions.

Tags: homeless children, homeless sex offenders, homeless shelters, homelessness, housing first, national alliance to end homelessness, national coalition for the homeless, national law center on homelessness and poverty, stone soup station

Integral News and Views: Robert Augustus Masters Interview: What Is Integral?

Jayne — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:58:19 GMT

Integral News and Views: Robert Augustus Masters Interview: What Is Integral?

Robert Augustus Masters is a therapist and writer specializing in integral healing and awakening. Robert describes himself as increasingly finding freedom less through transcendence than through intimacy with all that is, a perspective which illuminates his deeply transformative workshops and therapy sessions. His latest book is Transformation Through Intimacy: Journey Toward Mature Monogamy.

Tags: robert augustus master, integral, healing, transformation through intimacy

Give Us Your Poor

Jayne — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:26:19 GMT

Give Us Your Poor

Give US Your Poor brings together the latest research, multimedia, celebrities, non-celebrities, homeless people, and partner organizations to help end homelessness.

Tags: give us your poor, homelessness, working poor, activism, ending homelessness

Lectio Divina by Mary Margaret Funk, OSB

Jayne — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:00:19 GMT

Lectio Divina by Mary Margaret Funk, OSB

Great in-depth information on the practice of lectio divina (or divine reading). This is from a christian/catholic perspective but the instructions for practice can be applied to any religious/spiritual tradition.

Tags: contemplative spirituality, lectio divina, divine reading, spirituality, contemplation, mysticism

Pema Chödrön: The Practice of Tonglen

Jayne — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:01:05 GMT

Pema Chödrön: The Practice of Tonglen

Tags: tonglen, pema chodron, suffering, compassion, buddhism

What is Idiot Compassion?

Jayne — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:05:58 GMT

What is Idiot Compassion?

Understanding Compassion

Tags: compassion, idiot compassion, pema chodron, chogyam trungpa rinpoche, robert augustus masters

Shambhala Sun - Cultivating Openness When Things Fall Apart

Jayne — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:24:30 GMT

Shambhala Sun - Cultivating Openness When Things Fall Apart

Interview with Pema Chodron & bell hooks

Tags: pema chodron, buddhism, compassion, meditation