Duquesne's Contemplative Pedagogy Group by Christina Frasher https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup Please feel free to add photos, resources, quotes that relate to your contemplative practices en-us 2020-10-22 22:55:08 UTC 2023-01-21 09:45:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Maitreya Buddha, Thiksey Gompa, Leh Ladakh, India prathmasharma07 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/855927204 In May 2018, my family and I visited Leh Ladakh on vacation. It was a beautiful and spiritual experience visiting all the ancient monasteries and meditating in the gompas. This photo is one of my favorites because it reminds me of the vibrancy of the Buddha statue (symbolic of hope for the future) and the quaint atmosphere of the monastery. Also, we had to climb a lot of stairs to see this beautiful Buddha statue; so it's reminder for me to work hard in order to see the beautiful things in life ❤️ PS: I love photography, so please don't mind me sharing some of my clicks 😇

]]> 2020-10-23 14:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/855927204 arriving at our own feet frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/856638215 photo from: https://www.mosaicvoices.org/]]> 2020-10-23 17:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/856638215 Tiger embrace frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/856645943 photo from: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/]]> 2020-10-23 17:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/856645943 Great starting point if you're just learning about contemplative pedagogy frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/856662611 Many resources and wonderful webinars]]> 2020-10-23 17:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/856662611 Nice brief overview of the benefits of bringing contemplative practices into the classroom frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/856674108 2020-10-23 17:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/856674108 This article is a more in-depth overview of contemplative pedagogy frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/856694335 2020-10-23 17:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/856694335 When I met my Muse by William Stafford frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/857633023
I glanced at her and took my glasses off 
they were still singing. They buzzed like a locust on the coffee table and then ceased. 
Her voice belled forth, and the sunlight bent. 
I felt the ceiling arch, and knew that nails up there took a new grip on whatever they touched. 
"I am your own way of looking at things," she said. 
"When you allow me to live with you, every glance at the world around you will be a sort of salvation." 
And I took her hand.

]]> 2020-10-24 01:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/857633023 The mighty Himalayas prathmasharma07 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/899451658 My family and I share a deep connection and love for the Himalayas (and nature in general). This is a bird's eye view of the inner Himalayas taken while flying to Leh Ladakh. ]]> 2020-11-07 00:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/899451658 Kabir's doha prathmasharma07 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/920339777 2020-11-13 14:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/920339777 Namaste prathmasharma07 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/953644815 2020-11-23 18:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/953644815 carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1031388020 House in silent snow

]]> 2020-12-18 14:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1031388020 The majesty of the forest carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1031394725 2020-12-18 14:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1031394725 Wallace Stevens poem carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1031409665 2020-12-18 15:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1031409665 Renewal carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1067232227 The word "NOW"
 from Middle English nou, from Old English nu "at the present time, at this moment, immediately; now that," also used as an interjection and as an introductory word; from Proto-Germanic *nu (source also of Old Norse nu, Dutch nu, Old Frisian nu, German nun, Gothic nu "now"), from PIE *nu "now" (source also of Sanskrit and Avestan nu, Old Persian nuram, Hittite nuwa, Greek nu, nun, Latin nunc, Old Church Slavonic nyne, Lithuanian nū, Old Irish nu-). Perhaps originally "newly, recently," and related to the root of new.

NEW

Middle English neue, from Old English neowe, niowe, earlier niwe "made or established for the first time, fresh, recently made or grown; novel, unheard-of, different from the old; untried, inexperienced, unused," from Proto-Germanic *neuja- (source also of Old Saxon niuwi, Old Frisian nie, Middle Dutch nieuwe, Dutch nieuw, Old High German niuwl, German neu, Danish and Swedish ny, Gothic niujis "new").

]]> 2021-01-08 14:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1067232227 Spiritual Renewal carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1067249903  “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2)
I found this online - related to the idea of the conflict between wanting to be true to yourself but feeling that you need to conform. I see "what is good and acceptable and perfect" as our unique presence as part of the greater spirit we all belong to.

]]> 2021-01-08 14:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1067249903 Good blog. This one is talking about our fear of a future that most likely will never happen carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1167757540 https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/08/27/seneca-anxiety/]]> 2021-02-05 11:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1167757540 Plotinus texts (1 of 2) frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1193638803 These were shared by Kim Tucker in Philosophy!]]> 2021-02-11 17:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1193638803 Plotinus texts (2 of 2) frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1193648647 2021-02-11 17:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1193648647 A lovely reminder on practice frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1193758060 Shared by Dr Inci Sayrak (Ozum)]]> 2021-02-11 18:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1193758060 Podcast: The Science of Happiness carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1218500659 Why we are drawn to nature]]> 2021-02-19 11:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1218500659 connected to our pandemic times frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1218765363 2021-02-19 13:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1218765363 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1219056762 2021-02-19 14:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1219056762 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1219061607 2021-02-19 14:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1219061607 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1219069502 This is fr the author of Making Winter, Emma Mitchell]]> 2021-02-19 14:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1219069502 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1219140262 2021-02-19 15:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1219140262 Yoga recommendation frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1224683183 A friend of mine is now offering a monthly membership to her yoga classes and general wellness activities. I'm posting bc its very affordable (which can be rare) and she posts her recorded yoga classes as well as a bunch of other wellness activities too-check her out!]]> 2021-02-22 03:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1224683183 Enough by David White frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1273869660 This was the poem shared today by Ozum]]> 2021-03-05 14:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1273869660 One Square Inch of silence carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1324783983 Some wonderful recordings of silence in the woods in Washington state]]> 2021-03-18 10:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1324783983 How trees talk to each other carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1324848075 2021-03-18 11:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1324848075 Lovely poem shared by Janine frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1396882874 THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS
by Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
]]> 2021-04-08 17:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1396882874 Wonderful piece and great ideas here for contemplative remote learning: Bird Language and Contemplative Education in the Anthropocene frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1396899403 2021-04-08 17:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1396899403 Wonderful motivational podcast here frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1396917469 Finding Courage in Contemplative Education‬]]> 2021-04-08 17:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1396917469 Aham Brahmasmi https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1399602442  (Aham Brahmasmi means that ' the core of my being is the ultimate reality, the root and ground of the universe, the source of all that exists. I am the infinite reality.')]]> 2021-04-09 12:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1399602442 Collective Consciousness prathmasharma07 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1422255426 2021-04-15 17:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1422255426 Crazy Horse by John Trudell frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1437762701 This is the poem that was shared last Friday.]]> 2021-04-20 13:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1437762701 Wonderful event coming up next month (May) shared by Janine frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1447935490 2021-04-22 15:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1447935490 The Guest House by Rumi, poem shared by Will today frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1451748212 The Guest House
~ Jelaluddin Rumi, translation by Coleman Barks
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.]]> 2021-04-23 13:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1451748212 Lovely book recommendation shared by Janine today frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1451752331 2021-04-23 13:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1451752331 poem shared by Edith today frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1451758070 2021-04-23 13:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1451758070 Novel on Rumi recommended by Janine frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1451760448 2021-04-23 13:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1451760448 Quote Steve shared today, related to Rumi's poem, that offers a spiritual connection to right where we are, at Duquesne. frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1451769510 O Holy Spirit, I wish to be like a feather before you, so that your breath may carry me wherever it pleases and I may never offer it any resistance. (Francis Libermann)

]]> 2021-04-23 13:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1451769510 Here is the author that Edith recommended today frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1478181674 2021-04-30 13:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1478181674 Albert Einstein on connection carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1478198935 A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. 
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. 
– Albert Einstein, 1921 –
]]> 2021-04-30 13:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1478198935 Here is the upcoming book on trees frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1478202420 2021-04-30 13:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1478202420 Breath prathmasharma07 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1559997974 *BREATH : A beautiful message!*
I noticed a child monk—he couldn't have been more than ten years old—teaching a group of five-year-olds. He had a great aura about him, the poise and confidence of an adult.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“I took their first class today,” he said, then asked me, “What did you learn on your first day of school?”
“I started to learn the alphabet and numbers"I said. "What did they learn?”
“The first thing I teach them is how to breathe.”
“Why?” I asked.
“Because the only thing that stays with you from the moment you are born until the moment you die is your breath. All your friends, your family, the country you live in, all of that can change. The one thing that stays with you is your breath.”
This ten-year-old monk added, “When you get stressed—what changes? Your breath. When you get angry—what changes? Your breath. We experience change of breath with every emotion change. When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate through any situation in life."
Inhale the beauty....
Exhale with Gratitude.]]> 2021-05-26 02:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1559997974 frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1582332539 2021-06-03 12:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1582332539 Book on walking frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1583377404 Just found out about this and seems to be an interesting read, perhaps inspiration for a walking meditation retreat!]]> 2021-06-03 18:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1583377404 Contemplative retreat next weekend frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1583381892 2021-06-03 18:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1583381892 Beautiful piece on memories and food, as we get ready to celebrate with food during this July 4th weekend frasherc2 https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1633849949 2021-07-01 19:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1633849949 Boredom is a state of mind. https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1748726792 Books -The Comfort Crisis, I Wish I Were Here

]]> 2021-09-17 13:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1748726792 Tangerine Meditation https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1784248996 This is a link to Plum Village, the meditation and retreat community founded by Thich Nhat Hanh. Here is the tangerine meditation we mentioned today. It's beautifully simple but allows us to see how we are modes of expression of the universe, of the Great Mystery of Being.  

https://plumvillage.org/articles/tangerine-of-mindfulness/]]> 2021-10-01 13:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1784248996 A musical meditation carlockj https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1827242458 https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/video/musical-performance]]> 2021-10-19 13:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/frasherc2/DuquesneContemplativeGroup/wish/1827242458