Wherever you are in the world, a quiet—one might call it a “mindful”—revolution is taking place in education. Visit a classroom in a high school, college, university, or professional school, and you might well see students sitting quietly with their eyes closed attending to their breath. They are using an age-old contemplative practice to settle
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Making Peace, Becoming Awake: Contemplative Practice in Education
- April 16, 2012
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Unison
The only color is the yellow and orange of the seats, usually covered up by the half-sleeping commuters, listening to the melody of their lives, tuned to only their station. Lights flicker above and the windows are dark. The only one who breaks this silence is a screaming baby. A young child looks around, with
- March 28, 2012
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What Is the Most Important Quality of Education?
“What are we are supposed to get out of school?” I asked one of my closest friends earlier this week. “What’s the point?” She looked at me for a moment, and then replied, “To produce a person who can form intelligent opinions on world issues, listen to other people’s ideas, and work together with
- March 5, 2012
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Music of India
I lie there, rocking back and forth. Below me are the strands of yarn, laced and twined together into harmony to form a hammock. In the distance are the birds of summer that came to sing. They sit perched up on the sprouting leaves of summer. In the ground, they were spinning and tossing the
- March 5, 2012
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Letter to the Known
I received the most curious letter in the mail last Wednesday. It was apparently sent to a random address, and landed by chance in my mailbox…. To whomever the die is cast upon: I know not your identity, nor your character, But I know that which defines you, For I know that you, as one
- January 18, 2012
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- Ethics and Morality
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Why Am I Sew Happy?
I stood, poised at my machine, my implement, my weapon, with my foot resting gently on the peddle, laying dormant for that one moment, but still quite ready to strike. I toyed with the idea of slamming my foot down hard, as hard as I could, gunning the engine of this sewing machine, and racing
- January 9, 2012
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Blank Disk or Software Included: Are We Born with Ethics and Morals?
Are we born with morality? Do we have a sense of right or wrong from day one? Or are we just blank canvases that society paints on? If put in an extreme situation, could an ordinary person grow up to be a psychopath? According to the Oxford Dictionary, ethics are “moral principles that govern a
- December 5, 2011
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A River and Memories
The river in the butterscotch moonshine curved through the mountains. A soft breeze rustled through the leaves of the pine trees. The lofty mountains surrounded the river, protecting her. Fireflies sparkled in the branches, as did the stars in the sky. A light fragrance of some unknown Himalayan flower filled the air. As I stood
- December 5, 2011
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Imaginary Worlds and Self Discovery
“As you stumble through the trees, you see Sulaiman grappling with what looks like one of the rangers you narrowly evaded earlier. What do you do?” my uncle said right before he intoned the question which is the basis of all Dungeons and Dragons games. “Well…” I started off, thinking aloud, then finally making my
- October 22, 2011
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