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Conversation with John Marks | Awakin Call
He has an honorary PhD from the UN’s University of Peace in Costa Rica. With his wife, Susan Collin Marks, he is a Skoll Awardee in Social Entrepreneurship, and is also an Ashoka Senior Fellow. Together they now live in Amsterdam, as John continues to write, advise, and work for a world without violence. Please join us for a conversation with ...
Awakin Circles
Awakin gatherings are rooted in silence, community, and service. The first Awakin Circle emerged in 1996 when three friends got together to sit in silence, every Wednesday, in an ordinary living room in Silicon Valley. After the first hour of meditation, they shared some personal moments in the second hour and ended with a home-cooked meal ...
Mercy, by Rudy Francisco - Awakin
Mercy. She asks me to kill the spider. peaceful weapons I can find. I take a cup and a napkin. and allow it to walk away. of mercy. Rudy Francisco is a Spoken Word poet. He uses personal narratives to discuss the politics of race, class, gender and religion while simultaneously pinpointing and reinforcing the interconnected nature of human ...
Keeping Quiet, by Pablo Neruda - Awakin
and of threatening ourselves with death. Perhaps the earth can teach us. as when everything seems dead. and later proves to be alive. Now I’ll count up to twelve. and you keep quiet and I will go. Pablo Neruda is a Chilean poet, who started writings poems at the age of 13. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.
Conversation with Nico De Klerk | Awakin Call
In 2018, Nico De Klerk, a social entrepreneur, public speaker, and academic, embarked on an extraordinary journey. He walked 1,700 miles on foot from Pretoria to Cape Town, aiming to engage with and support current and aspiring grassroots social entrepreneurs in their efforts to combat inequality in South Africa.. Over the course of …
Sympathy, Empathy And Compassion, by Jay Litvin - Awakin
Nov 20, 2023 · Pity, sympathy, empathy, compassion. Each is received at various times by one in distress. They are the responses engendered by our misfortunes from those we encounter. And each feels different when received. Each has a different effect on those who are suffering in the midst of psychic or physical crisis. Of the four, compassion has a unique ...
Vulnerability is the Path, by Brene Brown - Awakin
Apr 5, 2016 · Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper or more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path. I know this is hard to believe, especially when we've spent our lives thinking ...
Conversation with Jerry White | Awakin Call
Jerry White is CEO of Global Impact Strategies and Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia. He shares in the 1997 Nobel Prize for Peace awarded to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. He worked closely with Diana, Princess of Wales, and then King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan, to address the humanitarian crisis caused by tens of millions of mines buried in over 80 countries.
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life, by Dawna Markova - Awakin
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life. of falling or catching fire. a torch, a promise. goes on as fruit. The poem is a candle that my soul holds out to me, requesting I find a way to remember what it is to live a life with passion, on purpose. There is only enough light to take the journey step by step, but that is all any of us really needs.