Aug 1 Tip: Read Pema Chodron on "Refrain Yourself"

Read Buddhist Pema Chodron on "Refrain Yourself"

(The August 1 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

REFRAIN YOURSELF

It’s painful when you see how in spite of everything you continue in your neurosis; sometimes it has to wear itself out like an old shoe. However, refraining is very helpful as long as you don’t impose too authoritarian a voice on yourself. Refraining is not a New Year’s resolution, not a setup where you plan your next failure by saying, “I see what I do and I will never do it again,” and then you feel pretty bad when you do it again within the half hour.

Refraining comes about spontaneously when you see how your neurotic action works. You may say to yourself, “It would still feel good; it still looks like it would be fun,” but you refrain because you already know the chain reaction of misery that it sets off. 

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July 31 Tip: Watch the video of Natalie Merchant singing her haunting tune, "Carnival"

Watch the video of Natalie Merchant singing her haunting tune, "Carnival"

(The July 31 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ_Wqtnlv4U


Here are the lyrics:

I've walked these streets
A virtual stage
It seemed to me
Make up on their faces
Actors took their
Places next to me 

I've walked these streets
In a carnival
Of sights to see
All the cheap thrill seekers
The vendors & the dealers
They crowded around me 

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen? 

I've walked these streets
In a spectacle of wealth & poverty
In the diamond market
The scarlet welcome carpet
That they just rolled out for me 

I've walked these streets
In the mad house asylum
They can be
Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
On a traffic island stopped
And he raved of saving me 

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen? 

Have I been wrong
Have I been wise
To shut my eyes
And play along
Hypnotized
Paralyzed
By what my eyes have found
By what my eyes have seen
What they have seen? 

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Have I been wrong
Have I been wise
Have I been strong
Have I been
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have found
In that great street carnival
In that carnival?

July 30 Tip: Learn about the powerful impact of the "World Peace Game"

Learn about the powerful impact of the "World Peace Game"

(The July 30 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game.html

John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous, and always surprising -- go further than classroom lectures can.

Teacher and musician John Hunter is the inventor of the World Peace Game (and the star of the new doc "World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements").

July 29 Tip: See the film "Unfinished Song"

See the independent film "Unfinished Song" (this week at Village 8)

(The July 29 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Unfinished Song is a funny and inspiring story about Arthur (Terence Stamp), a curmudgeonly old soul, who is perfectly content sticking with his dull daily routine until his beloved wife (Vanessa Redgrave) introduces him to a local seniors singing group. The group is led by the youthful and charming Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton) and her unexpected friendship with Arthur reignites his passion for new adventures and shows us all life should be celebrated at any age.

http://www.weinsteinco.com/sites/unfinished-song/

July 28 Tip: Watch CBS news story about a Louisville man who bids those with no loved ones a dignified farewell

Watch CBS Evening News story about a Louisville man who bids those with no loved ones a dignified farewell when they die

(The July 28 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57595778/kentucky-man-bids-those-with-no-loved-ones-a-dignified-farewell/

(CBS News) LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- In Louisville, Ky., there's a civil servant who has devoted his life to death.

Specifically, he wanted the job burying Louisville's poor and homeless. For years, these people had been buried, unceremoniously, in a potter's field. You can tell by the grave markers how the county couldn't have cared less."Because I finally realized that this is where I belong, and I was called to do this," says Buddy Dumeyer, who, after retiring as a police captain, sought out and got a job with the Jefferson County coroner's office.

"There had to be a better way," Dumeyer says. "When you and I come into this world, we have a mom and dad, loving arms around us, people taking care of us. When we leave this world, when we give people back, we don't want to give them back alone."

At the beginning of every service, Buddy tells the kids what he knows about the deceased. And by the end, they kids say they do care much more -- not only about the person who died, but about the living, as well.To that end, Buddy now makes sure no funeral in Louisville is ever unattended. He has teamed up with three local high schools to provide volunteers, not only for carrying the casket, but for mourning the loss.

"It's just so humbling," says Jackie Arnold, a Xavier High School student. "It makes you appreciate what you have and the family that you're blessed with."

"Every human life is worth the same," says student Patrick Mohr. "No one person should be left behind, I guess."

Lily Dalton met Art Adams at a dance last year. He was down on his luck, but she got to know him, learned about his cancer and talked about his death.That's a sentiment no one appreciates more than the people who get buried here. We know that, because every once in awhile a friend or relative shows up at the service.

"He would love it," Lily says of Art's funeral. "He would absolutely have loved it. Because he thought nobody would be here. He was so afraid of that."

Buddy says it's a fear shared by many indigent people. Although now it's a fear unfounded.

July 27 Tip: Hear Terry Tempest Williams on "Entering the Broken World"

From Sounds True: Hear Terry Tempest Williams on "Entering the Broken World"

(The July 27 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.soundstrue.com/weeklywisdom/?source=tami-simon&p=1727&category=PP&version=full

Sometimes our path of healing takes us to places we could never imagine. For author Terry Tempest Williams, the grief of losing her brother on 9/11 took her to Italy to study the ancient art of mosaic—an art where something beautiful is made out of pieces of broken glass. Then, surprising even herself, she found herself traveling to Rwanda—the site of some of history’s worst genocides—to help create a memorial for those who died. In this selection from her audio program Finding Beauty in a Broken World, chosen by Sounds True producer Randy Roark, Williams shares her discovery that sometimes the only way to get past our own grief to bear witness and be present with another’s—and that in the crucible of our shared suffering, a new life is formed, one strong enough to take us to the unexpected joys that are awaiting us on the other side of sorrow.

July 26 Tip: Attend Welcome Reception for L'ville's Newest Tibetan Buddhist Monk at 4 pm Sunday

Attend Welcome Reception for L'ville's Newest Tibetan Buddhist Monk at 4 pm Sunday

(The July 26 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

HELP US WELCOME GESHE SONAM TO LOUISVILLE!

The Drepung Gomang Institute Board of Directors 

and Interfaith Paths to Peace 

are pleased to welcome 

Geshe Sonam to the Louisville Metro community. 

You are invited to an 

OPEN HOUSE at DGI

411 N. Hubbards Lane

4-5:30pm on Sunday, July 28th 

to meet Geshe Sonam and share refreshments

Geshe Sonam is a Tibetan Buddhist monk from theDrepung Gomang Monastery in southern India, the sister organization of DGI. He served as a member of the Drepung Gomang 2012 Sacred Arts Tour which traveled around the United States teaching about growing compassion through interfaith understanding, sharing the beauty of Tibetan culture, and fundraising to feed and provide medical care for the 2000 monks of the monastery. 

Geshe Sonam arrived in Louisville May 25th
and joins Director Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal in leadership at DGI.

http://drepunggomang.com/

July 25 Tip: Attend Sunday's Compassionate Louisville Mural Dedication at Unity of Louisville

Attend Sunday's Compassionate Louisville Mural Dedication at Unity of Louisville

(The July 25 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Unity of Louisville's congregation invites you to the Compassionate Louisville Mural Dedication. The mural is located across the street from Unity of Louisville (757 S. Brook St.).

The dedication ceremony will be on Sunday, July 28th at 12:05 PM.

Guests will include Mayor Greg Fischer, Compassionate Louisville associates, Compassionate Louisville mural designer Luckett Davidson.

http://www.unityoflouisville.org/event/compassionate-louisville-mural-dedication

July 24 Tip: Watch a TED video of Lesley Hazelton on "The Doubt Essential to Faith"

Watch a TED video of Lesley Hazelton on "The Doubt Essential to Faith"

(The July 24 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.ted.com/talks/lesley_hazleton_the_doubt_essential_to_faith.html?utm_source=email&source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ios-share

When Lesley Hazleton was writing a biography of Muhammad, she was struck by something: The night he received the revelation of the Koran, according to early accounts, his first reaction was doubt, awe, even fear. And yet this experience became the bedrock of his belief. Hazleton calls for a new appreciation of doubt and questioning as the foundation of faith -- and an end to fundamentalism of all kinds.

Writer Lesley Hazleton is the author of 'The First Muslim,' a new look at the life of Muhammad.

July 23 Tip: Watch "Bones of the Buddha" tonight on KET

Watch "Bones of the Buddha" tonight on KET

(The July 23 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/featured/bones-of-the-buddha-about-this-episode/1023/

The mystery surrounding the bones of the Buddha dates back more than 100 years ago, when colonial estate manager William (Willie) Peppe and his workers began digging at a mysterious hill in Northern India. Peppe had no idea what they’d find just a little more than 20 feet down.  They unearthed an astonishing discovery: a huge stone coffer, containing five reliquary jars, more than 1,000 separate jewels – carved semi-precious stones and gold and silver objects – and some ash and bone. One of the jars bore a Sanskrit inscription which, when translated, stated the jar contained the remains of the Buddha himself.

Doubt and rumors of forgery have overshadowed this remarkable find dividing, Buddhist scholars for more than 100 years. Many believe the whole thing is an elaborate hoax. Others insist the tomb on Peppe’s estate is no less than the final resting place of the leader of one of the world’s great religions, a sage who died nearly 2,500 years ago. For the doubters, suspicion focuses on a key figure from the time, disgraced German archaeologist Dr. Anton Fuhrer.

Renowned historian Charles Allen sets out to solve this extraordinary mystery, once and for all.  Is the little-known monument in Northern India really the Buddha’s tomb? Is the find genuine?  And if it is, who created it and when?  Allen begins his journey in England at the home of Neil Peppe, the grandson of William Peppe. From there he travels 4,000 miles to Birdpore House in India, built by the Peppe family in the 1840s. The mysterious hill known as Piprahwa where the tomb was found sits on the northern edge of the Birdpore estate. Allen traces Peppe’s steps to authenticate the find, uncovering how the discovery became shrouded in scandal and where the Piprahwa ashes and bones reside today.

July 22 Tip: Learn About the Sources of Suffering

From Sounds True: Learn about the Sources of Suffering
(The July 22 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.soundstrue.com/weeklywisdom/?source=tami-simon&p=1719&category=PP&version=full

Since human experience occurs in the brain, explains Dr. Rick Hanson, the source of suffering can also be traced to certain processes in the brain. In “The Causes of Suffering,” Dr. Hanson identifies six engines that drive suffering—even though these patterns were originally established to boost our chances of survival. Through practices like meditation, we can learn to understand the conditioning of our minds and strengthen behaviors and attitudes that support our success.

July 21 Tip: Learn about the tragic connection between guns and suicide in Kentucky

Learn about the tragic connection between guns and suicide in Kentucky

(The July 21 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130720/NEWS01/307200064/Guns-suicide-Limiting-access-firearms-greatly-raises-chances-survival

Suicides, which accounted for nearly two-thirds of U.S. gun deaths in 2010, are on the rise throughout the nation, and particularly in Kentucky, where guns are prevalent and easily accessible.

While suicide attempts usually stem from temporary setbacks that in time seem less dire, access to guns makes the equation much more lethal — because those who choose a gun over pills or cutting or hanging to end their life almost never survive.

[Read more via the link above]

July 20 Tip: Read the CJ's story about Wednesday's amazing Iftar dinner at Second Presbyterian Church

Read the CJ's story about Wednesday's amazing Iftar dinner at Second Presbyterian Church

(The July 20 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130719/NEWS01/307190124/Church-s-diverse-Iftar-dinner-event-binds-religions

Before the last light fell upon Second Presbyterian Church in Rolling Fields on Wednesday, the Islamic call to prayer carried throughout the church.

More than 350 people from different religious backgrounds gathered at the church to share an evening meal with members of another religion.

Baha’is, Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Muslims and Jews sat side by side to share iftar — the traditional evening meal Muslims have when they break their daytime fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

If people with different backgrounds can eat together, then they can learn to tolerate one another, said Terry Taylor, executive director of Interfaith Paths to Peace, an organization that works to bring people of different religions together.

“When we break bread we break our hearts, but in a good way so that love can flow back and forth,” Taylor said.

For the past three years, Louisville’s Pakistani-American community and Interfaith Paths to Peace have hosted the interfaith iftar dinner to promote religious understanding.

The problem is people may want to understand each other but fear the unknown, said Muhammad Babar, an organizer from Louisville’s Pakistani-American community. “We must widen the circle of compassion, so we can reach the roots of the most common citizen,” he said.

[use the link to read more of the story and to see a video]

July 19 Tip: Ponder T.S. Eliot's haunting poem "Preludes"

Ponder T.S. Eliot's haunting poem "Preludes" while viewing the paintings of Edward Hopper

(The July 19 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKyHdiqRTQQ&feature=youtu.be

Preludes

BY T. S. ELIOT

I

The winter evening settles down

With smell of steaks in passageways.

Six o’clock.

The burnt-out ends of smoky days.

And now a gusty shower wraps

The grimy scraps

Of withered leaves about your feet

And newspapers from vacant lots;

The showers beat

On broken blinds and chimney-pots,

And at the corner of the street

A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.

And then the lighting of the lamps.

II

The morning comes to consciousness

Of faint stale smells of beer

From the sawdust-trampled street

With all its muddy feet that press

To early coffee-stands.

With the other masquerades

That time resumes,

One thinks of all the hands

That are raising dingy shades

In a thousand furnished rooms.

III

You tossed a blanket from the bed,

You lay upon your back, and waited;

You dozed, and watched the night revealing

The thousand sordid images

Of which your soul was constituted;

They flickered against the ceiling.

And when all the world came back

And the light crept up between the shutters

And you heard the sparrows in the gutters,

You had such a vision of the street

As the street hardly understands;

Sitting along the bed’s edge, where

You curled the papers from your hair,

Or clasped the yellow soles of feet

In the palms of both soiled hands.

IV

His soul stretched tight across the skies

That fade behind a city block,

Or trampled by insistent feet

At four and five and six o’clock;

And short square fingers stuffing pipes,

And evening newspapers, and eyes

Assured of certain certainties,

The conscience of a blackened street

Impatient to assume the world.

I am moved by fancies that are curled

Around these images, and cling:

The notion of some infinitely gentle

Infinitely suffering thing.

Wipe your hand across your mouth, and laugh;

The worlds revolve like ancient women

Gathering fuel in vacant lots.

July 18 Tip: Celebrate Nelson Mandela's 95th Birthday by Watching (or reading) "Invictus"

Celebrate Nelson Mandela's 95th Birthday today by Watching (or reading) "Invictus"

(The July 18 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZY8c_a_dlQ

Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.

July 17 Tip: Hear interview with Reza Aslan about "Christ in Context" which explores the Life of Jesus

Christ In Context: 'Zealot' Explores The Life Of Jesus

(The July 17 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.npr.org/2013/07/15/198040928/christ-in-context-zealot-explores-the-life-of-jesus

Writer and scholar Reza Aslan was 15 years old when he found Jesus. His secular Muslim family had fled to the U.S. from Iran, and Aslan's conversion was, in a sense, an adolescent's attempt to fit into American life and culture. "My parents were certainly surprised," Aslan tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.

As Aslan got older, he began his studies in the history of Christianity, and he started to lose faith. He came to the realization that Jesus of Nazareth was quite different from the Messiah he'd been introduced to at church. "I became very angry," he says. "I became resentful. I turned away from Christianity. I began to really reject the concept of Christ."

But Aslan continued his Christian scholarship, and he found that he was increasingly interested in Jesus as a historical figure. The result is his new book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth — a historical look at Jesus in the context of his time and Jewish religion, and against the backdrop of the Roman Empire.

July 16 TiP; See the exhibit by Chinese dissident and Artist Ai Weiwei at the Indianapolis Museum of art

See the exhibit by Chinese dissident and Artist Ai Weiwei at the Indianapolis Museum of art

THE EXHIBIT CLOSES SUNDAY; DON'T MISS IT!

(The July 16 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.imamuseum.org/exhibitions/aiweiwei/about

Featuring over 30 works spanning more than 20 years, Ai Weiwei: According to What? explores universal topics of culture, history, politics, and tradition.

A major retrospective of the artist’s work, this not-to-be-missed exhibition includes examples from the broad spectrum of the artist’s practice, which encompasses sculpture, photography, video, and site-specific architectural installations as well as the design for the “Bird’s Nest” stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics in China.

Ai is known as one of China’s most provocative and vocal artists; his focus on human rights and social change eventually led to his detainment by Chinese authorities for nearly three months in 2011. The Chinese government later supplied charges of tax evasion against Ai, which he vehemently denies. Since his detainment, Ai has been kept under constant surveillance by the government—a circumstance that has led him to create a series of new works, including a marble surveillance camera, that will be part of this exhibition.

Ai Weiwei: According to What? also includes a new sculpture made from steel rebar that was salvaged from schools that collapsed during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The piece points to the inferior construction that caused the government-built schools to collapse while other buildings remained unscathed. Straight (2008–2012) is a powerful indictment of the Chinese government and a monumental reminder of the many young people who died in the earthquake.

July 15 Tip: Register now for Wednesday's Iftar dinner

Register now for Wednesday's Iftar dinner

(The June 15 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

The Pakistani American Community 

and Interfaith Paths to Peace 

with 

Presenting Sponsors:  

Norton Healthcare

&

Second Presbyterian Church

Kahloon, Pasic & Lewis PLLC

Attorneys at Law

Clark Memorial Hospital

  

Invite you to a Free Interfaith

Iftar Dinner

(Breaking of Ramadan Fast)

With Delicious International Food

by Jarfi's Catering

INCLUDING A PRESENTATION ON 

"Shoulder-to-Shoulder in Compassion" 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2013

Second Presbyterian Church

3701 Old Brownsboro Road, Louisville

Check-in 7:30 pm, 

Program 8 pm, Dinner 9 pm 

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED 

Email: interfaithiftardinner@gmail.com

PARTNERS

Second Presbyterian Church and The Baha'is of Louisville,
The Center for Interfaith Relations, Compassionate Louisville,

The Drepung Gomang Institute,
The Hindu Temple of Kentucky, The Jewish Community of Louisville,
The Louisville Free Public Library, The Muslim Community Center of Louisville, River Road Mosque,
The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University, St. William &
St. Agnes Catholic Churches, and The Sikh Society of Kentucky 

July 14 Tip: Hear Arlo Guthrie sing a most unusual "folk song"

Hear Arlo Guthrie sing a most unusual "folk song"

(The July 14 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF89swJ9IU

Learn how 30,000 people from all over Europe came together at the Berlin Wall to sing a song most of us wouldn't think of as a folk song.

July 13 Tip: Listening to Shame

The TED Talk by Brene Brown: Listening to Shame
(the July 13 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html?quote=1404&source=facebook#.Ud965d4q5i0.facebook

Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.

Brené Brown studies vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame.

July 12 Tip: Learn about "the morality of meditation"

From the NY Times, learn about the "morality of meditation"

(The July 12 Compassionate Living tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/opinion/sunday/the-morality-of-meditation.html?src=recg

MEDITATION is fast becoming a fashionable tool for improving your mind. With mounting scientific evidence that the practice can enhance creativity, memory and scores on standardized intelligence tests, interest in its practical benefits is growing. A number of “mindfulness” training programs, like that developed by the engineerChade-Meng Tan at Google, and conferences like Wisdom 2.0 for business and tech leaders, promise attendees insight into how meditation can be used to augment individual performance, leadership and productivity.

This is all well and good, but if you stop to think about it, there’s a bit of a disconnect between the (perfectly commendable) pursuit of these benefits and the purpose for which meditation was originally intended. Gaining competitive advantage on exams and increasing creativity in business weren’t of the utmost concern to Buddha and other early meditation teachers. As Buddha himself said, “I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering.” For Buddha, as for many modern spiritual leaders, the goal of meditation was as simple as that. The heightened control of the mind that meditation offers was supposed to help its practitioners see the world in a new and more compassionate way, allowing them to break free from the categorizations (us/them, self/other) that commonly divide people from one another.

July 11 Tip: Take the pledge: don't text and drive!

Take the pledge: don't text and drive!

(The July 11 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.itcanwait.com/?WT.srch=1&wtPaidSearchTerm=texting+and+driving

It Can Wait: Take the pledge NOW! to never text and drive at the same time!

July 10 Tip: Attend today's "Compassion Games" planning event

Attend today's "Compassion Games" planning event
(The July 10 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

As many of you know, Louisville is one of the cities who have formally enrolled in the Compassion Games International… which formally happen in 2013  from 9/11 - 9/21

SO. . . .This note is also meant to INVITE YOU to an event that will happen immediately following the Compassionate Louisville Town Hall Meeting, also in Metro Hall.  We would love it if you could JOIN US!!

Compassion Games Louisville planning event

          1:30 THIS Wed July 10th @ Metro Hall

This meeting will serve to...

1. introduce the Compassion Games Louisville Steering Committee 
2. demonstrate how Crowdmap can help you advertise service projects/events 
3. identify and continue to develop projects to occur between 9/11 - 9/21
4. invite you to join our team and PLAY THE GAMES!

July 9 Tip: Attend tonight's Green Convene meeting

Attend tonight's Green Convene meeting
(the July 9 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Green Convene July Community Meeting
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
6:30pm at the Highlands Green Building, 1401 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY

Highlands Green Building - 1401 Bardstown Road  (corner of Edgeland Avenue)

This month's Green Convene meeting will feature Louisville's Farm to Table coordinator, Sarah Fritschner. Sarah worked as a food writer for the Daytona Beach News Journal, the Florida Times-Union and the Washington Post before returning to her home town to serve as food editor for the Louisville Times and Courier-Journal. During her 24-year tenure in Louisville, she often featured local farmers and agricultural products, from country ham of Cadiz in the west to an apple orchard outside Hazard in the east.
Since 2009 she has served as the coordinator for Louisville Farm to Table, which was created that year to bring together area farmers and their locally-grown foods with Louisville consumers in their homes, schools, restaurants and workplaces, bolstering the local food economy. Louisville Farm to Table provides an economic benefit to local farmers by expanding their markets as well as meeting the rising consumer demand for local foods.

Join us  to hear more about Louisville's Farm to Table program!

Please support the LG&E’s Green Energy Programs: http://www.lge-ku.com/green/default.asp.

July 8 Tip: Learn about Radical Forgiveness from Colin Tipping

Learn about "Radical Forgiveness" from Colin Tipping

(The July 8 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.soundstrue.com/weeklywisdom/?source=podcast&p=8037&category=WW&version=full

Everywhere we look—in the newspapers, on TV, and even in our own personal lives—we see exam­ples of people who have been egregiously victimized. We read, for example, that at least one in every five adults in America today was either physically or sex­ually abused as a child. TV news confirms that rape and murder are commonplace in our communities and crime against people and property is rampant every­where. Around the world we see torture, repression, incarceration, genocide, and open warfare occurring on a vast scale.

In the early 1990s I began offering forgiveness workshops, cancer retreats, and corporate seminars. Since then I have heard enough horror stories from quite ordinary people to convince me that there is not a human being on the planet who has not been seri­ously victimized at least once, and in minor ways more times than they could count. Who among us can say they have never blamed someone else for their lack of happiness? For most if not all of us, blame is simply a way of life.

Indeed, the victim archetype is deeply ingrained in all of us, and it exerts great power in the mass con­sciousness. For eons we have played out victimhood in every aspect of our lives, convincing ourselves that victim consciousness is absolutely fundamental to the human condition. The time has come to ask ourselves this question: how can we stop creating our lives this way and let go of the victim archetype as the model for how to live?

To break free from such a powerful archetype, we must replace it with something radically different—something so compelling and spiritually liberating that it magnetizes us away from victimhood. We need something that will take us beyond the drama of our lives so we can see the big picture and the truth that, right now, lies hidden from us. When we awaken to that truth, we will understand the meaning of our suf­fering and be able to transform it immediately.

As we continue to move into the new millennium and prepare for the imminent next great leap in our spiritual evolution, it is essential that we adopt a way of living based not on fear, control, and abuse of power but on true forgiveness, unconditional love, and peace. That’s what I mean by something radical, and that is what my book is all about: helping us make that transition.

If we are to transform anything, we must be able to experience it completely and fully, which means that to transform the victim archetype, we must first experi­ence victimhood fully. There is no shortcut! Therefore, we need situations in our lives that allow us to feel victimized so we can transform the energy through Radical Forgiveness.

To transform an energy pattern so fundamental as the victim archetype, many, many people—souls who possess the wisdom and love necessary to accomplish this immense task—must awaken and accept this as their spiritual mission. Perhaps you are one of the souls who volunteered for this mission. 

July 7 Tip: Learn about Life on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned

Learn about life on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned

(The July 7 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/06/world/africa/where-mandela-kept-hope-guide-tells-their-shared-saga.html?hp&_r=0

For nearly 20 years, Mr. Kathrada, an African National Congress activist who later served in the Mandela administration, has led heads of state and global celebrities through Mr. Mandela’s steps on Robben Island. In 1994, five years after Mr. Kathrada’s release, Mr. Mandela asked him to take on the role of a guide, given the number of people who wanted to visit the prison site.

July 6 Tip: View short video of Carrie Newcomer singing "I'll go too"

View short video of Carrie Newcomer singing "I'll go too"
(The July 6 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ech7sBDMzIQ

When I was young I often said
That there were ugly things beneath my bed
I'd slip downstairs when I got scared
Into the safety of Dad's easy chair
That chair was like a long deep sigh
And I'd stay until he'd say it's time
But he'd always put his hand in mine
And tell me
"I'll go too."

I'll go too
I'll go too
That's what he'd say
That's what he'd do
Don't go alone I'll walk with you
I'll go too

When I was learning how to swim
I'd look down at the water and back at him
He'd say "Take my hand, we'll both jump in.
I'll go too."

I'll go too
I'll go too
That's what he'd say
That's what he'd do
Don't go alone I'll walk with you
I'll go too

So many nights I've wondered
So many things to brave
So many acts of courage we face each and every day

I put on my new white dress
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I had my doubts if I could do the rest
And he said "Take my hand just do your best.
I'll go too."

I'll go too
I'll go too
That's what he'd say
That's what he'd do
Don't go alone I'll walk with you
I'll go too

In the quiet cold of the April snow
It was time to finally let her go
I took his hand and said "I know.
I'll go too."

One day we all will understand
As we walk right in to the Promised Land
But I hope an angel takes me by the hand
And tells me
"I'll go too."

I'll go too
I'll go too
That's what he'll say
That's what she'll do
Don't go alone I'll walk with you
I'll go too

I'll go too
I'll go too
That's what he'll say
That's what she'll do
Don't go alone I'll walk with you
I'll go too

I'll go too

I'll go too
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