July 21: Embrace "The Vitality of the Struggle"

July 21 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Embrace "The Vitality of the Struggle" with Terry Tempest Williams

http://www.onbeing.org/program/vitality-struggle/233

Terry Tempest Williams is a naturalist and writer, a biologist by training with a literary mind. She comes from a long Mormon lineage in Utah. She draws political, spiritual and creative inspiration from her experience of the interior American west. She offers stories of neighborly collaboration that turns into environmental protection, and the value that comes from vitriolic disagreement inside families.

July 20: Learn about Buddhist Peacemaker Donald Rothberg

July 20 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Learn about Donald Rothberg and "Socially Engaged Spirituality"

http://donaldrothberg.com/
  
Donald Rothberg is a leading teacher and writer on socially engaged spiritual practice. He has taught and practiced Buddhist meditation for over 30 years, and his engaged work has pioneered new ways of connecting inner and outer transformation.  He is a member of the Teacher's Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and author of "The Engaged Spiritual Life."

July 19: Living Non-Violent Communication

July 19 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Learn about "Living Non-Violent Communication" from Marshall Rosenberg

http://www.soundstrue.com/weeklywisdom/?source=podcast&p=6366&category=WW&version=full

From Marshall Rosenberg:

"It may help you to understand that Nonviolent Communication grew from my attempt to understand the concept of love and how to manifest it, how to do it. I had come to the conclusion that love is not just some­thing we feel, but something we manifest, something we do, something we have. And love is something we give. We give of ourselves in particular ways. It’s a gift when you reveal yourself nakedly and honestly, at any given moment, for no other purpose than to reveal what’s alive in you. Not to blame, criticize, or punish—just “Here I am, and here is what I would like. This is my vulnerability at this moment.” To me, that giving is a manifestation of love."

July 18 Tip: Explore Deepak Chopra's "Chopra Well

July 18 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Explore "The Chopra Well" on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nATYCZVhABA&feature=player_embedded

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July 17: Learn about Confucianism and Compassion

July 17 Compassionate Living Quote from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Learn about Confucianism and Compassion

http://integral-options.blogspot.com/2009/06/emanuel-l-paparella-confucius-sage-of.html

While Confucianism lacks the more mystical characteristics of Lao Tzu’s Daoism, its reasoned philosophy became just as influential on Chinese culture (and indeed that of Japan, Korea and Viet Nam too) as that of Daoism, providing it with its basic rational-ethical structure.

July 16: Understanding Empathy

July 16 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Learning to Understand the Idea of Empathy More Deeply

http://www.eqi.org/empathy.htm

To show empathy is to identify with another's feelings. It is to emotionally put yourself in the place of another. The ability to empathize is directly dependent on your ability to feel your own feelings and identify them.

If you have never felt a certain feeling, it will be hard for you to understand how another person is feeling. This holds equally true for pleasure and pain. If, for example, you have never put your hand in a flame, you will not know the pain of fire. If you have not experienced sexual passion, you will not understand its power. Similarly, if you have never felt rebellious or defiant, you will not understand those feelings. Reading about a feeling and intellectually knowing about it is very different than actually experiencing it for yourself. 

July 15: Make a Home Altar

July 15 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Listen to this short audio about how to make a home altar

http://www.soundstrue.com/weeklywisdom/?source=tami-simon&p=1328&category=PP&version=full

Joseph M. Marshall III: How to Build an Altar

Joseph M. Marshall is a Lakota elder who believes that the wisdom and stories of his people are the greatest gift that he can share with the wider world. In recording Joseph’s audio program Living the Lakota Way, Sounds True producer Randy Roark was deeply moved by just how relevant and needed these teachings are today. As Randy says, “It’s clear to me when working with authors such as Joseph that sanity is contagious… and simplicity is profound.” In this audio excerpt, Joseph teaches us how to build an altar in our homes, and how the existence of this altar will become a physical reminder and symbol of our relationship to others and our planet.