Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

Among the great things which are to be found among us, the Being of Nothingness is the greatest. — Leonardo Da Vinci

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Tip of the Day:
An emerging body of research is suggesting that spending time alone can be good for us. Just as regular exercise and healthy eating make our minds and bodies work better, solitude, experts say, so can being alone. Sherry Turkle, director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, makes the case for people to mindfully set aside time everyday when they are not engaged in so-called “social snacking” activities like texting, g-chatting, and talking on the phone. “People make this error, thinking that being alone means being lonely, and not being alone means being with other people,” John Cacioppo of the University of Chicago said. “You need to be able to recharge on your own sometimes. Part of being able to connect is being available to other people, and no one can do that without a break.” http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4598

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Be The Change:
Try spending some time alone today — without any “social snacking” 🙂

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Kindness to children, love for children, goodness to children — these are the only investments that never fail. — Henry David Thoreau

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Good News of the Day:
Every parent wants to raise a kind, helpful child. But how? A recent study in Germany suggests that it might be easier than we think. According to the study’s authors, humans have a strong predisposition toward altruism, evident from the time they’re toddlers. The researchers found that it was surprisingly simple to motivate young kids to act on their altruistic instincts. When toddlers were subtly exposed to a simple background image of dolls facing each other, they became three times more likely to help someone in need. This article from Greater Good magazine explains further, offering grounds for optimism to anyone encouraging kids to be kind. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4656

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Be The Change:
Model kindness and connection around kids — and see how subtle cues can make a big impact.

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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects — Heman Melville

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Tip of the Day:
“Make Crows Feet. Use the Right Words. Perfect Your Handshake. Dress for a Tie. Get Close. Don’t Impose Your Values. Accept Others. Pursue and Project Your Passions. Find Shared Passions. Default to Yes.” In this compelling infographic, former chief evangelist of Apple, Guy Kawasaki, further details his advice for increasing likability. Or put another way, simply connecting more deeply. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4676

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Be The Change:
Share your own tips for connecting more deeply with other readers here. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4676a

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Compassion is the radicalism of our time. — Dalai Lama

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Tip of the Day:
Scientific studies suggest that there are physical benefits to practicing compassion — people who practice it produce 100 percent more DHEA, which is a hormone that counteracts the aging process, and 23 percent less cortisol — the “stress hormone.” According to this guide, the key to developing compassion is to make it a daily practice, and it offers 7 different ways to incorporate it into everyday life. It also supports the practice of compassion not only to ease the suffering of those we love and meet, but even those who mistreat us. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4621

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Be The Change:
Try out one of the seven compassion practices today.

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Good News of the Day:
The premise of a feedback loop is simple: provide people with information about their actions in real time, then give them a chance to change those actions, pushing them toward better behaviors. Why does putting our own data in front of us somehow compel us to act? In part, it’s that feedback taps into something core to the human experience, even to our biological origins. Like any organism, humans are self-regulating creatures, and feedback loops are how we learn, whether we call it trial and error or course correction. In so many areas of life, we succeed when we have some sense of where we stand and some evaluation of our progress. As Stanford psychologist Albert Bandura puts it, “People are proactive, aspiring organisms,” and feedback taps into those aspirations. This Wired Magazine article explores emerging tools that harness the power of feedback loops. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4689

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Be The Change:
In this short passage, Alan Watts reflects on our internal feedback system — “the self-awareness that makes human experience resonant.” http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4689a

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