Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. — Bob Dylan

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Good News of the Day:
Let your better self rest assured: Dearly held values truly are sacred, and not merely cost-benefit analyses masquerading as nobel intent. Neuroscientist Greg Berns of Emory University and colleagues posed a series of value-based statements to 27 women and 16 men while using an fMRI machine to map their mental activity. Test participants were asked if they’d sign a document stating the opposite of their belief in exchange for a chance at winning up to $100 in cash. If so, they could keep both the money and the document; only their consciences would know. The findings: when people didn’t sell out their principles, it wasn’t because the price wasn’t right. It just seemed wrong. “If it’s a sacred value to you, then you can’t even conceive of it in a cost-benefit framework,” said Berns. This Wired Magazine article shares further.
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Be The Change:
“Truth is a quality of the mind that doesn’t depend on figuring things out or being clever.” A short reflection on putting integrity in action.
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When one foot walks, the other foot rests. — Indian Proverb

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Inspiration of the Day:
Activity balanced with rest: it’s the way all of nature works, a beautiful reminder that everything is in ebb and flow. Our own bodies follow natural patterns, recuperating every night and preparing for the next day’s action. With music as well, the structure imposed by notes inherently depends on the unstructured space supporting it. As a culture, though, we give more importance to creating notes and relatively little to the space between them. Sure, our rational minds want to ensure progress — but our intuitive minds need space for the emergent, unknown and unplanned to arise. Within the existing paradigm, the external comes first, the internal takes a backseat, and in deference to measurability, we become more tuned in to doing than to being. The problem isn’t in the doing per se: the secret to more balance lies in how we frame our efforts.
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Be The Change:
“Only after a break can you have a breakthrough.” Whitney Johnson shares a similar view on her Harvard Business Review Blog.
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It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can’t see. — Eleanor Farjeon

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Good News of the Day:
Amy Jung and her son Ethan stopped into The Humane Society near their home in Wisconsin to play with the cats, but one feline — a 21-pound cat named Pudding — stood out to the pair. They made an impulsive decision to adopt him and his friend Wimsy. That same night, Jung, who has had diabetes since childhood, started having a diabetic seizure in her sleep. That’s when Pudding sprang into action. The fast-acting feline sat on Jung’s chest in an attempt to wake her up and when that didn’t work, he nudged and nipped her face until she briefly returned to consciousness. In that moment, Jung was able to call out to Ethan, but he couldn’t hear her calls. Luckily, Pudding darted into Ethan’s room and pounced on the bed until he woke up and was able to call for help.
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Be The Change:
Tune in consciously today to people’s needs, and do simple things like smiling at someone who might value it.

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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. — William Shakespeare

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Inspiration of the Day:
As an actor, singer, writer, and composer, Daniel Beaty has worked throughout the world in a variety of styles ranging from solo concerts to theatre to one-man plays to a gig at the White House. But here he is at a Def Jam Poetry contest, sharing about a topic near and dear to his heart — the essence of a father-son bond. In this 3-minute video, he delivers nothing short of a riveting, electrifying performance that draws the audience to its feet.
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Be The Change:
Today, honor a father you know.

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Never argue with one’s own understanding. The whisper of intelligence is always there, whatever you do. — Vimala Thakar

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Inspiration of the Day:
“Teens are quick to connect with each other by telling stories and passing along gossip via texting and social media. But students have lost the art of listening face to face by hiding behind the veil of anonymity. They often talk at each other. So on the first day of class, even before I outline the expectations of the class, students fill out a survey about how they recognize their own listening skills, by describing body language, listening habits, and preferences. They are asked to reflect on different scenarios from talking with peers, adults in authority, their guardians, and even when approaching strangers (fellow students in classes). They also recount the best conversation they have had within that past week, by sharing the finer points of body language, and how they felt afterwards.” High school teacher Ricky Knue shares her experiences in supporting teens in listening.
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Be The Change:
Support a teen in your life in listening; start off by modeling an “agendaless presence.” Daniel Goleman explains:
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