Tricycle: Not Interested in Twitter Buddhists?
by elephantjournal.com on May 31, 2010
Don’t push your wisdom onto others; it doesn’t work. ~ Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
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A Pale Blue Dot: 20 Years Later.
by Kelsi Coia on May 31, 2010
“From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of particular interest. But for us, it’s different. Consider again that dot. That’s here, that’s home, that’s us.” Hi Elephants! Can you believe it’s been 20 years, two whole decades, since the famous image of “the Pale Blue Dot” was sent to Earth from Voyager [...]
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Sexist Maxim Photo Spread? Hack it.
by Waylon Lewis on May 31, 2010
Original text above original photo, in Maxim, a “lad” mag: “Doesn’t every guy want to see a girl on her knees scrubbing the bathroom floor with a toothbrush while wearing lingerie?” ~ Audrina of The Hills. The Hack by RequiemofSyris + her Roommates, who drew on the above Maxim spread they’d posted and doodled all [...]
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The First Visit: Learning to Let Go.
by Lynn Hasselberger on May 31, 2010
It had been three years… What would we talk about during this visit, I wondered.
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From the Department of you just gotta Know this Guy got Abused as a Child.
by Waylon Lewis on May 31, 2010
John McCulley Jr. starves elderly horse, drags across field by neck with roped tied to pickup, then shoots horse. Jail time? Nah: “He’s sorry.” Heartbreaking. The second time Mr. McCulley, Jr., has been busted for abusing animals to the point where “abuse” doesn’t even account for the horror he’s visited upon these poor, feeling sentient [...]
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You know you’ve made it when…
by Waylon Lewis on May 31, 2010
…you get a sandwich named after you: As seen at Salt, Bradford Heap’s local/organic-first restaurant in downtown Boulder, Colorado.
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Don’t worry, BP, I just sent my hair to fight the Oil Spill.
by Waylon Lewis on May 31, 2010
It’s awful humbling, even embarrassing, when for all our hyped-up 21st century technology (twitter! Wired! Foursquare! iPad!) we find ourselves fighting what is now officially being called “the greatest environmental disaster in US history” (with months of leakage go, perhaps) with…hair and golf balls. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / [...]
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Bill Maher Interviews Philippe Cousteau on Future of Gulf of Mexico
by Lynn Hasselberger on May 31, 2010
Bill Maher interviews Philippe Cousteau about the Gulf of Mexico and BP’s oil spill.
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Dog Surprises Police Officer after being Freed from Fence. Video:
by elephantjournal.com on May 31, 2010
“You don’t think he’s gonna jump up and attack me, do you?” I won’t give anything away, just watch this gone-viral-video:
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It’s Freecycle June: 1 thing every day.
by Ariane Trelaun on May 31, 2010
Getting rid of one thing for every day in June 2010 On impulse, I decided this morning that in the month of June, I am going to freecycle one item for every single day. Yes, I will get rid of thirty things or groupings of things that I don’t use, but which could serve someone else [...]
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review: Ely Organics’ Miessence Organic Skincare: Shampoo, Toothpaste, Bodycare.
by Waylon Lewis on May 31, 2010
miessence via Ely Organics Note: I received these products for free in return for a review on elephantjournal.com. That said, I’m always brutally honest, unless it’s inconvenient to be so, in which case I smile, wink and bullshit. ~ ed. Basic info via Erin Ely herself: “miessence is formulated by Narelle Chenery, she started making [...]
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Commemorate, Meditate… Peace is Possible.
by Cora Wen on May 31, 2010
Today is Memorial Day. A day in which we celebrate those who have served. Memorial Day History Memorial Day became an official National Holiday in 1971. Memorial Day was celebrated for over 100 years, but was not declared a National Holiday until 1971. In 1865 Freedmen (freed slaves) celebrated In Charleston, South Carolina at the [...]
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Review: DharmaCrafts organic meditation cushion (+ laptop table + dog bed, all in one)
by Waylon Lewis on May 31, 2010
Sit your Talk. Disclaimer: A DharmaCrafts Organic Zafu and Zaputon, along with a bribe of $50,000 delivered in a Halliburton case in an underground parking lot in a DC suburb, were provided to elephantjournal.com in return for this review. If you’re going to practice internal peace—resolving one’s habitual patterns and neurosis into the present moment, [...]
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Happy Bicycle Month!
by Chris Chopik on May 31, 2010
The bicycle continues a ubiquitous if subservient role in the transportation of goods and people throughout the world. We can all be saved by bikes.
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The BP Oil Spill: a different perspective.
by Janet Auty-Carlisle on May 31, 2010
The ABC news reporter and Mr. Cousteau were donning hazmat suits and scuba suits and diving into the spill to show us what BP doesn’t want us to see.
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What is the foundation of love?
by Maureen Miller on May 31, 2010
It’s in the imperfections of life where we grow the most. When I turned 40, I began to re-examine what was important in my life and where, or how I wanted to spend my time. It’s probably no coincidence that I started practicing yoga around the same time. Now that I am 50 (I celebrated [...]
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My Grandfather’s Flag—In Memoriam.
by Lasara Allen on May 31, 2010
My grandfather, George, died in World War II when my mother was seven.
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Memorial Day Observations – Noam Chomsky’s Perspective (from Democracy Now!)
by William Harryman on May 31, 2010
I am not patriotic. I do not say the Pledge of Allegiance because my allegiance is not to a flag or a nation, but to human beings in general. I believe we should honor the warriors, however, even while we hate the war. I believe, as many are starting to realize, that out government has [...]
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A Day to Remember all those who Serve.
by Waylon Lewis on May 31, 2010
Happy Memorial Day! And what else is government, but our continuing attempt to realize an enlightened society? It’s a sad day, a proud day, and after 50 years of wars we’re less than enthusiastic about, a troubled day. But our soldiers have, in any and nearly every case, sacrificed more than any of us. Especially, [...]
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This Place is Everything that is Annoying about Boulder.
by Waylon Lewis on May 31, 2010
The Feng Shui is Whack I’m not sure what my favorite thing is about this review: that the critique of the supposedly hippie-dippy-high-as-a-kite Boulder, Colorado café is highlighted by the charge that Atlas Purveyor is crowded (surely, a sign of success and doing things right for any business?) or that it’s Feng Shui is Whack. [...]
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{Television is a drug}
by Waylon Lewis on May 31, 2010
Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! Don’t look over there! Look at me! This brilliant vimeo video, spoken word, sticks a fork in the eye of television, the opiate of the masses, by giving a forthright insistent desperate grating voice to its campfire-like mesmerizing flicker: Television is a drug. from Beth Fulton [...]
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Hipster Yoga.
by Waylon Lewis on May 30, 2010
New site to waste 10 minutes of ur life on: Hipster Yoga. You can (not) thank me later. Click pose below to go to Hipster Yoga and see many more droll, would-be-funny-if-I-cared poses.
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Gita Talk #7: What’s Your Favorite Passage?
by Bob Weisenberg on May 30, 2010
What a great discussion in Gita Talk #6! Let’s stick with Chapter 6 for another week. This time you pick the stanza you want to talk about. It can be your favorite passage. Or it can be a stanza you find troubling or difficult. You choose. I’ll start. This my favorite passage in chapter 6: [...]
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Scaling Up, Paring Down: 10,000 Strong in Central Park. ~ Elena Brower
by elephantjournal.com on May 30, 2010
I might not care about being perfect in my practice, but I care about who I am when I try. As we enter the sultry moment of 2010, I have the privilege and responsibility of offering a free yoga class to celebrate the first full day of summer, right in Central Park. Flavorpill and I [...]
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TOMS Shoes to help Haiti.
by Waylon Lewis on May 30, 2010
While I continue to wish that more TOMS Shoes were eco-built, lasted longer, and were fair labor and Made in the USA…they’re still our “official mindful shoe company“—a company worth supporting with your conscious consumer dollar. New video via CNN:
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180 Degrees South. {Trailer}
by Waylon Lewis on May 30, 2010
Update: Adventure Film & Patagonia present 180 DEGREES SOUTH: CONQUERORS OF THE USELESS At Boulder Theater this Thursday, July 15, 2010, 8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30 p.m.), $12.50. Soundtrack by Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse, James Mercer of the Shins and Mason Jennings 180° South: Conquerors of the useless, follows Jeff Johnson as he [...]
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Coffee (Table) + (Global Warming) Sugar.
by elephantjournal.com on May 30, 2010
A dream Coffee Table for the laptop set, and a Global Warming-inspired sugar cube. Via Coolhunting… Plus, a sugar cube to remind us of the interdpendence of our earth, and the effect of our actions. More photos at Inhabitat.
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RIP, Art Linkletter. {Funny videos}
by Waylon Lewis on May 30, 2010
Mr. Ad Lib A genial pioneer in television died last week. With thanks for the laughs:
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The Most Important Resource.
by Waylon Lewis on May 30, 2010
Is love. What is your life about? I’m not one for cheesy lovey videos, but this one hits home. It is indeed the best of times, the worst of times. At least once a day: remember to say I love you. Plus, dude has a cool voice:
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Joni Mitchell re: Chögyam Trungpa. “He snapped me out of [cocaine use].”
by elephantjournal.com on May 30, 2010
Painting by Joni Mitchell of Trungpa Rinpoche: Interview with Joni re: Trungpa Rinpoche: Via Reader’s Digest (!): RD: Did you ever have problems with drugs or addiction? Mitchell: I did, briefly. I didn’t get involved for years, and then I went on Rolling Thunder and they asked me how I wanted to be paid, and [...]
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Legalize Dumpster Diving? Illegalize Food Waste!
by Waylon Lewis on May 30, 2010
Dive! The video trailer… …says—or rather, shows—it better than words can do: “We waste as much food in America as we eat.” Trailer:
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Buddha’s Self Storage.
by Coe Douglas on May 30, 2010
The Luster of Lack. With all due respect to René Descartes, I think a more accurate characterization of the modern human condition is not his famous, “I think therefore I am,” but rather “I lack therefore I am.” Who we are, or who we think we are, has become inextricably linked to the things we [...]
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Our New Newsletter.
by elephantjournal.com on May 30, 2010
Our New Newsletter is Coming: courtesy Namaste Interactive. Every week, we send out an ugly-yet-efficient newsletter highlighting our top 10 best, and most popular, articles/videos/events of the week. It’s proved wildly popular as a sort of digest for those who don’t have time to pay attention to all our posts on facebook or twitter, and [...]
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Lululemon vs. Camel Toe.
by Waylon Lewis on May 30, 2010
lululemon athletica‘s unapologetic new ad campaign calls it like they sees it 14th in a series: This is what effective advertising looks like. Lululemon continues to master the act of getting free publicity through its surprising ads (this blog is itself case in point). While they only advertise on the back of Yoga Journal, leaving [...]
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Bare Butt Haiku.
by elephantjournal.com on May 30, 2010
“With no underrobes, bare butt suddenly exposed — a gust of spring wind.” ~ Yosa Buson, 18th century Zen poet
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Mother Earth to BP: “Make My Day!”
by Jay Winston on May 29, 2010
As the oil spill grows, cynical right-wing oil company apologists intone about the natural world’s ability to heal itself. And they’re right…in a way.
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Thrash Classical.
by elephantjournal.com on May 29, 2010
Flamenco + Metal Rocccckkkkkkkkks! Rodrigo Y Gabriella covers Metallica’s Orion, and Led Zepellin’s Stairway to Heaven. Originals:
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Light Pollution: do we Look at the Heavens, anymore?
by Waylon Lewis on May 29, 2010
Now, we Switch off the Sky. Since the beginning of human history man and woman and particularly child have gazed into the night sky, and thought of the Gods or the Heavens and our small, yet powerful place in the spinnings of this precious universe. The night time sky is one of the most beautiful [...]
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R.I.P, Dennis Hopper.
by Waylon Lewis on May 29, 2010
Dennis Hopper, at 74, has lost his battle with cancer. An original Hollywood bad boy, a hippie, a rebel, a creep…I loved him in Easy Rider (which he also directed), Hoosiers, Cool Hand Luke, Apocalypse Now. But he went way back to the early days of TV, to old school movies with James Dean. RIP, [...]
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Yawning in Yoga? Sleeping Well is a Prerequisite for Awakening.
by Ricardo das Neves on May 29, 2010
There’s a young woman who yawns in every yoga class she’s taken with me. It’s a gentle yoga class that I’ve been teaching for years on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. And when I say gentle, I mean gentle: if we’re getting up off the floor, we’re already doing a lot. So she yawns, not once, [...]
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Catching Thoughts: Can’t Put a Cork in it Forever.
by Celia Aurora de Blas on May 29, 2010
Answer: They will come back. Now what is the question?
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The Practice of Appreciation
by Diana Mercer on May 29, 2010
My friends Amy and Anna are getting married today. I wanted to get them a toaster, but instead of presents, they asked for appreciations. I love this gift. The process of reflecting carefully on my friends, and articulating all the taken-for-granted qualities I love about them felt deeply satisfying. The little tags are tied onto [...]
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“A mostly unknown work of the late, great Dr. Seuss.”
by elephantjournal.com on May 29, 2010
With thanks for the tip on the below fun-but-not-funny image to Leilani Munter, who’s been doing a great job tweeting re the BP Gulf Oil Spill.
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Why elephant isn’t Vegan (but is all about Veganism).
by Waylon Lewis on May 29, 2010
The point of the legend of the blind men and the elephant is that we all think our way is best—when, really, if we could open our eyes, we’d all see that what we’re holding is just one aspect of the elephant—truth. Republicans, Democrats, rich, poor, black, latino, white, Asian…we all fundamentally want just about [...]
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Yoga in the Street.
by Shannon Paige Schneider on May 29, 2010
He stepped. He stepped. And he fell, from the wet sidewalk, off the curb and into the street, straight into a lane of traffic on Broadway. His cigarette remained held fast and suspended above the earth…
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Hairy Teeth & Blue Balls: more reasons to eat Organic
by Roger Wolsey on May 29, 2010
Great. Just as I’m noticing wayward hairs growing on places on my body where they didn’t when I was younger… and just as I reach the age where I no longer worry much about getting blue balls because of being sexually frustrated, now I discover that I also need to worry about getting hairy teeth [...]
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Live From Mountainfilm!
by Anna Brones on May 29, 2010
I’m spending the weekend with my partner in crime, Emily Nuchols, at the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride. We’ve got beautiful weather, great films and some amazing people. We’ll be bringing you a couple of live updates throughout the weekend. *** We kicked things off with beautiful weather and great food on Thursday night for the [...]
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Catching Thoughts: Get Out of Jail Free Card
by Celia Aurora de Blas on May 28, 2010
When I moved to LA a year and a half ago I was dating someone who was sending me mixed signals which constantly felt like the rug was being pulled out from under my feet and old wounds from my Dad didn’t just surface but erupted which affected my emotional stability as well. Needless to [...]
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I Live on Pandora – And We Got a Yurt!
by Dylan Barmmer on May 28, 2010
I am an Incredibly Blessed Man. I live in Southern California. I get paid to write for a living. I get to practice yoga all the time. I live in one of the most “conscious” communities in America. I have an abundance of beautiful, talented and cool friends. I’m brilliant and witty and handsome and [...]
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Where Are All These People Going, And Do They Know That There is a Volcano Under the Ocean? …And Get Well Bono.g
by Joana Smith on May 28, 2010
Lately, I feel like I’m racing around and getting nothing done……………… …..it’s depressing………… Dear friend~I woke up this morning, and realized, that now our year has ended, there are a few things I want to say to you… “I know a girl, she’s like the sea, I watch her changing every day for me, oh, [...]
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