Hi TOK List,
I hope folks are doing ok given all the
flux in the world. I have been doing quite a bit of zooming
with friends and family, which I recommend. If anyone would
like to chat on zoom, please shoot me a note. Also, I was
thinking about setting up a general time for a zoom gathering
for those on the TOK list. Let me know if you might be
interested.
I think now is the time for some
significant reflection and, hopefully, cultivating wisdom and
capacities for psychological mindfulness. If we follow the
basic principles of CALM, we can take some time to step
outside our normal stream of thoughts, feelings and ways of
relating and be responsive and reflective, both to ourselves
and to the others around us. I know it is stressful. And if we
can maintain attitudes of curiosity, acceptance, loving
compassion, and motivation toward valued states of being in
the short and long term we will be cultivating the kind of
attitude that will enable us to learn and grow in positive
ways.
Here is an interesting reframe along
those lines.
Karuna is Sanskrit for
‘the
state of compassion and self-compassion that leads to
Buddhahood’.
Let’s
turn coronavirus into karunavirus.
The
karunavirus, in her infinite compassion
is
creating an opportunity where we can re-gather ourselves,
care
for ourselves,
each
other
and
the planet.
by
Kelly
Wendorff
Care to all,
Gregg
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