we’ve talked about wonder…what about curiosity? when you hear the word curiosity, what comes up for you? do you think of a wide-eyed child drinking in the world around, a nosy individual prying for more information, an insatiable hunger? what is your definition of curiosity? i found this graphic at a great site, see hear […]
Author Archives: ashley
ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions. divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change. the flux of the human heart is gone forever at the transfixing touch of pure love. ~pramhansa yogandanda comments: I was just thinking to myself how much you would enjoy Kriyananda’s talks on community (since its […]
create the place
this story from integral naked really inspired in me the passion to “create the life you want.” what’s stopping us from having the ideal job? merging our loves and passions with our careers? let’s join together in creating social change that is inspired by consciously and actively sharing the gifts we each have to offer. […]
pensive toes
arousal
some interesting research that i read about in the jurnal of counseling and development. the theory being tested was that emotions result from the cognitive labeling of pysiological arousal states. For example, in one classic study, male subjects walked across either a shaky or a stable bridge and were then asked to tell a story […]
john kerry
check out these qualities attributed to john kerry in this new york time’s article. He pokes at the perimeter of the campaign bubble that envelops him, constantly trying to break out for a walk around the block, a restaurant dinner, the latest movie. Landing one sunny day in St. Louis, Mr. Kerry wandered off the […]
some blog somewhere out there linked me to these incredible pictures, A Closer Look: Secretory Structures of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, found at herbalgram.org. this particular picture is Clary sage (Salvia sclarea L., Lamiaceae) showing stalked and sessile secretory glands on the calyx trichomes (Cryo-SEM, magnified 752 times actual size). when you go to the […]