{"id":68,"date":"2017-03-28T22:16:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T22:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2018-07-13T19:46:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T19:46:02","slug":"inspiration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration (Broad Spectrum)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Videos and InterWebs Stuff That May Inspire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to those who make these resources available!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Thupten Ginpa<\/strong> offers a &#8220;Yes!&#8221; to the Question: &#8220;Does [true] altruism exist?&#8221; and continues that &#8220;while mindfulness requires cultivation, compassion is natural.&#8221; (My paraphrasing&#8230;)\u00a0 On compassion and altruism from another domain and perspective, see also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Field-Notes-Compassionate-Life-Kindness\/dp\/1579547117\">Field Notes on the Compassionate Life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FMpMVot2eoY\" width=\"336\" height=\"189\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanvisionarythemovie.com\/\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanvisionarythemovie.com\/\">documentary movie<\/a> (Amazon Prime? etc.): <strong>Barbara Marx Hubbard<\/strong> &#8211; her documentary &#8211; Why? Contemporary voice of hope that affirms the beauty of aging and a realistic yet positive and constructive perspective on changing gender roles (youtube video clip trailer here below).\u00a0 A real look at her life and work.<\/p>\n<p>The movie itself reminds me of some Ram Dass talks on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yNsiZog2g2k\">Conscious Aging<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lTckt3djwKE\" width=\"336\" height=\"189\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>youtube: <strong>Dalai Lama<\/strong>&#8216;s Guide to Happiness &#8212; I like: &#8220;&#8230; same body &#8230; new person &#8230;&#8221; and the &#8220;[&#8230; the gas problem &#8230;]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IUEkDc_LfKQ\" width=\"336\" height=\"189\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Buzz Words: Compassion.\u00a0 Warm-heartedness.\u00a0 Affection.\u00a0 Closeness.<\/p>\n<p>Other Dalai Lama Video Links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xnr2SPHLraI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dalai Lama speaks on Inner Peace, Inner Values &amp; Mental States<\/a> &#8212; I like the moment when the mic goes out and the relationship with his interpreter (Thupten Jinpa!).\u00a0 Maybe a point or two don&#8217;t really work for me in the context of my\/our tendencies for interpretation in our culture (e.g. tendency toward guilt and shame), but the general sense I very much appreciate.\u00a0 Friendly and blunt.\u00a0 Great approach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gO7RQi55asY?t=37m42s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature of the Mind (Dalai Lama at UC SB) with Thupten Jinpa<\/a> &#8212; The starting point embedded in the link here, somewhere around minute 37 and 38, very interesting concept that (in my paraphrasing here) the non-virtuous\/destructive states of mind can only exist or operate up to a particular level of gross (coarse, dense) mind, and beyond that, in the subtle realms, these thoughts or mind states cannot exist.\u00a0 Aha.\u00a0 I imagine I&#8217;m taking this a bit too loosely, nonetheless: Anyone whose felt the lift in clarity and expansiveness of perspective after a yoga class or body work session or walk in nature, I think, feels this in some quiet way quite directly.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>youtube: <strong>Thupten Jinpa<\/strong> &#8211; several videos out there where he promotes the practical application of compassion and the Buddhist contemplative techniques to the realities of navigating relationships.\u00a0 Refreshing and Very Useful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CutiSHXIDp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives with Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CutiSHXIDp4?ecver=2\" width=\"336\" height=\"189\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>youtube: <strong>Alan Watts via Word Porn@YouTube<\/strong> &#8211; Mid-Century Western reflections on Eastern perspectives. Always fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6Qb5sx65kRE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This is why you&#8217;re not Happy | Alan Watts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Qb5sx65kRE\" width=\"336\" height=\"189\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videos and InterWebs Stuff That May Inspire Thanks to those who make these resources available! Thupten Ginpa offers a &#8220;Yes!&#8221; to the Question: &#8220;Does [true] altruism exist?&#8221; and continues that &#8220;while mindfulness requires cultivation, compassion is natural.&#8221; (My paraphrasing&#8230;)\u00a0 On compassion and altruism from another domain and perspective, see also Field Notes on the Compassionate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}