A Joyful Mind | Meditation and Mindfulness Documentary
Today, the accelerating pace of life poses real challenges to our wellbeing. At the same time, new understandings about meditation are shedding light on how its transformative powers can improve our daily lives. A Joyful Mind pulls back the curtain on what it means to meditate, on what modern science reveals about its benefits, and on how meditation and mindfulness can be used in workplaces and schools. This groundbreaking film serves to clear up the confusion around meditation perpetuated by the media. It features the experiences of both novice and master meditators, highlighting Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, whose teachings have touched people around the world with their clarity, wit and personal insight into how meditation can have a positive impact on our daily lives. www.ajoyfulmind.com
https://youtu.be/HBX92PT3264
Friday, July 23, 2021
“There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness.”
I had more fun making this video than any I can remember in the recent past. Making giant bubbles may turn into an ongoing hobby. Some of my younger cousins have certainly enjoyed it as well! The bubbles seen in this video all used the three part bubble mix that I show being made. 24 oz Dishwashing Liquid 1 tbsp J-Lube (The most important part for giant bubbles) 3 US gal Water After filming all the shots used in this video I started experimenting with baking powder and found that 3 tbsp added to the above mix improves the longevity and durability of the bubbles significantly. The ones in the video may have been large, but I have since been able to make them much larger! As I mention at the end of the video, the size increases greatly as you learn. Here is a source for J-Lube as promised (one bottle makes hundreds of gallons of bubble mix): http://www.amazon.com/One-10-oz-bottl... For those outside of the USA it may be difficult to find J-Lube. An alternative giant bubble mix uses
Guar Gum instead, and quite effectively. Guar Gum is common worldwide. More info about bubble mixes using Guar Gum and where it is usually available for purchase can be found here: http://soapbubble.wikia.com/wiki/Reci... For my bubble wand I use two fishing poles similar to this model: http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Fou...
The fishing poles come in four sections, but I removed the last section because it was too flimsy to support the heavy wet rope. The tri string loop is attached to the end of the third section of each pole. As shown in the video, I use carabiners as an easy way of taking loops on and off, though a loop could just as easily be taped directly to the pole. The rope I use for my tri string loop is 100% cotton clothes line with the core removed as demonstrated. Removing the core allows the rope to absorb significantly more bubble mix which allows much larger bubbles to be made. For more information about making a tri string wand (it's not a difficult thing to figure out on your own) you can do more reading here (there are also listed a number of other wand types that may be of interest): http://soapbubble.wikia.com/wiki/Gett... Thank you for being one of the proud few who read video descriptions! If you would really like to help me out I would love it if you would share this video on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever else the kids are using these days. Thanks for watching! #NightHawkInLight
1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)
From about 1500 BC to 1200 BC, the Mediterranean region played host to a complex cosmopolitan and globalized world-system. It may have been this very internationalism that contributed to the apocalyptic disaster that ended the Bronze Age. When the end came, the civilized and international world of the Mediterranean regions came to a dramatic halt in a vast area stretching from Greece and Italy in the west to Egypt, Canaan, and Mesopotamia in the east. Large empires and small kingdoms collapsed rapidly. With their end came the world’s first recorded Dark Ages. It was not until centuries later that a new cultural renaissance emerged in Greece and the other affected areas, setting the stage for the evolution of Western society as we know it today. Professor Eric H. Cline of The George Washington University will explore why the Bronze Age came to an end and whether the collapse of those ancient civilizations might hold some warnings for our current society.
Considered for a Pulitzer Prize for his recent book 1177 BC, Dr. Eric H. Cline is Professor of Classics and Anthropology and the current Director of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at The George Washington University. He is a National Geographic Explorer, a Fulbright scholar, an NEH Public Scholar, and an award-winning teacher and author. He has degrees in archaeology and ancient history from Dartmouth, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania; in May 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree (honoris causa) from Muhlenberg College. Dr. Cline is an active field archaeologist with 30 seasons of excavation and survey experience.
The views expressed in this video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Capital Area Skeptics.
In his talk, "The Public Health Roots of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction," Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn described the core elements of MBSR, its roots in public health, and some of the lines of evidence supporting its clinical effectiveness across a wide range of medical conditions and diagnoses.
My daily struggle is to understand what is important, to my situation, in the constant barrage of information on the Internet. What can and should be ignored? Is my purpose to seek distraction, novelty and entertainment? Or is the goal and purpose to my Net Surfing to gain valuable knowledge? What do I hope to accomplish?
“There are things that attract human attention, and there is often a huge gap between what is important and what is attractive and interesting."
- Yuval Noah Harari
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
Mark
Williams is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of
Oxford. He is also a world-expert on mindfulness. Here he discusses what
this practice has to offer us. If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/all/
Mark
Williams is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of
Oxford. He is also a world-expert on mindfulness. Here he discusses what
this practice has to offer us. If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/all/
Professor
Mark Williams explores how mindfulness has the potential to transform
our lives and help create a happier a more caring society. He introduces
the concept of mindfulness, including some practical examples, and show
how it can help us cope better with problems and discover a greater
sense of choice in how we lead our lives. He also shares his perspective
on the wider mindfulness movement. This talk was filmed at an Action
for Happiness event in London on 21 Jan 2015
If you have much, give of your wealth;
If you have little, give of your Heart.~ Rumi