Category Archives: Human-ness

Silence and silence

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Below is a short TED Talk  on choosing to speak, meaning to speak out, speak up, speak for, and speak to. And it made me reflect on silence when it is avoidance, or complicity, or out of fear versus when … Continue reading →

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Correct perception 2

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

What is correct perception? Correct means that which is done without error. To perceive is to cognize and have something become known through internal sense apparatus. Correct perception, then, is correct knowing accomplished through accurately using the internal senses. The … Continue reading →

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What is Nirvana?

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak
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The Power of Words

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Some videos are worth seeing again.

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Wake Up. Rise Up. Particpate. 4

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

It is a blustery November day. Gray skies, winds howling. It’s beautiful in its own way. Outside, somewhere in the neighborhood, some has been leaf-blowing for almost three hours. Complete folly. I smile not with judgement but with a question: … Continue reading →

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