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January 2015 – dreaming ourselves awake
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Living the Education Revolution Blog. January 14, 2015. June 19, 2016. How To Train A Grown up. 8220;I wish you weren’t moody or grumpy ever.”. Said my eight year son in a sad tone of voice. We were in the kitchen, I was preparing dinner and feeling stressed. My son hugged me and said,. 8220;I love you”. He then left. I sat down for a minute and my heart broke, I felt like I might start crying and never stop. Instead, I went to my son’s room and sat on his bedroom floor. 8220;Can we talk? January 13, 2015.
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Coming from a Place of Love – dreaming ourselves awake
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Living the Education Revolution Blog. March 17, 2013. March 17, 2013. Coming from a Place of Love. I recently read on Facebook a quote by his holiness, the Dalai Lama….”Forgive others, not because they deserve your forgiveness but because you deserve peace of mind”. So, where is the “Place of Love”? Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). Our Awkward Way Of ...
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Finding Hope Under a Conservative Government – dreaming ourselves awake
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Living the Education Revolution Blog. May 13, 2015. August 22, 2015. Finding Hope Under a Conservative Government. Photo by jasonking.org.uk. What can save us from the despair? I have an idea…. LOVE. I know that might sound a bit hippy (what’s wrong with being a hippy anyway? I have been making the effort to connect with people in shops, at tills, even saying a friendly “Hello” and smile to people I don’t like that much, not in a false way, but in an opening my heart way. The Way of the Warrior. You are ...
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March 2015 – dreaming ourselves awake
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Living the Education Revolution Blog. March 27, 2015. March 16, 2016. Are You in the TAO Yet? What is the Tao anyway? As I understand it, the Tao is about being in the flow of life, following the path of least resistance. Some might say it is being at one with God. When do we know we are in the Tao or out of it? I’m over here now, come on keep up! 8221; Maybe, the “Path of least resistance” is not about the physical world around us, but our own attitudes towards it. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window).
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The Way of the Warrior – dreaming ourselves awake
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Living the Education Revolution Blog. May 10, 2015. March 16, 2016. The Way of the Warrior. Photo by jasonking.org.uk. My friend Bruce Scott, always tells me a story in less than a minute. It is his practise to question why he is telling the story, he asks himself “. Why am I telling you this and what am I wanting you to know? 8220;parents, relatives, and friends” . Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window).
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November 2014 – dreaming ourselves awake
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Living the Education Revolution Blog. November 5, 2014. August 22, 2015. The Happiest Person I know. Photo by jasonking.org.uk. As, I was walking with my seven year old son a couple of days ago and listening to him talk I suddenly realised….he is the happiest person I know. He loves the world, he finds such joy in just being alive, he makes nothing “. 8221; or “. 8220;, he makes no judgements of people or their actions. If, he does not like being around someone he just says, “. 8220;, ignoring our true i...
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Benefit Scroungers: Part One – dreaming ourselves awake
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Living the Education Revolution Blog. May 28, 2015. August 22, 2015. Benefit Scroungers: Part One. Photo by jasonking.org.uk. My husband, grew up on one of the poorest and roughest Council Estates in South Wales. Three years ago, his childhood friend Darren, died in his flat alone. He was an alcoholic and had problems holding down a steady job. He was one of those. Those on benefits are lazy and it is all about “Hard Work. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Benefit Scroungers: Part Two.
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Moods, Phantoms and The Dalai Lama – dreaming ourselves awake
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Living the Education Revolution Blog. July 6, 2015. January 12, 2016. Moods, Phantoms and The Dalai Lama. 8220;My definition of being a real person is being awake to the spirits (moods) that go through you and taking responsibility for their effects on others.” Dr Arnold Mindell. I don’t know. When I heard this story I could feel the spacious, the realness and beauty in the Dalai Lama’s way of being. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). You are comment...
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July 2015 – dreaming ourselves awake
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Living the Education Revolution Blog. July 23, 2015. January 12, 2016. Why I Don’t Socialise. I want to connect. For me, socialising is not connecting. Socialising drains my energy, connection brings me alive. I can have a deeper and more real connection with a total stranger I meet for a few minutes, than in a room full of people I know “Socialising”. Collecting as many people as you can to be so called “Friends”, is not about connection or authentic relationships. Often, it is about the...July 6, 2015.
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February 2015 – dreaming ourselves awake
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Living the Education Revolution Blog. February 28, 2015. March 17, 2016. I’m imagining the escape. The escape from a Tory run Britain where culture; the arts, music, independent films are budget cut into non-existence. Where families and communities are commodities to be exploited by the rich. I’m imagining gathering up my family in my arms, like the precious bundle they are, as I whisper in their ears, “. You deserve better than this…I, deserve better than this. 8220; Will we do it? From the mountain,.
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