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Jazz Fusion & Spirituality – Ivan Verrastro – Prologue (Sentience) – Video

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The Strange Spirituality of the Stars and the Psychological Sickness of Celebrities – Video

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Super Soul Original Short: Where Science and Spirituality Meet | Super Soul Sunday | OWN – Video

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Super Soul Original Short: Where Science and Spirituality Meet | Super Soul Sunday | OWN
Sister Joan Chittister, a renowned spiritual author, says science is the spiritual director of this age. Now, we #39;re exploring the mystery and wonder of the u...

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The Pineal Gland (Science, Spirituality, DMT & Decalcification) – Video

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Whats up guys, today I thought I #39;d go over one of the most important parts of the human body; The Pineal Gland. I #39;ll be covering the science of it, the spiritual sides of it, and how to Decalcify...

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Sri sri sri Guru viswa sphoorthi First media speech in Penuganchi Prolu – Video

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The medium performance is neither spirituality nor materiality but, through combination of spirituality materiality i.e., universally pervaded "Supreme Soul". Everything (both materiality...

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Jazz Fusion & Spirituality – Ivan Verrastro – A Night in the Blue Forest (Sentience) – Video

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WORK LIFE | Promoting spirituality in the workplace nurtures bonds, builds values

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Text by Elyse Go | Photo by Bernard Testa | InterAksyon Lifestyle Section Wednesday, March 4, 2015 8:15 am

Corporate retreats help strengthen the bond of the team and help individuals review the values important in their personal and work life. Photo by Bernard Testa, InterAksyon.com.

Spirituality is the way we relate to God and the Divine, defines Fr. Aristotle Dy SJ, Ph.D.,a member of the Society of Jesus and currently the School President of Xavier School.

The workplace and business world can be very competitive, profit and results driven, as if these are the most essential things in the world. But there are times when focusing on work alone leads one to ask about the meaning and purpose of life. People bring their entire self to worknot just the body, but mind and spirit as well. It is normal for people to seek a sense of security in their work, not only in terms of their job but perhaps in their level of happiness, morale, and connection with their team and the other individuals they face at work.

It is apparent, he adds, that promoting spirituality in the workplace has a lot of positive effects on the individual and as a team, including building a sense of community, cultivating compassion for others, strengthening values, providing a support system especially for those coping with personal trials such as grieving or those who have to care for sick members of the family.

Staying connected with our spiritual life will keep us grounded and always be reminded of the value of life and important values such as honesty, loving our neighbors, and many other important traits that will make the workplace a positive environment.

Fr. Ari gives some suggestions on how to incorporate spirituality in the workplace through activities that are spiritual in nature and can benefit all but goes beyond particular religion.Though these are faith-based, it should also encourage diversity and respect for others.

These activities need not follow particular religious traditions, but can be more generic so that those who belong to the minority do not feel left out, Fr. Ari shared.

1. Organize special talks or activities. As an example, Fr. Ari suggests organizing talks and activities on the last day before the Holy Week break. Organizing special talks may actually be done at any time for a particular topic or perhaps before any special religious commemoration. The talk may not necessarily be an elaborate gathering, it could be an intimate lunch or after-work meeting of like-minded people who are willing to share their faith beliefs, reflections, and practices.

2. Investment in a place for worship or meditation. Fr. Ari shares that some companies have invested in building Catholic chapels within the company premise and hold regular Masses. Though people are not required to attend the rites, attendance is actually quite high and shows that it addresses a particular need and desire among employees.It may not necessarily even have to be a chapel but a prayer or meditation room wherepeople can go for refuge and for praying.

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Teen girls joining Isis jihadis

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Psychologists, sociologists, political analysts and experts on religion and spirituality should be outdoing one another to find reasons why female teenagers barely out of their childhood years are leaving home and country to join Isis (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). This group is considered to be a terrorist threat with intent to rule the world by creating a global caliphate.

Isis, through mainstream media, continues to show the world the cruelty and barbarity it inflicts on those it considers antipathetic to its cause, especially Christians who, simply because they were Christians, were beheaded for the world to see. These Coptic Christians were not even armed fighters against Isis.

But social media is where recruitment happens. Vulnerable, impressionable and disaffected teens can get fascinated by the idea of joining and fighting for a bloody cause that attaches a religious value to it, an eternal one at that. (Twitter recently removed Isis accounts and, as a result, received threats from Isis.)

I found a recruitment video on the Internet, one that showed armed jihadists with gentle faces and modulated voices repeatedly invoking the name of God and speaking persuasively about why joining Isis would give meaning to ones life (lush greenery and soft chanting in the background). The gist of the message is this: Jihad does not need you, you need jihad, and God does not need you, you need God. The recruiters also mention the countries where their recent recruits are from.

Compared to Isis beheading videos, the recruitment video is not blood-curdling but a soft-sell. But listen to the words.

There are many opposing and overlapping views on what Isis is, how it came to be, or what spawned it. In his controversial article What ISIS really wants in The Atlantic, Graeme Wood said: The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse.

Haroon Moghul hit back with his The Atlantics big Islam lie: What Muslims really believe about ISIS: But for every deluded soul ISIS ensnares, or who seeks them out, countless more condemn them, oppose them, reject them or fight them. Its beyond a stretch to argue that ISIS represents Islam, is grounded in Islam, or justified by Islam. Thats not to say they dont claim religious mandates, or exploit religion to enable their savagery. Its that no ones buying it.

Whatever Isis is in ones Islamic spectrum, the grim reality is that it has succeeded in luring young people to join them, like the three British school girls who, it was discovered too late, were on their way to the Middle East. How and why they made that step, their parents have no clue. Then there was this pregnant Austrian teen who left all to join Isis.

Read The Guardians Schoolgirl jihadis: Female Islamists leaving home to join Isis fighters, which is about hundreds of girls and women going missing in the west, reappearing in Iraq and Syria to bear children for the caliphate.

But in the Vox website, lawyer Amada Taub says that The Guardian doesnt explain why a surprising number of women in the West have been leaving their homes to join ISIS in Iraq and Syria. She cites Dr. Erin Saltman, who researches processes of political radicalization, and who estimates that one in 10 of Isis foreign recruits from the United Kingdom are women.

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Where spirituality meets education

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An old woman, of French origin is seated in a Garden, wearing a beatific smile.

Surrounding her are many people - educators, spiritual seekers, mothers asking her questions The questions are all about children: How do I create silence in my class? How do I react when I see my child constantly asking for material things? What should I do when I see a child lying? And so on. In the background there are children dressed in white playing. The old woman is The Mother, the Spiritual collaborator of Shri Aurobindo. And the setting is the Shri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry.

So, why are questions about children being directed to a spiritual teacher? An understanding of the background of these two great people - Shri Aurobindo and The Mother, would be helpful.

Shri Aurobindo was an Indian Nationalist, philosopher and a poet who joined the Freedom movement and was imprisoned by the British Government.

In his Tales of prison life he writes, The only result of the wrath of the British Government was that I found God. Else readers may think that suffering is the only fact of prison life. On discovering his spiritual impulse, he later moved to Pondicherry and worked on his spiritual aspirations.

Mira Alfassa, born in France, known to her followers as The Mother came to Shri Aurobindos spiritual retreat in 1914. And became his spiritual collaborator. She brought with her varied and rich experiences including her associations with the likes of Monet and Rabindranath Tagore.

She had a deep interest in children and founded the school in the Ashram where she worked closely with teachers and children and defined her educational philosophy. Her book titled On Education reveals her profound understanding of children and education in the light of spirituality.

There are two distinguishing features that stand out from other educators in Mothers approach to education.

One is her conviction that education begins at birth, or even before birth. Two, her extraordinary focus on physical education.

She believed that education of the child began from the time of conception. She believed that the nature of the child to be born is greatly influenced by the mothers aspirations, will and the physical environment.

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