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Lilipoh Articles
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Written by Matthew Temple
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Tuesday, 01 April 2008 |
Being a part of a progressive community, many of us find it easy enough to challenge the status quo of the world in which we live. But we need to move into being able to challenge our own status quo. The things we learn and the beliefs we forge all become a part of who we are. No matter how progressive those are, we must remain supple enough to challenge these beliefs so as to avoid any absolutism or fundamentalism, which can be born of believing in the apparent genius of an idea, philosophy or cosmology.
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Written by Matthew Temple
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Saturday, 15 December 2007 |
What does it really mean to give something a name? Old folklore suggests that telling someone your name gives them power over you. Why? Because the name is an answer. It is solidified and deadening. The name is static and most of us do not have the level of consciousness to re-think each name we hear and change our understanding of what that name symbolizes, based on whatever new is living in the being at that moment. |
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Written by Helen Carroll
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Sunday, 16 September 2007 |
This short biography of Sandra Gamarano, co-founder of Aramitan, was written by a high school student whose meeting with this exceptional woman has inspired her and helped show that with the right nurturance, a rose can grow from the rough and that indeed, hope can breed hope. |
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Written by Kathleen Morse
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Wednesday, 29 August 2007 |
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Walk Your Talk, an international, traveling youth conference crossing-boundaries took place in Israel and Palestine this past May. It was a gathering of young people from around the world. We came together to travel, break down cultural boundaries and allow our humanity to be revealed in each other. |
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Written by Stefan Klocek
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Monday, 04 December 2006 |
More hours per day spent listening to an iPod than listening to husband or wife. A greater number of people on the morning commute bus talking or typing on their phones than are having conversations with the person next to them. A mother trying to juggle her cell phone, shopping bags and a child, the child receiving the least amount of attention. Family getting together for the holidays, the TV blares as background to every conversation. |
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