Living In Courage » global issues http://www.livingincourageonline.com A Spiritual Oasis - Encouragement for Overcoming Life's Biggest Challenges Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Charter for Compassion – A Courageous Way To Live http://www.livingincourageonline.com/courage/charter-for-compassion-a-courageous-way-to-live/ http://www.livingincourageonline.com/courage/charter-for-compassion-a-courageous-way-to-live/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:27:24 +0000 Debra Oakland http://livingincourageonline.com/?p=1162

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The Charter for Compassion is the result of Karen Armstrong’s 2008 TED Prize wish, made possible by the generous support of the Fetzer Institute. It will be unveiled to the world on November 12, 2009.

You may wonder what Charter for Compassion is all about.  Their Golden Rule is to put themselves in the shoes of others.  How do you want others to act toward you?  Do the same for them. Harmlessness.  This is a group of multi-faith, multi-national council of thinkers and leaders.  Charter for Compassion seeks to change the conversation around compassion, so it becomes a key word in public and private discourse, bringing clarity that any ideology  breeding hatred or contempt, be it religious or secular, has failed the test of our time.  To show that in our divided world, compassion finds a common voice. May we all Live in Courage and Compassion.

The wonderful video below is of Karen Armstrong as she accepts her 2008 TED Prize and asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion — to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.


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Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

Jill describes the left and right hemispheres of the brain, what their functions are, how they affect us on a global scale, who we are in relation to having 2 cognitive minds with the power to choose the life we want to live or to be separate. Which do you choose? I have made my decision and will do everything in my scope of influence to spread the word.

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