Metta
– (In Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Ásism, etc.) universal loving-kindness
Meta-
– [Pref.] all-reflective; self-reflexive; all-inclusive; self-inclusive; self-referential; alternation; transformation; transcending; alongside; change; changed; beyond; behind; higher; after; later; underlying; more developed; more comprehensive…
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The hairpin finest things turn upon can be
Like a hyphen – unheard, love-free or love free
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“… courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.”
Michelle Obama
“… the living imagination of Nature itself [is] the imagination we must match in our picturing of Nature.”
Oliver Sacks
“… To some people this seems too much — they feel you can’t dream that way, you must have a smaller dream. But sometimes it’s good to dream bigger. This is what I’ve been telling our world leaders: dream big, make your ambitions bigger.”
Malala Yousafzai
“Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite […] the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed […] The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.”
Nelson Mandela
“We must come to terms with nature, and I think we’re challenged as mankind has never been challenged before to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature, but of ourselves.”
Rachel Carson
“The apocalypse has arrived in major portions of the planet and it’s only because we live within a bubble of incredible privilege and social insulation that we still have the luxury of anticipating the apocalypse.”
Terence McKenna
“We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own – indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. This will happen if we see the need to revive our sense of belonging to a larger family of life, with which we have shared our evolutionary process. ”
Wangari Maathai
“Impossible, yes, so let’s get to work…”
Philippe Petit
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Current Focuses:
RIGHTS & RESOURCES
~ especially for women and girls
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL WELFARE
~ especially that of the most exploited and endangered
DEVELOPMENTALLY SELF-EMPOWERING, SELF-CRITICAL SYSTEMS / ‘MAGIC’
~ especially sensibility, metacognition, drive, behaviour, from individuals to organisations
~ compassion energetically equating with deeper self-interest
~ et bleedin cetera
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“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Saint-Exupéry & Woods
