by Lama Surya Das

The TAO OF TWITTER is—like a standup comedian’s good one liner, haiku poetry, and the old fashioned singing telegram—rich with the magical power and incandescent immediacy of nowness, which is part and parcel of the power of Tao. People are genuinely feeling this invisible yet palpable pulse, its heartbeat the ambient chatter [...]

By ALISON SMALE
PRAGUE — It was supposed to be an interview about the revolutions that overturned communism 20 years ago in Europe. But first, Vaclav Havel had a question.
Was it true that President Obama had refused to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington?
Mr. Havel is a fan of the Dalai Lama, who was among the [...]

Here is my latest Social Media video “How to Avoid the Energy and Time Vampires in your life, your business, and Social Media.” In this video you’ll get tips on your energy and”Good Feels Good, Bad Feels Bad;” your time~ productive time and your ‘kitchen timer test,” calculating the value of your time, and the [...]

By FRANCIS FUKUYAMA
Courtesy New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/books/review/Fukuyama-t.html?scp=3&sq=shopclass%20as%20soulcraft&st=cse

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“Shop Class as Soulcraft” is a beautiful little book about human excellence and the way it is undervalued in contemporary America.
Matthew B. Crawford, who owns and operates a motorcycle repair shop in Richmond, Va., and serves as a fellow at the University [...]

By SARAH LYALL

LONDON — She has been watched by more than 20.2 million people (and counting) on YouTube, Twittered about by Demi and Ashton, praised by Patti LuPone, admired by the bloggerati, snapped by the paparazzi, swarmed by camera crews, interrogated by reporters and restyled, sort of, for American television.
But [...]