PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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Caption: A woman prays at Shwedagon Pagoda in the centre of Yangon, Myanmar., Credit: Christopher Davy
With the release of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in November 2010, Becky Palmstrom reflects on her time spent working for a...

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:07
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In death is the possibility of harvest - making life from the fruits of the passing season.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:25
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Celebrating the birthday of my 70 year old friend Louise, who is in full bloom.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
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I've spent much of my life ruled by the long-armed reach of the clock. Now, focusing on the present moment, I'm learning to live outside time.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
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At six years old, in my family's barren living room, Santa furnished our hearts with love.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:48
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Living in Scotland, where the mid-winter sun barely crests the horizon, a tiny oak seedling unfurled its leaves on solstice morning.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
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If I viewed my life as an experiment, a Petri dish of experience, what would I devote myself to?

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:24
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Imagine giving thanks for every aspect of Creation - how long would that take?

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:52
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In a used bookstore, I recognize that I view beloved books as family, as paper-bound kin

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:31
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The mind is a vicious master, searching for absolute certainty, which in truth is an illusion.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:15
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Like the ancient Celts, Halloween is a time for me to experiment with new forms and ways of being.

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:12
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A pair of owls hooting in the dawn are harbingers of death and awakening.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:07
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A friend writing her autobiography realizes her life is more fiction than fact.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:38
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Autumn equinox is a fleeting moment of balance, in a seasonal current that moves at breakneck speed.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:22
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How often do I unwittingly add to the debris that already challenges the flow of my life?

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
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I struggle to teach my boys to be cautious around strangers, and trust the world.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:27
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Laghunasadh, the beginning of the harvest, is a time to assess the "crops" I have planted this year.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
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Parents do not answer want ads in the classifieds, but their unpaid, unheralded job has some of the greatest rewards.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:34
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John, with his Cockney accent and rough humor, is a camouflaged guerilla healer.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:14
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Jimmy, a local Scottish man who became a regular visitor in the Findhorn garden, taught me most about communication.

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:27
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Wilderness brings me close to what is focused, awake, and joyful.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:39
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My father's nearing death reminds me that death is omnipresent, the defining dance of life.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:15
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In the wilderness of Haleakala, hot water is a gift fit for the Gods.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:03
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Are "natural disasters" really planetary "healing crises"?

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:19
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I have a more intimate relationship with fire because of the woodburning stove

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 05:05