Re: [xmca] Fwd: Thanksgiving

Thanks to XMCA for keeping me thinking relevant things in the middle
of my working days.
David

On Nov 22, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Mike Cole wrote:

> Below is the beginning of a thought which people might complete in
> their own
> ways.
>
> In the US it is Thanksgiving Day. Tomorrow is the largest
> conumption day of
> the year
> not because it is a day late in stopping to think THOSE THOUGHTS, bug
> because the day
> after Thanksgiving day is the start of Chistmas consumption madness
>
> So distribution of other thoughts with respect to the corresponding
> invitation to consume seem welcome.
> American National Public Radio had a lot of interesting things to
> tell about
> the centrality of consumption
> to post-postal Capitalism.
>
> What do you think?
>
> mike
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Frank Kessel <kesfam@pdq.net>
> Date: Nov 22, 2007 10:18 AM
> Subject: Thanksgiving
> To: Frank Kessel <kesfam@pdq.net>
>
>
>
>
> http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=HY27482779
>
> Thanks Giving - is a time of gratitude for family and further
> for extending the circle of our loving beyond the borders of mere
> flesh and
> blood.
> Let's try to be mindful, gratefully noticing the good
> in our lives with gratitude. But let's not stop at that. Why
> not take it to the next step - to a deeper level, by practicing
> gratitude. Mindfulness in action. Share in some way. Think about what
> you have with deep appreciation and rather than just giving in to
> greed,
> wanting more of this or that, or the next this or that - Just Give.
> With
> so much need in the world - all around, in each of us, and in all
> of us,
> just give.
> There is justness and righteousness in it.
> *
> ~ Lama Surya Das
> *
> * * * * * * * *
> *<image001.gif>_______________________________________________
> xmca mailing list
> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca

David Preiss, Ph.D.
Subdirector de Extensión y Comunicaciones
Escuela de Psicología
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Av Vicuña Mackenna 4860
Macul, Santiago
Chile

Fono: 3544605
Fax: 3544844
e-mail: davidpreiss@uc.cl
web personal: http://web.mac.com/ddpreiss/
web institucional: http://www.epuc.cl/profesores/dpreiss

_______________________________________________
xmca mailing list
xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
Received on Thu Nov 22 11:57 PST 2007