400 voices, 400 animals and a thousand tears.

Los Angeles 2013



Madrid 2011

I discovered these films today, and was quite surprised at how few views the videos have had.

I guess people just dont want to look at this stuff.

400 people stand in solidarity for the billions of animals that are destroyed and cruelty and painfully slaughtered by human hands every day.

I beg you to awaken to a world free from cruelty, a world where we can exist as one. This is not idealistic, this is possible.

I have been vegan for 7 months now and my sense of compassion and love of all life has never been stronger.

I have never felt better.

You can make a difference in the world today, a real difference: http://chooseveganism.org/


About the film:

On December 10 2011, Animal Equality celebrated International Animal Rights Day in Madrid, to highlight that the respect that we have for individuals of our own species should be extended to other animals.

More than 400 activists from different countries held in their hands the victims of one of the biggest injustices that exists in today's society. Throughout the event there was a respectful silence, and the public were able to see the real faces and victims of animal consumption. Giving them the opportunity to consider the need for respect towards other animals with whom we share the planet

Daisaku Ikeda on the importance of being a compassionate leader

A leader in the SGI should always act from a place of compassion.

This is probably some of the MOST important guidance, I have ever read regarding our organisation from Sensei.

If you are a leader, please ENGRAVE this in your heart.
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Just because we practice the Daishonin’s Buddhism, however, doesn’t make us in any way special. Essentially we are in
no way different from other people, except for the fact that we base ourselves on chanting to the Gohonzon. There is
no such thing as a special kind of human being. To assume an elitist air is the behavior of fanatics. We have no room for such people in the SGI.

Human beings are just that— human beings. They can never be anything more. Consequently, the true purpose of faith is to enable human beings to polish and develop themselves as human beings.

In particular, we must ensure that we do not have leaders who, suffering from delusions of grandeur, become dictatorial, highhanded and oppressive toward the members. This is the exact opposite of what a leader should be.

Daisaku Ikeda
(My Dear Friends in America, third edition, p. 355)

Krista Tippett Speaks to Ellen Langer on the science of mindlessness and mindfulness.

Social psychologist Ellen Langer's unconventional studies have long suggested what brain science is now revealing: our experiences are formed by the words and ideas we attach to them. Naming something "play" rather than "work" can mean the difference between delight and drudgery. She is one of the early pioneers — along with figures like Jon Kabat-Zinn and Herbert Benson — in drawing a connection between mindlessness and unhappiness, between mindfulness and health. Dr. Langer describes mindfulness as achievable without meditation or yoga — as “the simple act of actively noticing things.”

Ellen Langer

is a social psychologist and a professor in the Psychology Department at Harvard University. Her books include Mindfulness and Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility.

Good people, helping other people and creating value in our society.

Sevenly People : Nick Jacobs from Mark Anderson on Vimeo.

Seenly was built upon the idea that “People Matter”. This includes everyone from the people that benefit from the money we raise, to the people that support the charities, to the people that keep Sevenly moving. This is the first film in a new series called, “Sevenly People”. The series will focus on individual team members, who they are and what they do. The first in this series is of Nick Jacobs, the buyer.

Nick has a very simple yet profound quality about himself, which is his ability to recognize the possibility in every situation, whether it’s doing laundry at the laundromat or losing a job. That quality coupled with his natural craving for adventure has taken him across the world. If you ever have the opportunity to cross Nick’s path, make sure to treat him to a coffee and ask him to tell you the tale of how he went from shopping for a used washing machine and ended up on a hippie reservation.
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After interviewing Nick, we realized there was a lot of amazing things he said that didn’t make it into the video. So we transcribed some of those excerpts, beginning with his decision to travel the world after leaving his job of 10 years.

You can read the full article here: blog.sevenly.org/sevenly-people-nick-jacobs

Check out Sevenly: http://www.sevenly.org/

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CREDITS
Directed by: Brandon Wall & Mark Anderson
Creative Direction: Danny Blanton
Art Direction: Trevor Rogers
Lettering: Zachary Smith
Music:
"Foreign Bodies" by Radiation City
"Building Houses" by Wesley Jensen
Music Licensed by Marmoset

We must be crazy

Milow - We Must Be Crazy from Stink on Vimeo.

A beautiful short film/music video that tells the story of a young couple who can not have a baby of their own and they use technology to fulfill their needs.

Our technology is an extension of us.

It is a part of us.

It is still a very new part of who we are, but soon and in time, I believe, we will be able to project our consciousness into it, and become something quite different all together.

Something more than just human.

The question is, will we retain our humanity, the closer we get to our technology.

Or will it be lost.

Only time will tell.


About the filmNorman Bates new music video for Milow is a cinematic retro-futuristic take on the classic fairytale Pinnocchio with a post modern twist. A tale about the desperation of loneliness and the limitations of technology to battle it.

Director: Norman Bates
Producer: Chou-Jung Kuo
Production manager: Thomas Anthoni
Director of photography: Bjorn Charpentier
Editor: Gert Van Berckelaer

Ego's desire to be on top

Always be aware of the ego, it loves to be right. 

Putting all your energy into asserting your ego's desire to be right, could mean you miss an opportunity to create value.

When engaging in dialogue it is vital we respect the other person, even if we believe they are wrong.

There is no room in the mind of a Buddha for hatred, only when we act out of compassion are we able to transform the minds and hearts of others.

Robbie

Nam myoho renge kyo

How to denigrate your Buddha-nature in one easy step.

Complaints without action only lead to the denigration of the Buddha-Nature you have worked so hard to manifest.

If you are going to complain, make sure it is something you are willing to do something about, accept responsibility for or have a clear determination to transform it.

Nam myoho renge kyo

Robbie 

The Truth about your food. What you are about to see will shock you.

Do you really know where your food comes from>

Many of my meat eating friends have chosen to challenge me, regularly on my posts about meat consumption. And I am not complaining, its good. Dialogue on these issues is very important.

Not once have I ever said that eating meat is bad. For me, it is a personal and religious choice of mine to no longer consume animal products, as well as a decision to make the largest environmental impact I can through my diet choices, one choice among many.

The film Samsara illustrates the issue I have, because this is what we have become.

For many people their relationship with food is non-existent. For many when buying meat in a supermarket, its cleaned, plucked and marketed to to show happy healthy animals playing in fields. Most of this is a downright lie.

Your food is often genetically modified, highly medicated pumped with hormones and antibiotics and finally cruelly and painfully killed before it arrives on your plate.

Each of us has the power to make a choice with the food we eat.

EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED - and your choices are what shape the demand, the world we live in.

Something to think about.

SAMSARA food sequence from Baraka & Samsara on Vimeo.

An Ocean of Possibilities...

Dive in to the ocean of possibilities

Everything you are going to be, you already are. Everything you want to be is already within you. It is up to you to unlock the path that will take you to the future you desire.

For you and I exist in an infinite sea of limitless possibilities.

Nam myoho renge kyo
Robbie 

Wisdom and Age

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Wisdom comes with a seeking spirit. The desire to ask questions. The desire to listen and learn.

Wisdom does not come from stuck opinions and broken records.

Wisdom comes when you open your heart and mind to the the words and experiences of others.

Listen more, read more and be more open to the wisdom all around you.

Nam myoho renge kyo
Robbie