Conscious Minute

Casual moments with conscious intent.

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Soul recognizes soul. Giving begets receiving, a virtuous cycle.

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Find a way to serve that you love to do, work toward the edges by finding and working with the others that are at the edge of serving most impactfully in those areas, and keep going.

Tom Chi, co-founder of Google X

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Picture this: you’re hurtling through the cosmos at 800 kilometers per second

Hold up your hands and clap them together. Wait one second, then do it again.

If you could plot the distance between the first clap and the second clap, it would be more than 800 kilometers.

This is because the Earth is moving around the sun, the sun is moving around the center of the galaxy, the galaxy is moving through the Virgo Supercluster, and the Virgo Supercluster is barreling through the universe. When you add up all the velocities and compare the result to the cosmic microwave background (which is the closest thing we have to a universal frame of reference), it comes out to about 800 kilometers per second.

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One of the best skills to have in life is being a good learner.

David Resnick

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The higher you go the lower you bow.

Troy Carter, Nexus Youth Summit #WeAreNexus

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Mind over matter | mind is matter | matter is mind Consciousness, cognition, and perception are interlinked. There isn't a definite explanation at this point for whether consciousness creates biology or whether biology creates consciousness, or whether there's some other sort of non-dualistic explanation.

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Zen and the art of parenting, by @asandystudio

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It's never too late to do something to bring back your imaginative, expansive self, even if it's just something small. No one even has to know about it if you don't want them to.

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Spending more conscious time with Instagram

There are many accounts in Instagram with beautiful, inspiring, and educational imagery. Here’s a list of some accounts you can follow to get those sorts of images, and when you look at them, spend at least ten seconds on each image instead of thumbing quickly through them.

@tinyweapon city and nature photography from Japan @croyable city and nature photography from the Netherlands @loki_the_wolfdog a guy takes his huskie to all sorts of beautiful places in nature @nasa photos from space @awacrj Jet Blue pilot shares photos from the cockpit

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Sometimes we feel alone and disconnected. Here's a meditation that will assist you in feeling more supported and connected.

1) Imagine that there is a treasure trove of loving and supportive energy that is compressed and compacted in the earth about 20 feet below where you are. If it helps, you can visualize balls of dirt with a golden glow shining from inside and faintly around the outside.

2) Imagine the energy escaping from the earth. It is radiant and golden. See it slowly flowing up towards you.

3) As you breathe, you draw the energy up further and further. Eventually, like a long, slow, loving wave the energy flows up from the ground and up around your body with a 6ft radius--like it's raining golden earth energy in reverse in slow motion.

4) Continue to breathe another three breaths...Then see the energy dissipate, and from the center of your chest say the words "thank you," and smile.

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Give your heart wings so it can fly. Literally.

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What would it be like to bring this kind of focused, synchronous energy to the groups and teams in your life? Imagine what it would look/feel like to do this, metaphorically speaking, in your family, workplace, school group, or sports team.

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When tension is released, a beautiful blossoming of the unexpected occurs.

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What is possible, now is different.

David Resnick

In every moment, something different becomes possible. Think about one new thing that is possible now--it is made possible, or more possible, by the very act of thinking about it. Visualize it, feel how it feels in your body, smile at the possibility.