Why do we meditate?

“Why do we meditate? We meditate precisely because this world of ours has disappointed us and because failure looms large in our day-to-day life. We want fulfilment. We want joy, peace, bliss and perfection within and without. Meditation is the answer, the only answer.”~ Sri Chinmoy

My friend is asking for the loving kindness meditation, what the Buddha called his antidote to fear: 
May I be safe, may I be happy, may I be healthy, may I live with ease.
I first read about the lovingkindness meditation in Learning To Breathe: My Yearlong Quest to Bring Calm to My Life  by Priscilla Warner. My own meditation practice had been less  than regular when the Twitter Yoga Book Club chose this as their new selection. The lovingkindness meditation was just what I needed to jump-start not only my personal meditation time, but it was also a safe, non-threatening way to introduce meditation to many of my yoga students.

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by Jennifer Fields

The most dangerous drug?

I'm a lightweight; always have been. I didn't get properly drunk until I was 25, on a night out which culminated in a spectacular public vomiting in a Chinese restaurant. Ever wondered what the clatter of 60 pairs of chopsticks being simultaneously dropped in disgust might sound like? Don't ask me. I can't remember. I was too busy bitterly coughing what remained of my guts all over the carpet.
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By Charlie Brooker.

Tina

A picture I took a while back in my sister's car. We were on our way to York, I think..
I was trying to fulfil a brief for some pictures in the theme of "Move" and this one didn't make the final cut, but it's still one of my favourites.

Bento me up.

Some everyday lunch boxes in Japan.

Shy's 

New Paintings

Some beautiful new work from Brian Jones.

From Occupy Wall St to St. Paul's Cathedral.

The Occupied Times online newspaper, issue 2.
Pirates, Anarchy, the homeless, legal action of the Church and some underground Hip Hop.

Another piece about the Occupation and Noam Chomsky's involvement.

And 6 things already accomplished.

Meals Ready

A touching short film by Nithuna Nevil Dinesh.