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On Struggle (Part 3): In Conversation With Struggle
In the my last article, On Struggle (Part 2): Embracing the Evolving Mind, I promised to post my meditation on understanding struggle and embracing the evolving mind. Today’s post is primarily a video containing a meditation with the background image … Continue reading →
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On Struggle (Part 2): Embracing the Evolving Mind
At the core of productive struggle is a practice in which the mind accommodates new experiences and ideas by first allowing room for the questioning, and if necessary, loss of pre-existing notions. This practice is simply represented in the following … Continue reading →
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On Struggle (Part I): Befriending Struggle
Struggle. This one word often invokes frustration, annoyance, and hopelessness among students. But why? I always ask my students: What’s so bad about struggle? Tell me about it! What’s the big deal? In fact, I just asked these questions to … Continue reading →
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Learning In Stillness 