Chicken a la Carte : Director: Ferdinand Dimadura | Genre: Drama | Produced In: 2005
Synopsis: This film is about the hunger and poverty brought about by Globalization. There are 10,000 people dying everyday due to hunger and malnutrition. This short film shows a forgotten portion of the society. The people who live on the refuse of men to survive. What is inspiring is the hope and spirituality that never left this people.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
~ Steve Jobs, from a college commencement address
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cross-posted from wearethefallen.info
Imagine my surprise this morning when I logged onto the grid to find this music news:
Ben Moody, Rocky Gray, and John LeCompt reunite along with Marty O’Brian and Carly Smithson announce the formation of a new rock band to be called The Fallen.
Thus, a new page has turned.
Dear Reader,
They compared same-sex marriage to a marriage between an uncle and a niece. Or between two children. No, we’re not talking about Rick Santorum. We’re talking about the Obama administration’s Justice Department. The brief the DOJ presented defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in federal court was not just wrong. It was offensive. The New York Times called it “disturbing” in its lead editorial.
Back in the days of the 2008 campaign, Senator Obama promised he would work to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act. But now that a gay couple in California is challenging DOMA in federal court, President Obama has chosen to take action to defend a law that prevents legally married same-sex couples from receiving any federal benefits, or from having their marriages recognized in other states.
I just signed a petition to tell President Obama and Attorney General Holder to withdraw this offensive brief and apologize for its contents. (The website also has a great video of Rachel Maddow and Howard Dean discussing the importance of this issue!) Please have a look and take action.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/doma_brief/?r_by=4586-2058127-rKYvoEx&rc=confemail
“On this small planet, in the daily dreams of our life, beneficial deeds are always recommended, simply because we are all born to help each other. By sharing our love with different expressions and through the practice of generosity, morality and understanding, we will then be fulfilling our purpose of being members of the human race.”
– His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa May 2009
A new 7 track EP from Hana Pestle, Live In The Studio, is now available for purchase from HanaMerch.com and Amazon.com. Do yourself the favor and go pick up this beautiful release by a rising star on the music scene. Her cover of Creep is worth the purchase price alone!
Here’s a video of Hana performing Creep at The Basement in Columbus, OH, on February 24, 2009.
[flv:http://data.dhammaseeker.com/stuff4u/Hana_Pestle_-_Creep.flv 320 240]
All For This – the solo debut album by Ben Moody is now available for purchase on Amazon.com. Go throw the guy some change.
“The path to happiness and a sense of well-being in this very life lies not in avoiding suffering but in using the conscious, embodied, direct experience of it as a vehicle to gain deep insight into the true nature of life and your own existence. Instead of being a reactionary slave to the inevitable pain, frustration, stress, and sorrow in your life, which the Buddha called ‘dukkha’, you can free your mind such that you have a sense of well-being even when dukkha is present, and you create the possibility of finding compete freedom. Why not dance with the constant vicissitudes of life in a manner that is joyful and liberated, rather than feeling like a victim or being flooded with fear and stress?”
~ from “Dancing With Life” by Phillip Moffit
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