Youth! - Architects of a New Dawn2024-03-29T02:24:33Zhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/forum/topics/youth-1?commentId=2227378%3AComment%3A41337&feed=yes&xn_auth=noChad,
I noticed that you sta…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-02-24:2227378:Comment:413372009-02-24T17:05:36.216ZJeannehttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/Jeanne
Chad,<br />
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I noticed that you started a vipassana thread... so I assume you have attended Goenkaji's Buddhist boot camp. I'm headed next week for another 10 days in silence... it restores my soul.<br />
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That said, you must have met some amazing young people there. I always feel better about the future whenever I meet all those shiny young citizens on the path of dhamma.
Chad,<br />
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I noticed that you started a vipassana thread... so I assume you have attended Goenkaji's Buddhist boot camp. I'm headed next week for another 10 days in silence... it restores my soul.<br />
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That said, you must have met some amazing young people there. I always feel better about the future whenever I meet all those shiny young citizens on the path of dhamma. Well said... I like this.
Je…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-02-24:2227378:Comment:412122009-02-24T08:01:59.827Zchad steelehttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/chadsteele
Well said... I like this.<br />
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<cite>Jeanne said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/forum/topics/youth-1?page=1&commentId=2227378%3AComment%3A41199&x=1#2227378Comment41199"><div>I don't know if youth are under-represented here or not... but I am sure that they are a majority when it comes to most online social networks.<br></br> <br></br> Family and community are the most important mediums and mentors in the formative years... and beyond. Unfortunately, both have suffered…</div>
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Well said... I like this.<br />
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<cite>Jeanne said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/forum/topics/youth-1?page=1&commentId=2227378%3AComment%3A41199&x=1#2227378Comment41199"><div>I don't know if youth are under-represented here or not... but I am sure that they are a majority when it comes to most online social networks.<br/> <br/>
Family and community are the most important mediums and mentors in the formative years... and beyond. Unfortunately, both have suffered under the aging out patriarchal system... but we're fixing that, huh? ...conscious community.<br/>
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Young people of today have so many media options... television and movies are taking a back seat to internet and games. So many youth have their own movie cameras and are creating, rather than passively digesting.<br/>
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Young people of today are making choices their parents never considered... for example, time was, when I went to a vegetarian restaurant, it was mostly old hippies, 7th Day Adventists and the occasional Buddhist. Now, its filled with radical vegan punks, goths, mohawks, pink and purple heads, dreads and young hippies. The younger generation has more veggies, more activists, and more awareness than any generation before. They are more sensitive, bolder and outspoken.<br/>
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Sure, they are the future, but they are also now...</div>
</blockquote> I don't know if youth are und…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-02-24:2227378:Comment:411992009-02-24T07:36:22.421ZJeannehttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/Jeanne
I don't know if youth are under-represented here or not... but I am sure that they are a majority when it comes to most online social networks.<br />
<br />
Family and community are the most important mediums and mentors in the formative years... and beyond. Unfortunately, both have suffered under the aging out patriarchal system... but we're fixing that, huh? ...conscious community.<br />
<br />
Young people of today have so many media options... television and movies are taking a back seat to internet and games. So…
I don't know if youth are under-represented here or not... but I am sure that they are a majority when it comes to most online social networks.<br />
<br />
Family and community are the most important mediums and mentors in the formative years... and beyond. Unfortunately, both have suffered under the aging out patriarchal system... but we're fixing that, huh? ...conscious community.<br />
<br />
Young people of today have so many media options... television and movies are taking a back seat to internet and games. So many youth have their own movie cameras and are creating, rather than passively digesting.<br />
<br />
Young people of today are making choices their parents never considered... for example, time was, when I went to a vegetarian restaurant, it was mostly old hippies, 7th Day Adventists and the occasional Buddhist. Now, its filled with radical vegan punks, goths, mohawks, pink and purple heads, dreads and young hippies. The younger generation has more veggies, more activists, and more awareness than any generation before. They are more sensitive, bolder and outspoken.<br />
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Sure, they are the future, but they are also now... "I reject the imposition of a…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-02-21:2227378:Comment:391832009-02-21T03:36:29.576ZCandice Wilmorehttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/CandiceWilmore
"I reject the imposition of any form of religion in public education, including so-called "school prayer." But I advocate any way we can find to explore the spiritual dimension of teaching, learning, and living. By "spiritual" I do not mean the creedal formulations of any faith tradition, as much as I respect those traditions and as helpful as their insights can be. I mean the ancient and abiding human quest for connectedness with something larger and more trustworthy than our egos—with our own…
"I reject the imposition of any form of religion in public education, including so-called "school prayer." But I advocate any way we can find to explore the spiritual dimension of teaching, learning, and living. By "spiritual" I do not mean the creedal formulations of any faith tradition, as much as I respect those traditions and as helpful as their insights can be. I mean the ancient and abiding human quest for connectedness with something larger and more trustworthy than our egos—with our own souls, with one another, with the worlds of history and nature, with the invisible winds of the spirit, with the mystery of being alive."<br />
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Read more about this interesting topic here if you wish:<br />
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<a href="http://www.couragerenewal.org/parker/writings/evoking-the-spirit">http://www.couragerenewal.org/parker/writings/evoking-the-spirit</a><a href="http://www.couragerenewal.org/parker/writings/evoking-the-spirit"></a> I know so many lovely younger…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-02-21:2227378:Comment:391532009-02-21T03:12:47.442ZCandice Wilmorehttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/CandiceWilmore
I know so many lovely younger people who are on a path I think will lead them to become ready to inherit the continuing fight for peace on earth.<br />
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Here's a nice link too:<br />
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<a href="http://theypi.net/">http://theypi.net/</a>
I know so many lovely younger people who are on a path I think will lead them to become ready to inherit the continuing fight for peace on earth.<br />
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Here's a nice link too:<br />
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<a href="http://theypi.net/">http://theypi.net/</a> Agree there Lil. It seems tha…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-01-28:2227378:Comment:193132009-01-28T17:18:28.594ZJames Murffhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/JamesMurff
Agree there Lil. It seems that most of the kids shows are geared torwards being spoiled, controlling adults, or what not. It's pretty sick.
Agree there Lil. It seems that most of the kids shows are geared torwards being spoiled, controlling adults, or what not. It's pretty sick. Very true! I can't wait to ch…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-01-27:2227378:Comment:186442009-01-27T20:44:21.784ZLilhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/Lil
Very true! I can't wait to check out the links. I agree wholeheartedly. I watch mtv and all the other shows and channels geared towards the preteens and teens out there and I am truly saddened. The values and ethics and behavior they send out there to our youth is quite appalling. It's definitely time for people to get out there and start setting a good example and demand a change. Instead of disliking what's going on it's time to take a stand to change it. Or offer another path for today's…
Very true! I can't wait to check out the links. I agree wholeheartedly. I watch mtv and all the other shows and channels geared towards the preteens and teens out there and I am truly saddened. The values and ethics and behavior they send out there to our youth is quite appalling. It's definitely time for people to get out there and start setting a good example and demand a change. Instead of disliking what's going on it's time to take a stand to change it. Or offer another path for today's youth to chose to follow. Oh the children shall lead th…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-01-27:2227378:Comment:181942009-01-27T15:20:40.883ZFree Digital Universehttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/FreeDigitalUniverse
Oh the children shall lead the way to the New Dawn.... no doubt!<br />
As we define a New Dawn (dawning of a New Age) it is reflected in new techology; just as the printing press was the signature technology bringing on the last new dawn (<a href="http://peaceportal.mobi/open/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=407&Itemid=221">Industrial Age</a>); today's signature technology is ICT (Information Communications Technologies) systems.<br />
AS these technologies emerge it is the children…
Oh the children shall lead the way to the New Dawn.... no doubt!<br />
As we define a New Dawn (dawning of a New Age) it is reflected in new techology; just as the printing press was the signature technology bringing on the last new dawn (<a href="http://peaceportal.mobi/open/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=407&Itemid=221">Industrial Age</a>); today's signature technology is ICT (Information Communications Technologies) systems.<br />
AS these technologies emerge it is the children who are emersed in it, who grow up with computers as part of their social environment; for the poor children in emerging markets ICT systems offer educational access, hope, and future jobs in a global marketplace that transcend their local poverty.<br />
Our projects works with many organizations, one of our favorite is the educational steward, MadeByKids Foundation, whom provide mentoring based education systems at <a href="http://peaceportal.mobi/open/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126&Itemid=149">Community Access Points</a>. If we teach our children well, they will indeed co-create a New Dawn, not inherit it from us but partner with us adults as we hold the space for them. Visit MadeByKids at <a href="http://www.madebykids.org">www.madebykids.org</a><br />
<p style="text-align:left"><img src="http://madebykids.org/images/MBKgraphicLG.jpg"/></p> cool... thanks.tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-01-27:2227378:Comment:180132009-01-27T05:09:50.657Zchad steelehttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/chadsteele
cool... thanks.
cool... thanks. I remember a time in the past…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-01-27:2227378:Comment:179392009-01-27T04:18:17.714ZMusic Diva ~http://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/Deborah
I remember a time in the past when posted there was probably alittle language by someone. No big deal, sorry for that Chad. I love children and your right children are our future but when the ideas of smoking marijiana on on this site and teaching them it's okay, that's not right. "MY OPINION". Chad your english is great...I posted that because I had found something wrong with a verbal usage. Someone must of fixed their writing or deleted their stuff. Again no harm done. See ya
I remember a time in the past when posted there was probably alittle language by someone. No big deal, sorry for that Chad. I love children and your right children are our future but when the ideas of smoking marijiana on on this site and teaching them it's okay, that's not right. "MY OPINION". Chad your english is great...I posted that because I had found something wrong with a verbal usage. Someone must of fixed their writing or deleted their stuff. Again no harm done. See ya