{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"2025 State of Ripples, State of Hope","description":"

Enjoy this replay of our January 2025 Monthly Zoom with the Team Ripples Patreon Community (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info) We followed our usual format:

pebble (a resource that I've found useful in my work or life)

boulder (and activity I'm using personally or professionally)

ponder (a collection of information and ideas I've been pondering)


The notes and links from the session are pasted below.

You can also watch the video replay here.


PEBBLE (resource)

Volume Control: a guidebook for highly sensitive people in a loud & spiky world

by Jen Butler



BOULDER (activity)

Buddha's Five Remembrances, often recited in Buddhist practice, are reflections on the nature of life and human existence. They are:

  1. I am of the nature to grow old.
  2. Aging is unavoidable.
  3. I am of the nature to experience illness.
  4. Illness is unavoidable.
  5. I am of the nature to die.
  6. Death is unavoidable.
  7. Everyone and everything I love will change,
  8. and I will be separated from them.
  9. My actions are my only true belongings.
  10. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
  11. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

These remembrances serve as a reminder to live mindfully and ethically, accepting the impermanence of life.

Here's the Dan Harris podcast episode I learned about this from, and here is a simple image of them I made for my iPhone


Here's a link to the resource page of Depolarization Resources I mentioned, too.


","author_name":"Paul Wesselmann, The Ripples Guy"}