Humans On Being
A SOURCE TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND ENHANCE OUR SHARED HUMAN EXPERIENCE
MISSION
Create unity and understanding through a diverse collection of voices. As a community we will begin conversations that evoke mindful change through thought-provoking content. Our objective is to ignite curiosity, acceptance and a genuine appreciation for others beginning with ourselves, our families and our communities.
Choices Reveal Truth
“Through this exercise from LIGHFBOX Degree 5, I began my practice of letting go of an outcome that I can not change. I found it beneficial to allow all my feelings to emerge, examine them and then make a conscious decision to gain more perspective on what I would have liked an outcome to be. Then take that lesson with me everywhere I now go…”
What Are You?
By Gregor Fisher
“He looked up at his mother for help. She was looking back at him also caught off guard, unsure what to do, if indeed there was anything to do. She was curious about how he would reply. Josef looked back at the little girl and shot back, “I’m English.” He had thought that if he spoke English he must be English. Nobody had ever told him what he was. In his own mind he was simply Josef…”
Curious? Gain more perspective.
The surest ground from which to step is paved by our convictions. Ideas and experiences that are most important and meaningful for both individual and collective change must be shared. This is how we inspire, motivate, learn and create our best lives, together.
BONNIE WALKER: ON BEING
Rethinking What We Think
“Learning things can be challenging, and what is usually more challenging is unlearning. This is true for me, every day. Years ago, when I came home from nursery school excited about the Thanksgiving dinner narrative between the indigenous people and the pilgrims, looking forward to a role play of Thanksgiving dinner my peers and I would recreate in school the next day, my parents sat me down and told me the truth about the native and white interactions…”
Adam Wilber: On Why
“I do what I do because we really never know what people are going through behind the walls they put up and sometimes a simple laugh, smile or moment of astonishment can have a bigger impact then we could have ever imagined...”
Lauren Junker
On Being
THE PATH TO AUTHENTICITY
“It's been a road of self-exploration over the last year and recently I’ve taken brave steps toward my most authentic self. The last year has been a time of growth for me, something I thought I was done doing after I accomplished the big goals of adulthood- get a job, buy a house, have a kid, live the rest of life. Done. It wasn’t until recently that I finally allowed myself to take a hard look at… myself. A being all on its own. I removed myself from the context of society, my family growing up, the family I built with my spouse and our child. I removed myself from my job, my hobbies and my day-to-day life. I was able to take a deep dive into the mind body and soul of the being that is me, and through the process I made some profound discoveries.
Lauren Junker
My Voice: The Collection
A Note and Question On Difference
Different schools of thought exist regarding how we begin to interpret the world around us. Some studies report that infants are able to recognize their parents just a few days following birth while others report that true recognition doesn’t come for months. Many agree that the first year is often spent making sense of how I, as baby, am separate and different from you, as parent. I would argue that our entire existence is spent making sense of this, How am I, as Dr. L, separate and different from you, as sibling, friend, colleague, stranger, spouse. There are perhaps the more perceptible external differences - hair color, height, race - and also the more hidden internal differences - what you value, what matters to you, what you feel. Oftentimes, if we dig deep enough we can call up times when we first encountered difference, moments when we realized that we were the ones that didn’t fit nicely in the matchbox or that we did and someone else didn’t. Calling up these moments provide a gateway for curiosity around how these small, seemingly insignificant snippets in time may have shaped your interpretation of difference in a massive way.