{"id":1813,"date":"2011-11-13T09:33:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T14:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2011-11-13T09:33:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T14:33:48","slug":"medmob-on-veterans-day-2011-11-11-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/2011\/11\/medmob-on-veterans-day-2011-11-11-11.html","title":{"rendered":"MedMob on Veteran&#8217;s Day 2011 (11.11.11)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/96\/2011\/11\/MedMob_AK.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1814\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/96\/2011\/11\/MedMob_AK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On 11.11.11 over 100 people gathered in the University of Vermont Davis Center to meditate and chant the ancient sound, &#8220;Om.&#8221; Other people were doing the same in locations all around the world. This event was sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/uvm.edu\/health\/mindfulness\" target=\"_blank\">UVM Mindfulness Practice Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Can you find me in the picture? (I&#8217;m the one with the good posture, for once, in the right hand side of the picture in front of the column)<\/p>\n<p>Nearby, in front of the UVM library, students were reading the roster of fallen soldiers from the wars in Iraq and Afhganastan. The recitation would take eight hours to complete. On this Veteran&#8217;s Day, the juxtaposition of the karma of war with the karma of meditation was poignant.<\/p>\n<p>While part of the &#8220;Mob&#8221; I reflected on the profound loss of life in these wars. Is it that difficult to imagine a world where such conflicts could be avoided? Perhaps, if our leaders spent time meditating in groups such as these they might appreciate the interconnectedness of life and not be so quick to send the young men and women of the Armed Forces to their deaths.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 11.11.11 over 100 people gathered in the University of Vermont Davis Center to meditate and chant the ancient sound, &#8220;Om.&#8221; Other people were doing the same in locations all around the world. This event was sponsored by the UVM Mindfulness Practice Center. Can you find me in the picture? 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His award-winning new book, Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants: 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness (Wisdom Publications, 2009) is a thoughtful, funny, and inspiring translation of mindfulness practice through the inventive use of metaphor applicable to our daily lives. In addition to his work with Exquisite Mind, Arnie Kozak, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist\u00e2\u20ac\u201dDoctorate has been a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Vermont and is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry and Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine. He has studied and practiced clinical psychology, meditation, and yoga for more than 25 years. He has studied with several meditation masters, including S. N. Goenka, Larry Rosenberg, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. After receiving his bachelors degree with honors from Tufts University, he was awarded a Presidential Fellowship to get his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University at Buffalo. 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