Category: Living Connections

Six people of different ages and skin tones sit quietly on a wooden bench in a busy city street. Their eyes are closed in peaceful awareness. Among them are children, adults, and older people. Behind them, people walk by and sunlight filters through trees. The group appears calm and grounded, like a still point in the movement around them.
Practicing mindful listening

Banks of Deep Listening

2025-07-08 /

🌟 Attention please – Mindfulness & Meditation People! 🌟

I just had an idea I’d love to explore with you.

It’s a simple, low-threshold mindfulness offering for public spaces—especially places where people already pause: benches in parks, schoolyards, hospital gardens, or outside workplaces.

The practice centers around mindful listening—gently tuning into the sounds inside and around us.
It’s not about “doing meditation” in the formal sense, but about creating the conditions for a meditative state to arise—naturally, effortlessly.

But more than that, it’s about (re-)connecting people:
with themselves, their surroundings, and each other.
And over time, it could become a seed for Compassionate Communities—local micro-networks of presence, care, and quiet solidarity.

I’d love to develop this idea together with others who are experienced in mindfulness, meditation, or contemplative practice.

🌀 I’m planning to host one or two Zoom ComeTogethers, scheduled at different times (morning/evening), so people from different time zones and schedules can take part.

If this resonates with you, please comment below or send me a message.
Let’s co-create something simple, grounded—and quietly transformative.

Warmly,
Marc

Bridging…

2025-06-18 /

…where Walls Once Stood — Inspired by John A. Powell

In a world that often thrives on division, the work of John A. Powell offers a quiet, powerful antidote. His concept of Bridging—building connections across seemingly unbridgeable differences—deeply resonates with me. Not as a method, but as a way of being.

Bridging begins with the radical act of seeing the “other” as part of us. As powell puts it: “We don’t just need to include others in our circle – we need to redraw the circle itself.”

I’ve thought a lot about walls. The visible ones—fences between properties. And the invisible ones—judgments and assumptions we carry, often without knowing. Some we inherit, some we build to protect ourselves. But what if they were not barriers, but invitations to open?

In Seeds of Living Connections, we are witnessing this kind of shift. Neighborhoods where people once barely knew each other begin to reconnect—through a shared harvest, a quiet exchange, a living balcony.

Bridging doesn’t mean erasing differences. It means meeting them with an open heart. Not connecting despite our differences—but through them. Real belonging doesn’t require sameness—it asks for presence, for dignity, for space to be whole.

Powell reminds us that belonging isn’t about assimilating others, but about expanding the space where all can show up as full human beings. That’s not a dream—it’s daily practice. A cultural commitment to remember: we were never truly separate.

For me, Bridging is a living expression of compassion. And perhaps, one of the most healing paths we can walk—together.

Inspired by the work of John A. Powell and the Othering & Belonging Institute.
Learn more: belonging.berkeley.edu

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