Welcome to FreshAirAtFive the Podcast. I’m your host, Bryon Carpenter. FreshAirAtFive is my regular attempt to exercise by walking about my neighborhood, to take in Podcast content or an audio book, then reflect in an unedited video which I finally post it to my Twitter Chanel. This podcast will be a regular collection of the audio from these selfie-videos as a collection of about a week or so of these daily videos. Thank you for stopping by to take a listen. A part of the Education Podcast ...
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Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
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A podcast about how social media influences us. If you're a curious scroller who wants to learn more about the technical concerns, cultural trends and societal impact of social media, you're in the right place. From data rights and privacy protection to self-branding and kids online, no two episodes of Selfie Reflective are the same. With host Lucy O, we'll hear from ex-influencers, academics, creatives and thinkers from around the world who bring different perspectives to the status-update ...
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In this 182nd episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from Aug 26th-30th, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE182 <<< 26th: The Digital Learning Podcast E49 "AI First Steps for Teachers"; Teachers on Fire E "A BLUEPRINT for B…
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Listen to the interior silence with audacious selfless attention and see how pure awareness catapults us into a dynamic intuitive presence. We connect to the Dhamma without obstructions. Silence is formless, soundless, complete. We are witness to an emptiness beyond attachment where the burdens of identification have no footing. There is no 'one' t…
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In this 181st episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from Aug 19th-23rd, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> E181FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylist <<< 19th: The Resilient Teacher Podcast E108 "It's Never Too Late to Automate Your Classroom for Back to School"; …
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The Buddha realized a state of pure awakened consciousness. We try to emulate his moral excellence by turning inward to bring the mind to silence. We relinquish habitual unwholesome and harmful thoughts, and reveal the same universal moral essence within us – just as in all beings. We know the Noble Truths of how and why we suffer and forge a pathw…
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Joy can come with wise reflection and a pepper of difference. I learned this standing in town with my alms bowl as a mendicant nun one morning. Living for the sake of what is highest within us, we can each know the beauty, brilliance, and brightness of that joy and see how to nurture loving kindness and presence of mind. We learn to understand our …
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In this 180th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from Aug 5-9, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/E180-FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylist <<< 5th: Seeing to Lead S3E90 "Building Bonds With Learners with Patricia Erbe" 6th: Teachers On Fire E279 "SMARTPHO…
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In this 179th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from July 29 - Aug 2, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE179 <<< 29th: Seeing to Lead S3E88 "AI and the Future of Education with Priten Shah" 30th: The Easy EdTech Podcas…
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Was the Buddha a Buddhist? The Buddha was fully awakened, having realized the truth beyond convention, beyond worldly identities. We want that – to fully awaken; and to understand our experience at its core through the purification of the heart. When the mind is completely content within itself, in pure awareness, gone beyond attachment to worldly …
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In this 178th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from July 22-26, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE178 <<< 23rd: Educational DuctTape Bonus "Surprise"; The Easy Edtech Podcast E277 "An AI Connection to Using Animation…
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“Why do we have to be human? O not because happiness exists – but because being in this Dharma realm means so much.” Our spiritual work reveals how we must hold the mind – as refuge, safety, and protection from harm. This is the basis for true happiness. We pay attention to what is impermanent and thereby discover deeper treasure – knowing Reality,…
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To bring the mind to peace, we must learn about all that makes it unpeaceful, unquiet. We learn how to guide ourselves to abide in wholesome states of mind, how to prevent dark and unskilfull states from arising and how to deal with them if they do. Follow virtue. Stay close to spiritual friends, and take refuge in the wisdom of the Buddha and our …
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Went Fishing and Some Learning - FAAF 177
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In this 177th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from July 15-19, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE177 <<< 15th: Evolving with Gratitude E109 "Radhi Devlukia Shetty & Daniel Amen (Encore)" 17th: The EdTech Throwdown E…
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Three #NewToMePodcasts for July 2024 - FAAF176
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In this 176th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from July 8-12, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyplaylistE176 <<< 9th: Walk in the Woods with Wendy; Inspiration, Influence and Impact Podcast with Karen Caswell E54 "Cameron Ro…
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All conditions of this world have the nature to change: the earth, weather, governments, work, health, leisure, family, friendships and so forth. We observe these variations and consider the most critical change of all. It promises the greatest blessing – but first we must plow the interior field of goodness that yields our heart's deliverance. Fai…
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Strong in restraint, courageous in wisdom, we use our Dhamma compass of right view to steer us on the Noble Eightfold Path, while right intention sustains the healing actions of mind that let go unwholesome thoughts and endless fabrications. We learn to live and respond to life compassionately, responsibly, mindfully, with integrity and noble prese…
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In this 175th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from June 24-28, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE175 <<< 24th: Unleash YES E1 "Welcome to Unleash YES!" 26th: Evolving with Gratitude E108 "Overcoming the Challenges o…
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Are we present here and now? How much do we obsess in thought? Is the mind filled with worry – wavering from anxiety to fear? Here and now, we examine and ascend to peaceful states. When we’re dreaming, wake up. Know that we’re asleep. Know that we’re not present. Know the mind that is upset, angry or boiling and cool it. Use the Buddha’s tools to …
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In this 174th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from June 17-21, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE174 <<< 17th: The Innovators Mindset S5E23 "The New 3Cs for Learning - The #InnovatorsMindset" 19th: Teachers On Fire …
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Soft Landing – Reflections and Guided Meditation
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When we meditate, we are alone and yet with all the world. Thoughts intrude from all sides. But we remain secluded within, protected, serene. Gently we open the door to the heart with unassailable trust. We bend and bow silently, observing the breath with an empty mind. Then what’s the result of that? Giving our full attention to this moment, we ar…
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Compassion is a sublime, healing quality that restores us to goodwill, integrity, wisdom and equanimity. Not only do we repair the harm that we have caused, but we turn the wheel of Dhamma in this world. This can also serve as a catalyst for others to wake up from their misguided ways of living. We bear compassion for harm caused and we sow seeds o…
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In this 173rd episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from June 10-14, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE173 <<< 10th: Embrace the Messy E21 "Embrace the Messy Podcast Season 1 Recap" 12th: Teachers On Fire E272 "AI ISSUES …
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In this 172nd episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from June 3-7, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE172 <<< 4th: House of Edtech E236 "The Harms of Generative AI with Tom Mullaney" 5th: Seeing to Lead S3E73 "Soulful: You…
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The human realm is ever fraught with greed and delusion, conflicted and loud in its extremes. These violations are just that – destroyers of our spiritual verve. As pilgrims of peace, we disarm them in the interior silence of the heart. Courageous, we stand our moral ground, resolved to hold the bar. Our faith, generosity and discernment rescue us …
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In this 171st episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from May 21st to 31st, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE171 <<< 21st: The EdTech Throwdown E164 "How to Combat AI Misuse in Your Classroom" 23rd: House of Edtech E245 "…
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Throughout history, hatred, human violence and horrific sufferings have plagued the world. Truth is never diminished by these worldly conditions. So we feed the mind with what supports inner peace and awakening and not with thoughts of depression, disappointment, despair, or fear. What we most fear is unconditional love. That's not consent for nor …
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Just as the sun is eclipsed by the moon passing over it, so the mind is submerged in 'totality' due to the veil of our human conditioning. But we can shatter that darkness by diving deeply with moral vigilance and wise attention into the silence of the mind. There we know suffering, how it begins and the exhilarating joy of witnessing its end in th…
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In this 170th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from May 6 to 10th, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE170 <<< 13th: Embrace The Messy E20 "Kim Strobel Embraces the Messy" 15th: Evolving With Gratitude E102 "Passion St…
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Impermanence stares us in the face. How then can we free ourselves to understand the raw truth of what we are? There is a sorrowless state, a way out of the pains of life where we can abide in blameless happiness and inviolable peace. It may appear elusive and out of reach. Yet we need only incline our minds faithfully to giving up all that is fals…
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In this 169th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from May 6 to 10th, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE169 <<< 6th: Check This Out E159 "Some New Things From Some Old Guys" 7th: The Resilient Teacher E104 "How AI is Re…
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We Have Nothing To Fear – Reflections and Guided Meditation
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Emptying the mind of fearful thoughts, we stop clinging to anything of the world – one moment at a time. And we come to know a liberating joy. It's a way to enter the dimension of transcendence that uplifts us beyond the prison of grasping a self with all its adornments and entanglements. As we let go identification with the self, there arises the …
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In this 168th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from May 1st and 2nd, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE168 <<< 1st: Evolving with Gratitude E100 "What Makes A Great Principal with George Couros" 2nd: Teach Happier S4…
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Peace, patience, and practice ripen with the quality of faith. We trust the teacher on a path distinguished by compassion and a diet for awakening the heart. “All suffering arises when we think about our own happiness. And all happiness arises when we think about the well-being of others.” So we forsake harm to free ourselves from selfishness. Lear…
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The Buddha Was Right – Reflections and Guided Meditation
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As seekers of truth, we turn the wheel of Dhamma inwardly. There alone can we understand the mind’s purity and directly know the true rhythm of the heart, undiluted by worldly refrains. The sounds of the world can turn coarse and invasive until we listen to the silence in our interior depths. Secluded from life's relentless currents, we traverse th…
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In this 167th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from April 15th to 19th, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE167 <<< 15th: The EdTech Throwdown E161 "The Edtech throwdown AI Edition"; Teach Happier S4E29 "Thoughts on th…
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As the witness of suffering, we gain new eyes to see. A doorway to knowing non-duality opens – there is no 'you', no 'me'. We are in the realm of no separation in one moment – gone beyond opinions, beyond wanting, beyond our pains and brokenness, and our enslavement to all that drives us. Can we see them as empty and powerless apart from the power …
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Too long we have been caught in the grip of anxiety, anger, and clinging that lead nowhere. But there is an oasis in the depths of our native humanity. To understand what is true, we must empty all that is untrue. This is ultimate care of the mind: disentangling the knots in the heart that obstruct the moral-ethical fabric of our true nature. So we…
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In this 166th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from April 8th to 13th, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE166 <<< 8th: Teach Happier S4E28 "The 4th Quarter Is Ours"; Tech Tools For Teachers E180 "Unleash Your Creativi…
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In this 165th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from April 1st to 5th, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE165 <<< 2nd: Evolving with Gratitude E96 "Does Flourishing Mean We Need to Be Constantly in Bloom?"; Teachers on…
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Fire is our teacher – the fire of pain, the fire of persevering through difficulty and the fire of going beyond what we think we are capable of. For we are greater that we know and our journey is one of learning to trust what is right and true. When the heart’s compassion, wisdom, and generosity mature, there is no space for fear. All the dross of …
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In this 164th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from March 25th at 29th, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE164 <<< 25th: Back from #SpringCUE reflecting; Struggle for Change Podcast E34 "Prepping for an "A.I. Future" …
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The winds of change blow constantly. We seek shelter, gazing attentive and unobstructed into the mind – aware, in pure presence each moment. We sit, warming the heart and our precepts with gratitude. Stopping in this way, letting be, we truly see. In loving care of the mind, not harming ourselves or any living being, uplifted, we realize our true n…
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In this 163rd episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from March 18th-22nd, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE163 <<< 18th: Teach Happier E4E26 "Overwhelmed and Overcommitted? Try This!"; Tech Tools for Teachers E76 "Simpop…
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When universal love leading to liberation of the heart is ardently developed, unrelentingly resorted to, it becomes the foundation of our life. We travel in a divine vehicle, our inheritance from the Buddha, the sublime abiding of mettā, loving kindness. This is our shelter from unwholesome states, a true salve for impure and damaging mental afflic…
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In this 161st episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from March 4th to 8th, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE162 <<< 9th: The Whippoorwill Trail Loop 12th: Evolving With Gratitude E93 "Shattering Collective Illusions Abou…
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Our suffering may feel too great or the mountain may look too high. But we are resilient and we have it in us to do this work, to walk this path – if we can give up thoughts of self-cherishing and feel compassion for ourselves and for all beings. The fruit of this work is a treasure to be gained even in the smallest instant of awareness. With radic…
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In this 161st episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from March 4th to 8th, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE161 <<< 4th: Science 360 E92 "My Take on Wellness, AI and Electric Cars" 6th: Teach Happier S4E24 "Calendar Non-…
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In this 160th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from Feb 26th to March 1st, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE160 <<< 26th: EdTech Throwdown (formerly Got Teched) Podcast E157 "Activities to Spark Student Engagement i…
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By deeply examining the mind as the Buddha taught, we see our stark human predicament, why we suffer, and the real source of happiness. For he awakened to suffering’s end and the noble path to freedom. With immense gratitude for his teaching, we learn how we are caught grasping the world, compelled by its impingement and tormented ever after. We re…
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When the mind is completely silent, we experience the peace and happiness of pure awareness. This far surpasses any worldly promise of impermanent gains or pleasures. Instead, through wise intuitive insight, we enter into a blessed interior seclusion. Metaphorically speaking, not a shred of love exists in the cloud where we trust storing all our im…
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In this 159th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from Feb 19-23rd, 2024Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveSpotifyPlaylistE159 <<< 19th: The Innovators Mindset Podcast S5E7 "AJ Juliani Answers 4 Questions to Consider on AI in Educati…
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