Educating for Wisdom and Compassion :

Essential principles of timeless learning include attention, contemplation, connection, participation, and responsibility; helping students achieve a sense of purpose; and improving alertness and mental health.

Acknowledgments

ix

About the Author

xiii

Part I Timeless Learning: Definitions and Fundamentals

1

(22)

Timeless Learning

3

(12)

What Is Timeless Learning?

4

(1)

What Are the Characteristics of Timeless Learning?

5

(7)

Holistic/Integrative

5

(1)

Embodied

6

(1)

Connected

7

(1)

Soulful

7

(1)

Transformative

8

(1)

Flow

9

(1)

Participatory

10

(1)

Nondualistic

10

(1)

Mysterious and Unexplainable

11

(1)

Immeasurable

12

(1)

What Does Timeless Learning Bring to Today's Classrooms?

12

(1)

Conclusion

13

(1)

References

13

(2)

The Perennial Philosophy: A Relaxed Universalism

15

(8)

Foundations of the Perennial Philosophy

15

(6)

The Interconnected Nature of Reality and the Mysterious Unity of the Universe

16

(1)

The Intimate Connection Between the Individual's Inner Self, or Soul, and the Mysterious Unity

17

(1)

Wisdom or Knowledge of the Mysterious Unity Can Be Developed Through Various Contemplative Practices

18

(1)

Values Are Derived From Seeing and Realizing the Interconnectedness of Reality

19

(1)

An Awareness of the Mysterious Unity of Existence Leads to Social Action to Counter Injustice and Human Suffering

19

(2)

References

21

(2)

Part II Timeless Learning: Processes and Practices

23

(64)

Letting Go and Becoming Empty

25

(10)

Psychosynthesis and Disidentification

27

(1)

David Hunt

28

(2)

Krishnamurti

30

(1)

The Bhagavad Gita and Nonattachment

31

(1)

Spiritual Knowing

32

(1)

References

33

(2)

Attention and Meditation

35

(24)

Meditation

37

(1)

Forms of Meditation

37

(3)

Intellectual Meditation

37

(1)

Emotional Meditation

38

(1)

Physical Meditation

38

(1)

Action Meditation

39

(1)

Meditation Practices

40

(9)

Insight

40

(2)

Body Scan

42

(1)

Mantra

43

(2)

Visualization

45

(3)

Movement Meditation

48

(1)

Getting Started

49

(1)

Meditation With Children

50

(4)

Just One Minute with Naomi Baer

54

(2)

References

56

(3)

Compassion, Caring, and Loving-Kindness

59

(16)

Kindness, Empathy, Compassion, and Love

60

(1)

Loving-Kindness Practice

61

(2)

Caring in Schools

63

(2)

School With Forest and Meadow (Ojiya School)

65

(5)

Service Learning

70

(2)

Engaged Service

70

(1)

Community-Based Work

71

(1)

To Be and to Have

72

(1)

References

72

(3)

Contemplation, Mindfulness, and Presence

75

(12)

Mindfulness

76

(5)

Presence

81

(1)

Contemplation and Mindfulness in Classrooms

82

(2)

Contemplation and Action

84

(1)

References

84

(3)

Part III Timeless Learning: Perspectives, Examples, and Outcomes

87

(74)

Educational Perspectives on Timeless Learning

89

(24)

Transcendental Education

89

(12)

Emerson

90

(4)

Thoreau

94

(3)

Bronson Alcott

97

(4)

Holistic Education

101

(7)

Linear Thinking and Intuition

103

(1)

Relationship Between Mind and Body

104

(1)

Subject Connections

104

(1)

Community Connections

105

(1)

Earth Connections

106

(1)

Self Connections

106

(2)

Slow Education

108

(1)

Conclusion

109

(1)

References

109

(4)

Examples of Timeless Learning

113

(22)

Krishnamurti Schools

113

(9)

Principles of Learning

115

(2)

The Teacher

117

(2)

The School

119

(1)

The Rajghat Besant School

120

(1)

Brockwood Park School

121

(1)

Oak Park School

121

(1)

Conclusion

122

(1)

Waldorf Education

122

(7)

Steiner's View of Development

123

(2)

Rhythm

125

(4)

Montessori Education

129

(4)

Conclusion

133

(1)

References

133

(2)

Creating Conditions for Timeless Learning in Public Schools

135

(6)

Work on Yourself

135

(1)

Be Fully Present

136

(1)

Recognize the Importance of the Nonverbal

136

(1)

Honor Silence

137

(1)

Develop a Rhythm

137

(1)

Integrate Timeless Learning With Other Forms of Learning

138

(1)

Balancing Spontaneity and Planning

138

(1)

Don't Forget the Body

138

(1)

Live Your Own Truth

139

(1)

Acknowledge the Mystery

139

(1)

Let Your Humanity Come Through

140

(1)

References

140

(1)

The Fruits of Timeless Learning

141

(20)

The Present Educational Context

141

(1)

The Results of Timeless Learning

142

(1)

Research on Contemplative Practices

142

(1)

My Own Research

143

(9)

Nature of Meditation Practice

146

(1)

Effects of Meditation Practice

146

(3)

Profiles

149

(3)

Ultimate Outcomes of Timeless Learning

152

(6)

Wisdom and Compassion

153

(1)

Joy: The Singing Soul

154

(1)

Awe and Wonder

155

(1)

Wholeness

156

(1)

Sense of Purpose

157

(1)

References

158

(3)

Bibliography

161

(4)

Index

165

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