John Miedema

Full house (800) for Avi Lewis at the Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Fresh ideas: fix the grid with Canadian steel and build community non-profit grocery stores. Rebuild the NDP, restore balance in Parliament. Look south to see why it matters. #cdnpoli #ndp #avilewis

A petition to the Government of Canada calls for #animals to be legally recognized as #sentient beings, not merely property. The petition urges Canada to align with more than 30 countries that already recognize animal #sentience in law. 🐾

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Cut military spending #cdnpoli #chateaulaurier

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) ⭐ 6.6 | Biography, Drama, Music 1h 59m | PG-13

I watched the latest Springsteen film and found it quite gripping as he struggles with his childhood trauma and adult depression. Good film. Features the actor from The Bear, who I like.

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I'm homesteading the #gander frontier for #datasovereignty

Join us for Meditation in Person at the Biblio Wakefield Library Sunday March 1 at 1:30 pm

If you are in the Wakefield Quebec area, the Meditation in the Library group has kindly invited me to share my approach to meditation. Join us for Meditation in Person this Sunday, March 1, at the Biblio Wakefield Library at 1:30 pm.

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I think the term, meditation, sticks. I remain open to your thoughts.

I know it has too many meanings and uses, and is prey to misuse by charlatans, but it is still the best term for the modern practice I describe, grounded in traditional Buddhism, bolstered with neuroscience and neurotech, and creatively expressed with sound art.

I'm creating a new taxonomy for my meditation series and writing after years of careful study and analysis. I have no sentimentality, and am dropping long-favored terms like mindfulness and awakening. The basic term, meditation, however, denies change.

Life is calm in Puerto Morelos Mexico ☕📖

Gretzky can't be made great again

All Canadians are believers in overtime 🥇🏒🙏

Trump is not protecting human rights

Petition e-7082 - Petitions Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.

Mark Carney: Canada should step up. A House petition urges action on Cuba — oppose sanctions, expand aid and trade, support Caribbean sovereignty. Details: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Everything is going to be

I'm on Gander because data sovereignty and social sovereignty matter in Canada #gander #sovereignty

Getting schooled at #chess in #PuertoMorelos Mexico

Everything Is Going to Be All Right By Derek Mahon

Everything Is Going to Be All Right
By Derek Mahon

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"Depart" is the Final Meditation in this Series Join us this Sunday, February 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EST

Depart is the Final Meditation in this Series
Join us this Sunday, February 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EST

#meditation

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Paprika 🌶️ is my everything spice. A dash in oatmeal, a dash in espresso ☕. Yum.

Join the NDP by Jan 28 to Vote for its New Leader
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#ndp #avilewis

Meditation as Nervous System Training How attention, awareness, and repetition gradually reshape the mind

Meditation as Nervous System Training
How attention, awareness, and repetition gradually reshape the mind

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Learn a Vipassana-Style Body Scan Meditation Mindfulness is the combination of focused attention and non-judgmental observation

Learn a Vipassana-Style Body Scan Meditation
Mindfulness is the combination of focused attention and non-judgmental observation

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Canada Went Along With the Rules-Based Order Because It Served Our Prosperity What Václav Havel Would Ask Mark Carney About Power and Truth

Canada Went Along With the Rules-Based Order Because It Served Our Prosperity
What Václav Havel Would Ask Mark Carney About Power and Truth

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#cdnpoli #davos #carney

📡 Building Peace Radio: a gallery experiment in meditative broadcasting

Join our online Meditation Community for a sitting on Focused Attention Many people find this practice to be the most useful meditation they learn

Join our online Meditation Community for a sitting on Focused Attention. Many people find this practice to be the most useful meditation they learn. #meditation

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Peer-Led Meditation On facilitation, letting go, and sitting together

Peer-Led Meditation
On facilitation, letting go, and sitting together

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#meditation

Join guest Melissa Blimkie for a guided meditation that shares Indigenous teachings on the season of winter Meditation Community meets Sunday January 11 at 10 am EST for 30 minutes

Join guest Melissa Blimkie for a guided meditation that shares Indigenous teachings on the season of winter
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What is the purpose of meditation? Please answer the poll or comment

What is the purpose of meditation? Please answer the poll.
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Join Us for Meditation Tomorrow, Sunday Jan 4 at 10 am EST This first meditation is called, Arrive, a simple but foundational practice

You are warmly invited to join the Meditation Community tomorrow, Sunday January 4, 2026, at 10:00 am – 10:30 am EST.
This first meditation is called, Arrive, a simple but foundational practice.

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