tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68919407236225425032011-11-27T18:57:19.888-06:00We do meditation flash mobsAlex Cequeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02506535026803995998noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891940723622542503.post-47451434978355997142011-02-13T18:37:00.002-06:002011-02-13T18:37:45.613-06:00

Here's a video showing a meditation flash mob in Austin, TX Meditation Flash Mob: Texas State Capital Building from Greenheart Creative on Vimeo.

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Hello world, I have been busy with other projects for the last couple of years (mainly getting my MBA), and I am ready to return with full force to this wonderful experiment called the public meditation project. I will soon announce a tour around the US organizing public meditation displays and doing short lectures. If you're reading this and think I can come to your city please let me know!I

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I just found two separate Public Meditation Project groups on Facebook that I had no idea about. Please check them out, and if there isn't one near where you live... what a great opportunity to start your own :-)Public Meditation Project DCPublic Meditation Project VancuverStill very busy with our sustainability documentary, Green Light, please also check that out, we're planning on releasing it

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I'm sorry people but I've been pre-occupied with other projects recently. I am working on a feature-length movie about sustainability, consciousness, and social change called "Green Light" you can find out more about it at www.greenlightthemovie.com the trailer may be viewed here:Green Light Movie trailerIn the meantime I'm starting a different personal awareness project called "10 thousand hours

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It seems like public meditations are slowly but surely finding their way into the mainstream of society. I encourage everyone to grab a friend and go meditate in public: at a park, at school, at a busy intersection, or at a mall.With the US elections in everyone's minds for the next couple of weeks, it'll be interesting to watch what kind of twists and turns we take as we grow into a higher

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Yesterday we went to Iowa City Iowa to celebrate the UN's International Peace Day by performing several Public Displays of Meditation along the crowded parts of the city.We have lots of great video footage, but unfortunately not a lot of pictures. The videos will be up shortly, so sit tight :-)About the event:It was about 20 of us meditating. We picked out 3 locations and performed 10 minute

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Sunday, September 21st is the UN's International Peace day.The Public Meditation Project will perform Public Displays of Meditation around the intersection of Iowa Ave and Clinton st. We'll be there between the hours of 3-4pm on Sunday.Anyone is welcomed to join us, you can email publicmeditationproject[at]gmail.com for more info:-)We will be joined (in spirit) by the Oekomed group in Germany who

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Sebastian Gronbach, our friend over at Oekomed, has written about and published an article about public meditation in a German magazine called Info3.They used the pic on the left which I feel has become my flagship image.Unfortunately, I don't speak German, so I can't tell you how amazing the article was. Luckily, my girlfriend is German and she has promised to translate it for me :-)I feel that

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It is really quite a peculiar idea. How can something so peaceful and silent be done amidst the hustle and bustle of a big city? Some may say that it's probably harder to meditate in public than it is in private. But in reality, it's quite easy. In fact, some of the best meditations I've ever had have been in the middle of lots of noisy, restless people. What better way to make an impact and be

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There will be a Public Meditation held in Iowa City, IA on September 21st. This day marks the United Nation's International Day of Peace, and this website talks more about it and how you can participate.If you are around the Iowa City area, and want to participate in our Public Meditation for International Peace Day, then contact me at publicmeditationproject [at] gmail.com to ask for

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So here's the deal: the Public Meditation Project will organize one million people around the world to meditate in public spaces, and show their inner peace to the world. Imagine people in every city, town, and country meditating at a specific time in public spaces like parks, malls, streets, sidewalks, museums, you get the point. Since this is a decentralized movement, it can happen easily if

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I am planning a public meditation for September 21st, in Iowa City, Iowa. It's "International Peace Day," so it's quite fitting for our cause.I've only just set the intention to get ONE MILLION people meditating in public all over the world simultaneously. I think it is more than doable, seeing how more people practice meditation than do Yoga.Right now,More people than ever are doing yoga, and

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I’ve been getting a lot of requests for help in creating a Public Meditation Project group in various different places across the US…there’s already one in Germany :-) What is Enlightenment? Magazine (August, 2008 issue) featured a story about the Public Meditation Project and said that the movement “…may represent the next big thing among Gen-Y spiritual seekers in America, and the trend

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The latest issue of What is Enlightenment? magazine has written a short article about Public displays of meditation. It mentions the Public Meditation Project and quotes me a few times (page 18, August Issue). It also mentions Max Simon from Selfcenteredtour.com- They are trying to get 1 million young people meditating. I've been in contact with Max, he's a good guy.At the same time I was

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We held a "Public Meditation for Peace and Sustainability" on the streets of Chicago featuring about 20 students and innocent bystanders. We brought the peace wherever we went and spontaneously meditated in various Chicago landmarks while people looked on and asked questions. In a big city like Chicago, you seldom get the chance to visually experience peace. We see a fast-paced sea of stress and

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PUBLIC MEDITATION for peace and sustainabilityDate: Sunday, March 23rdTime: 1pmPlace: At the "Clark and Lake" station in the lobby of the Atrium MallCome and close your eyes with us for peace and sustainability. And join us for several public meditation sessions along Michigan Ave.For exact details contact: Alex at PublicMeditationProject@gmail.com*The Public Meditation Project does not advocate

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The Public Meditation Project will be in Chicago March 23. We'll be meditating around the Art Institute of Chicago, and probably march down to City Hall and meditate there. This will all happen around noon on the 23rd. We'll have exact times and locations within a couple of days.We'll have shirts displaying sustainability messages like: "Recycle," and "Buy Local." The purpose is to show that

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The Public Meditation Project intro-video is now an "award-winning" video (you can watch it here). It won the "Quantum Shift Outstanding Video Award" last December, and it is currently KarmaTube's "Video of the Week."We're planning a demonstration of peace in Chicago to take place sometime around the weekend of March 21st. We'll probably take a tour of the most crowded Chicago malls (if you're

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This video is a short intro to the Public Meditation Project (2:33). The current mission is to get everyone (who is adventurous enough) to publicly go out and display their peace. Prayer, meditation, drawing, etc. Whatever brings you peace, do it in public so that other people can see it.Then take a picure or a video, send it to publicmeditationproject@gmail.com and you'll be featured in this

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The vibe was an electric blend of progressive visionaries and modern activists who have long replaced their torn-jeans and tie-dye shirts with khakis and business savyness. Three days of munching on delicious organic meals, meetings with students of every area of sustainability, and all sorts of business initiatives and movements meant to inspire and help infuse our lives with a little more

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The Public Meditation Project encourages everyone to publicly display their peace. This may come in the form of praying, meditating, or just sitting quietly. Today, I was at Coralville mall in Iowa City. We decided to do several short meditations all over the mall. We ran into security at Target, and they told us we couldn't sit and block the walkways. So, we meditated on the small sitting area,

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I've just returned from Boulder, Colorado. I spent almost a week there promoting our university at a Sustainable Living fair in Ft. Collins, CO about 45 minutes away from Boulder. We got a chance to hang out at Boulder and I meditated on Pearl St while friends goofed around me (as you can see by the pics)Boulder is a nice town. They seem to be very conscious of their environmental impact and duty

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Last week I went to Chicago for a spontaneous one-day road trip. I went with some friends from Maharishi University, and they were really excited about going to go meditate in Chicago malls. We ended up hanging out around Chicago and walking through downtown. There was a protest going on in front of the museum and we thought, "Hey, what better place to go meditate...but let's eat first."We came

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The Public Meditation Project consists of using public meditation sessions as a form of social and spiritual activism. The goal is to create change from the feeling level. The best case scenario is that people walk past and feel the peace. Then they momentarily become peaceful, and the people they are with become peaceful. This is world change from the core of our beings.On a more superficial

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I was meditating at Katy Mills Mall a few days ago.People reacted like they usually do: They took pictures, laughed, read my signs out loud, told me I was "awesome," and looked at me weird(since my eyes were closed, I'm guessing on that last one)About 30 minutes into my meditation, a guard came up to me and said, "Sir, you can't do that here."I slowly looked up and calmly said, "Why?"She fished

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