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Sharing Something Close to the HEART.

Austin Tang — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:29:24 +0000

This Saturday evening on Jan 24, we’re gathering for Happy Life Yoga — a gentle, joyful session of laughter, breath, and release.
Jan 24 | 6–7 PM | Bhakti Marga NYC (243 W 30th St, 10th Floor)
Led by Tirlok Malik.
Free to Attend. No mat, no pressure — just you and us laughing together.
If your heart feels like it, come join us Looking forward to laughing with you.

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IMPORTANT: “Gaia’s Game” announcement for sharing

Austin Tang — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:29:20 +0000

Gaia’s Game and YOUNGA are partnering to deliver healing to the world’s most vulnerable children through nature-based STEAM education, ancient wisdom teachings and joyful play/gamification. Together, we invite schools, orphanages, refugee camps and youth programs of all kinds to create a Team Gaia, competing to create the most innovative, sustainable-soccer ball the world has ever seen. This is a design challenge rooted in metaphysics and ancient wisdom – and it just might make the next World Cup! What’s more, we will be giving Gaia’s Game bestselling books alongside living tools for regeneration to participating teams!

We invite visionary partners to help us deliver this epic global game and concurrent care packages to schools, orphanages and refugee camps worldwide and support the adoption of the perennial principles and archetypes found in the story.

Sponsorship Tiers – “Circle of Care” Packages

Tier	Impact Bundle	Includes	Donation
Seed Sponsor	50 children	100 Gaia’s Game books	$1,500
Water Sponsor	100 children	150 books + 20 Forest Nation Tree Kits + 2 Water Stewards Team + 2 Sawyer Water Filters	$5,000
Play Sponsor	250 children	250 books + 50 Forest Nation Tree Kits + 10 Eco-Soccer Balls + 5 Water Stewards Team Membership + 5 Sawyer Water Filters	$10,000
Village Sponsor	500+ children	500 books + 100 Forest Nation Tree Kits + + 20 Eco-Soccer Balls + 10 Water Stewards Team Membership + 10 Sawyer Water Filters + 1 village level water filtration system + On-Site Activation	$15,000+

All donations include packaging, shipping, and impact reporting.

Why It Matters:

Books heal: The Gaia’s Game narrative fosters metaphysical insight, communal resilience and ecological awareness.
Play unites: Your support also helps us finish design and production on our first round of eco-soccer balls to help build community and joy amidst hardship.
Trees restore: Each tree kit comes with education and local engagement.
Water nurtures: Water filtration provides basic dignity and enduring health of the community.

Your Sponsorship Delivers:

A direct, measurable impact for communities in-need
A branded partner highlight in our global campaign
Stories and photos from the field for your foundation/organization
Tax-deductible contribution (501c3 partner status available)

Ready to sponsor a circle of care and/or explore other options yet discussed?

Contact:

Aaron Ableman

aaroneableman@gmail.com

(415) 756-7816

GaiasGame.org

@aaron.ableman

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After seeing the secretly photographed Chinese children 39 years ago, I understand why 1 in 5 children today is prone to depression.

Austin Tang — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 21:17:00 +0000

Appreciation of famous calligraphy and painting artists Beijing Muzi Art Studio

Remember what I said before
Japanese photographer Akiyama Ryoji?

He came to China and gave Chinese children in the 1980s

I took a photo album “Hello Little Friend”.

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At that time Mr. Ryoji Akiyama

These photography works about Chinese children,

It brings back many people’s childhood memories.

Even after watching it many times, I still never get tired of it.

In 2020, Mr. Akiyama reorganized the remaining

Nearly 8,000 negatives, a selection of which have never been released to the public

122 photos, then published by Qingchitang as

“Dear Old Days” sequel “It’s Like Yesterday”.

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“The scene is like yesterday”

at the same time,

He also released his third photography collection “Past Memories”.

“The Past Becomes Memories” does not deliberately express the children’s

Joyful and innocent posture,

But to those around the child

Fill in the daily status of people and things,

The image style tends to be bland.

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“The Past Becomes Memories”

Today, I will experience with you the beauty of the era that was unique to that year.

for more info, go to https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/_2RNLwYrCb_-xDW8k4rR0Q?poc_token=HMx8d2Wjf5uZcfcWqQ1k3Q-XKnTKPhhe3G4PE5yB

看到39年前偷拍的中国孩子，才明白为什么如今每5个孩子就有1个抑郁倾向

书画名家鉴赏北京木子艺术工作室

还记得此前说过的

日本摄影师秋山亮二吗？

他来到中国，给80年代的中国儿童

拍了一本摄影集《你好小朋友》。

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当时秋山亮二先生

拍摄的这些有关中国儿童的摄影作品，

勾起很多人童年的回忆，

即使看过很多次，也依然百看不厌。

2020年，秋山先生重新整理余下

近8000张底片，选编未曾公开面世的

122张照片，再由青艸堂出版为

「Dear Old Days」续篇《光景宛如昨》。

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《光景宛如昨》

与此同时，

还出了第三部摄影集《往事成追憶》，

《往事成追憶》没有着意表现孩子们的

欢乐天真之姿，

而是对围绕在孩子身边的

人事物进行日常状态补白，

影像风格趋于平淡。

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《往事成追憶》

今天和各位一起感受独属于当年的时代美感。

for more info, go to https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/_2RNLwYrCb_-xDW8k4rR0Q?poc_token=HMx8d2Wjf5uZcfcWqQ1k3Q-XKnTKPhhe3G4PE5yB

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Thought For The Day

Austin Tang — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:15:08 +0000

AN AWESOME MESSAGE I CAME ACROSS

URGENTLY NEEDED…
Not BLOOD
But,
An ELECTRICIAN,
to restore the joyful current
between people,
who do not speak
to each other anymore…

An OPTICIAN,
to change the
outlook of people…

An ARTIST,
to draw a smile
on everyone’s face…

A CONSTRUCTION WORKER,
to build a bridge
between neighbors…

A GARDENER,
to cultivate good thoughts…

A PLUMBER,
to clear the
choked and blocked mindsets…

A SCIENTIST
to rediscover compassion…

A LANGUAGE TEACHER
for better communication
with each other…

And Last but not least,
A MATHS TEACHER,
for all of us to relearn how to count on each other…

Spread lots of love, positivity and smiles today. Tomorrow might be too late

Have a wonderful day
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The Heart and Science of Yoga

admin — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:35:36 +0000

The American Meditation Institute’s Empowering Self-Care Program for a Happy, Healthy, Joyful Life
By Leonard Perlmutter, with Jenness Cortez Perlmutter
The Ultimate Manual for Meditation and Life Transformation
The Wisdom Behind Yoga Science Explained and Applied
Today, the evidence is everywhere that meditation improves health, mental acuity, emotional balance and spiritual connection. Leonard Perlmuttter is one of the Western world’s leading pioneers in the introduction of meditation into the cultural firmament, having founded the American Meditation Institute (AMI) in 1996. AMI’s courses are now approved and accredited by the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association.
Perlmutter, considered one of West’s foremost guides to understanding the nature of consciousness, now offers a heralded book that is an encyclopedic guide to meditation and the Yoga Science that lies behind it.
Praised by such international medical luminaries as Drs. Dean Ornish, Mehmet Oz, Bernie Siegel and Larry Dossey. The Heart and Science of Yoga: The American Meditation Institute’s Empowering Self-Care Program for a Happy, Healthy, Joyful Life shows us the way to meld meditation and yoga into your busy life experience to bring a new level of peace, contentment and wellbeing.
While most North Americans today perceive Yoga as a valuable source of exercise and quieting of the mind, The Heart and Science of Yoga shows that it is so much more. As it was evolved through ancient wisdom, Yoga Science is an eight-step method for managing the life force energy that propels us and connects us to the infinite power that is within and without us all. And the result of mastering it is the bliss and daily joy that lies in the realization of our connection.
This ultimate guidebook to meditation and Yoga Science explains not just what to do BUT WHY TO DO IT—how our choices and actions energetically enhance or diminish our empowerment…. influencing our ability to live well, peacefully and successfully.
One of the most fascinating revelations of Leonard Perlmutter’s The Heart and Science of Yoga, is that when you intentionally turn away from unhealthy temptations toward a better choice, it’s not a sacrifice or a denial. It is actually transforming your energy into greater potency, will power, physical vitality and unlimited creative potential.
Perlmutter’s comprehensive and practical manual, first published in 2005 to great acclaim, and now revised and expanded, connects the dots for those who seek answers and solutions for finding a better, happier life through meditation and Yoga Science. The Heart and Science of Yoga is a master class.
And meditation is the gateway.
In The Heart and Science of Yoga, you’ll discover:
• How the Bridge of Yoga can always lead you to your highest and greatest good
• The 8 different Yoga Science steps that prepare you to lead a life of daily bliss
• The best and easiest ways to anchor meditation in your life-even if you are prone to drift!
• The right mantra for you—and why a mantra makes such a profound difference
• The keys to AMI’s world renowned Meditation System
• How stillness is the Divine Physician
Perlmutter’s great sense of humor and down-to-earth approach is appealing and approachable.
Filled with anecdotes, parables, gentle loving encouragement and surprises, The Heart and Science of Yoga is both an eye-opener and a companion. It’s the ultimate ladder to achieving mastery over your inner and outer worlds-and living in a daily state of transcendence.
This 560-page easy-to-grasp guide provides everything you need to know to live the peaceful, contented, heart-driven Yoga Lifestyle in a modern world.
To book Leonard Perlmutter for a life-changing interview, please send an email with the name of the show, your contact information, a proposed date and time, and the calling details.
“A comprehensive and practical guide to the yogic practices as tools for transformation”-Dean Ornish, MD, founder of the Preventive medicine Research Institute and author of Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease.
“Comprehensively outlines the holistic benefits of Yoga and brought joy to this heart surgeon’s heart”-Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD, Host of The Dr. Oz Show
“An admirable guide to one of the world’s greatest wisdom traditions. This excellent book presents not only Yoga techniques, but also the philosophy behind them”-Larry Dossey MD, Author of Healing Beyond the Body, Reinventing Medicine and Healing Words

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GOOD MORNING.

admin — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 15:56:48 +0000

I open my mind and heart to receive the Divine gift of this day .I step out in confidence, love, and joy,knowing that these qualities flow from the wellspring of Spirit within me. I appreciate the expressions of the One Mind everywhere I look. The words I speak to another befit my recognition of this person as an individualization of GOD. My thought instantly penetrates to and reveals the good in every situation I encounter .
I rejoice in releasing the potential with which God has filled this day.
HAVE A JOYFUL DAY

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