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The Parasite
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The Parasite

1999
On Tajikistan
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On Tajikistan

2003
Poetry from the On Being Gathering
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Poetry from the On Being Gathering

A poetry reading from John Paul of a series of haikus for the first On Being Gathering held at the 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley, CA.

2018
Inside the P.W. Akkerman Pen Shop in The Hague, the Netherlands, with a Really Expensive Mont Blanc in Hand
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Inside the P.W. Akkerman Pen Shop in The Hague, the Netherlands, with a Really Expensive Mont Blanc in Hand

Leaves shake in the wind
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Leaves shake in the wind

Evening desert rain
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Evening desert rain

2015
Varela Symposium: Transforming Conflict – From Science to Real World Applications
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Varela Symposium: Transforming Conflict – From Science to Real World Applications

John Paul's contributions to the Upaya Zen Center's Varela Symposium 2018, which explored the theme, "Transforming Conflict: From Science to Real World Applications."

2018
Creative Beginnings: From the Moral Imagination Program
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Creative Beginnings: From the Moral Imagination Program

A collection of practices and facilitation ideas shared in the URI Moral Imagination Program. 

2008
Faith Into Action: A Moral Imagination Conversation
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Faith Into Action: A Moral Imagination Conversation

A video emergent from the URI Moral Imagination program in which Libby Hoffman, Charles Gibbs, and John Paul discuss how the Moral Imagination supports URI practice and philosophy.

2008