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100,000 Aspirations

Sakyong Mipham's teachings on aspiration are the inspiration behind this project.

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Featured Aspirations

  • I aspire to work hard & have fun in service to all sentient beings & our planet.

    It's a wonderful life, and there's no greater joy for any of us than using whatever our talents are to alleviate suffering.

    As Ginsberg said, "To ease the pain of living / Everything else, drunken dumbshow."

    Waylon Lewis
    Founder, Elephant Journal

  • I would like to live the rest of my life in such a way that it would enhance the lives of others, all others, other animals, trees, even the planet Earth Herself and in doing so catch the attention of Lord Krishna and be able to get to know Him better.

    Sharon Gannon
    Cofounder Jivamukti Yoga

  • May my actions be grounded in love for myself and all beings, and help cultivate peace.

    Sharon Salzberg
    Teacher, NY Times Best Selling Author & Cofounder of Insight Meditation Society

  • I aspire to remain in service to God, this planet, and each other in the name of peace, freedom, equality and love. I aspire to be fearless, shamelessly outspoken, and stay, every day, every moment, in infinite gratitude for the Mystery, the beauty, the humanity, the fragility, the perfect imperfection, of it all.

    Seane Corn
    Yoga Teacher, Activist and Co-Founder: Off the Mat, Into the World®

  • I aspire to read more poetry, to sing it in my sleep, to share it when I can.

    Gregory Maguire
    Author of many best selling books, such as Wicked and most recently Out of Oz

  • I aspire to take responsibility for the energy I bring to any circumstance and I aspire to always lead with love.

    Jill Bolte Taylor
    Neuroanatomist and author of My Stroke of Insight

  • We aspire to live spontaneously, free of wanting things to be different to how they are.

    Ed and Deb Shapiro
    authors of Be The Change

  • I aspire to live in a world where there are more school gardens than McDonalds franchises, where it's easier to feed our kids fruit than froot loops, and where we experience our profound connection to each other and the land through sharing work and sharing food.

    Josh Viertel
    President, Slow Food USA

  • I aspire to take on everything that this world has to offer and give everything it has yet to see, to work my hardest so that when you find my body at rest without its last breath you can bury me in the earth and let the state of the world be my only epitaph.

    Joshua Onysko
    Founder and CEO, Pangea Organics

  • I aspire to neither lead nor follow, but to simply meet whatever comes to me with firm feet, clear eyes and an open heart.

    Cyndi Lee
    Founder, OM yoga

  • May I and all human beings be liberated from narrow views of self, may we fully open our hearts to each other and to this world, and may we live from our deepest nature as love and wisdom. And may humanity learn to honor and protect this beautiful earth as our home, that life may continue to thrive and evolve on this planet.

    John Welwood
    Psychotherapist, teacher, and writer

  • My aspiration is to create the conditions for world peace in my lifetime, and to do so by creating the conditions for inner peace, inner happiness and compassion worldwide.

    Chade-Meng Tan (陳一鳴)
    Mindfulness Teacher at Google

  • I wish for the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

    Joanna Macy
    Eco-philosopher

  • My aspiration is a nuclear, drone-free world, that takes care of its denizens and inspires artistic creativity in all directions of space.

    A Stupa wakes the world up to itself. It is an Archive of our psyche, our imagination, an inscription of creativity and humanity. It is a memory bank and also a kind of enlightened "time bomb" that may set off dharma activity in further and future galaxies. Consciousness exists on many levels, and we are reminded of this by an architecture that reflects the wisdom mind. Let's help create a world, a universe, without war and cruelty and torture and greed. Vow to help all sentient beings as well as ourselves. And the non-human ones — all that crawl, breathe and swim. It's a vow to sanity. I hope we can participate in the creation of this next Stupa with expansive poetry and music and scintillating images, a poeisis of our speech, body and mind.

    Anne Waldman
    Co-founder (with Allen Ginsberg) of The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University
    Distinguished Professor of Poetics, NU
    Chancellor, The Academy of American Poets

  • my aspirations.......

    that we may all

    realize the inter-connection of all beings through the greatest love
    in our hearts,
    hold no grudges,
    be open to offering our services to others in need,
    be smiling, willing and grateful
    feel joy in this and every moment
    feel sadness
    find our true humility
    share our happiness
    discover our basic goodness

    KiKi SoSo

    Michael Doucet
    Musician

  • I aspire to help all beings recognize their inherent goodness.

    Susan Piver
    Author, The Wisdom of a Broken Heart

  • Offering this body, this heart, this mind to the ending of suffering,
    may all beings be free from suffering, from want, from greed, from hunger, from hatred and fear;
    may all beings awaken to who they truly are, seeing that we are not separate from any being or thing;
    may we all come home to our true nature, the natural and boundless heart.

    Roshi Joan Halifax
    Founding Abbot, Upaya Zen Center

  • I vow daily to further the cause of peace in the world: to look within and unlock my own obstructions to compassion so that in each encounter, whether it is personal or professional, I can be appropriate and skillfully kind.

    Laura Simms
    Storyteller, Recording Artist, Teacher, Writer and Humanitarian
  • Jim Lord
    Author What Kind of World Do You Want?

  • I aspire to soar higher, inspire, retire and expire.

    David Nichtern
    Musician and Composer

Gathering 100,000 of our best intentions and radiating them to the world.

  • I aspire to do something kind everyday. Yesterday
  • I aspire to be kind and give smile to everyone. Yesterday
  • I aspire to find and then nuture the peace in my heart so that I may help others find and then nuture the peace in their hearts 18 May
  • I aspire to be kind to myself and others in every moment of the day 18 May
  • I aspire to have my name remembered. -Toni Kristabelle Brewer 17 May
  • I aspire to stay with uneasiness and tightening, to feel it fully for the benefit of all. 16 May
  • I aspire to continue planting seeds of kindness in the trampled soil of my mind. May I cultivate this soil with joyous exertion for the benefit of all beings. 14 May
  • I aspire to be able to be a bit female fire angry sometimes, and not told that I have to suppress it. 14 May
  • I aspire to make this life meaningful 14 May
  • I aspire to be kind and compassionate to others. 11 May
  • I aspire to access wisdom 11 May
  • I aspire for all people to feel love and compassion in their hearts. 11 May
  • I aspire to help end child poverty. 10 May
  • I aspire to help create enlightened society with the Ziji Collective @zijinorcal 10 May
  • I aspire to help preserve diversity in all aspects of life - Food, music, art, culture, plants, and animals 10 May
  • I aspire to share meditation and dharma with all those who need, want, and appreciate it. 10 May
  • I aspire to treat the people I encounter, each day, with kindness and compassion. 10 May
  • I aspire to help people realize their significance in the universe. 10 May
  • I aspire to be compassionate in all my interactions. 9 May
  • I aspire to love 9 May
  • I aspire to educate people that dogs do not flourish in cities, and that are basically good as pack animals, living on farms and countrysides only. 9 May
  • I aspire to never give up on anyone or anything 9 May
  • I aspire to educate humans about the basic goodness of dogs. 9 May
  • I aspire to see the humanity and goodness of all people. 9 May
  • I aspire to bring sacredness to every action 9 May
  • I aspire to be free of fears and embrace life. 9 May
  • I aspire bring out the best in every person I come into contact with. 8 May
  • I aspire for all people to appreciate their world and lives. 8 May
  • I aspire to dedicate my life to benefit many beings. 8 May
  • I aspire to create an Enlightened Society 8 May
  • I aspire to share my joy with people who seek it, and offer it to those who don't. They might say YES. 8 May
  • I aspire for all beings to know truth and thus peace 8 May
  • I aspire that people will be kind to our elegant planet. 8 May
  • I aspire to be 100% cheerful all day. 8 May
  • I aspire to dance more. 8 May
  • I aspire world peace. 8 May
  • I aspire to awake each morning like the sun: full of being and possibility. 7 May
  • I aspire to awaken every day with a genuinely, warm, and positive atmosphere. 7 May
  • I aspire to heal, love and be of benefit, even though I was raised with tremendous unkindness. 7 May
  • I aspire really love... 7 May
  • I aspire to know my own power and vulnerability and see the vulnerability and power in others 6 May
  • I aspire to live a life free of fear - and to inspire others to do the same! 6 May
  • I aspire to wake up! 6 May
  • I aspire to learn to approve of myself and therefore everyone everywhere 5 May
  • I aspire to serve the awakening of love in all hearts 4 May
  • I aspire to not be judgmental! 4 May
  • I aspire to know that that is nothing to fear... 3 May
  • I aspire to no longer be afraid of messing up. 3 May
  • I aspire to live in this moment. 3 May
  • I aspire to love all who come my way. 3 May
  • I aspire to fly with my feet on the ground. 3 May
  • I aspire to overcome aggression in my life. 3 May
  • I aspire to listen more, talk less, learn more... 3 May
  • I aspire to bring clear, moving water to every situation. 3 May
  • I aspire to let go of my addictions which I follow blindly, hoping to find bliss. 3 May
  • Aspiring requires no I to give wisdom and a sense of well-being to all sentient beings. 3 May
  • I aspire to kindness. 3 May
  • I aspire To great each moment with wisdom and mindfulness. 3 May
  • I aspire to say a mantra for every stitch of my knitting ;D 3 May
  • I aspire for world peace 3 May
  • I aspire to send out unconditional peace, love and happiness to the world every time it comes to mind. I especially want to focus these loving thoughts at 11:11 AM or PM. Many people realize this as a significant time in the day. With focused attention, we are able to intensify our intentions along with all others doing the same thing. I encourage everyone to make it a point and spread the word. It is a simple but beautiful way to send out love to a world so much in need. 2 May
  • I aspire to go back to work. 2 May
  • I aspire to meditate in order to develop a peaceful mind and and open heart for the benefit of all sentient beings! 2 May
  • I aspire to be a winner n get 1st rank 2 May
  • I aspire to be the teacher within me and to share love, yoga, compassion and generosity to each person I meet. 1 May
  • I aspire to teach children and inspire them to develop tolerant minds and compassionate hearts so that they may become warriors of peace and justice in the future. Marva McClean 30 Apr
  • I aspire that all sentient beings will have clean, plentiful water, and that Florida's freshwater springs will be restored to health and saved. 30 Apr
  • I aspire to protect the enviroment especially the water. 30 Apr
  • I would like all of us-every single living human being-to aspire to be better than we know we actually are. 30 Apr
  • I aspire to live my life from a place of freedom and drop the illusion of fear. 29 Apr
  • I aspire that people contact fully their lungta & their prajna 29 Apr
  • I aspire to never give up on anyone. 29 Apr
  • I aspire to open my heart to love and vulnerability when it's needed. 29 Apr
  • I aspire to be a clear and aware expression of true nature every step of the way. 29 Apr
  • I aspire that all beings live in peace and harmony with one another and the environment in which they find themselves. 29 Apr
  • I wish for all people to be free from suffering and have happiness, and I aspire to change to help bring that about. 29 Apr
  • I aspire to a world filled with kindness and caring for all beings. 28 Apr
  • I aspire to be the person of my dreams. 28 Apr
  • I aspire to live my truth. 28 Apr
  • I aspire that all beings develop wisdom. 28 Apr
  • I aspire to dissolve 'my self' in Love. 28 Apr
  • I aspire that all souls are filled with loving kindness towards each other. 27 Apr
  • I aspire to be humble at every given moment 27 Apr
  • I aspire to calm my mind and remember what is truly important. 27 Apr
  • I aspire to catch big fish in the river of life and share their beauty with others. 27 Apr
  • I aspire to heighten my awareness to expand past myself and my daily experience 27 Apr
  • I aspire to cultivate gentleness towards myself and kindness towards others. 27 Apr
  • May all beings turn their minds toward the dharma of truth, love, and compassion and find their true paths in this life and beyond. 27 Apr
  • I aspire to live my life intentionally. I want to live with the intention of being kind, compassionate, and patient with myself and all other beings. 27 Apr
  • I aspire to allow someone to realize their own worth every day 27 Apr
  • I aspire to be a glowing personalized expression of the One Universal Light. 27 Apr
  • I aspire to live in courage, vulnerability, and from my open, raw heart. 27 Apr
  • I aspire that all humans realize their unlimited potential. 27 Apr
  • I aspire to remain in this moment. 27 Apr
  • I aspire to nurture young people's dreams, visions, and leadership 27 Apr
  • I aspire to awaken in this lifetime and share the goodness with all beings 27 Apr
  • I aspire to tame my jealousy 27 Apr
  • I aspire to be kinder to my imperfect self and to open up to life again. 25 Apr
  • I aspire to be strong 24 Apr
  • I aspire to stay devoted to the path, using daily practice, and all transmitted wisdom, so that I may be of maximum usefulness in the service and awakenment of all beings. 23 Apr
  • I aspire to make it through the dathun... 22 Apr
  • I aspire to live like I am worthy 21 Apr
  • I aspire to be patient 20 Apr
  • I aspire to cultivate a tender heart! 20 Apr
  • I aspire to prevent gender violence against women. 19 Apr
  • I aspire to have a GRATEFUL heart ~ 18 Apr
  • I aspire to let myself be free 17 Apr
  • I aspire to join hands to visualize and creatively implement a new frontier of peace 16 Apr
  • I aspire to find the joy in discipline 15 Apr
  • I aspire to have defined abs! 15 Apr
  • I aspire to be decent 13 Apr
  • I aspire to remember the importance of generosity and letting go of my small mindedness and hope to at least bring some glimmer of warmth to others in my daily life. 13 Apr
  • I aspire to make more independent thinkers 12 Apr
  • I aspire to nurture my relationships 12 Apr
  • I aspire to smile at myself every day 11 Apr
  • I aspire to take care of my body 10 Apr
  • I aspire that I will find the one that I love and who loves me in order that we build a life together and create more aspirations. 9 Apr
  • I aspire to teach with genuine presence. 8 Apr
  • I aspire to stay in the moment, especially when it's painful. 8 Apr
  • I aspire to know what I feel 8 Apr
  • I aspire to smile at everyone I pass by this week:) 8 Apr
  • I aspire to respect silence 6 Apr
  • I aspire To spread joy! 6 Apr
  • I aspire to lean into the sharp edges of life. 5 Apr
  • I aspire to take my time. 5 Apr
  • I aspire to be okay with myself. 5 Apr
  • I aspire to be inspired about where my life will take me. 5 Apr
  • I aspire to remember my basic goodness 3 Apr
  • I aspire that all the streams of Dharma teaching taught in the West by the great Siddha, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche spread and flourish and benefit beings according to their "diverse aspirations." 2 Apr
  • I aspire to take full responsibility for my actions and feelings. 2 Apr
  • I aspire to work with anxiety 1 Apr
  • I aspire to treat every individual with kindness and empathy. 29 Mar
  • I aspire to work lovingly on this day at helping people develop their mindfulness 28 Mar
  • I aspire to poop. 27 Mar
  • I aspire to know what to accept and what to reject. 26 Mar
  • I aspire to not harm or cause any suffering to any sentient being. 25 Mar
  • I aspire to be a better person to all 25 Mar
  • I aspire to have confidence in basic goodness. 25 Mar
  • I aspire to free every sentient beings of suffering 24 Mar
  • I aspire to live a life where I use my heart to interact genuinely and lovingly with others. 24 Mar
  • I aspire to provide an environment and means that generate the causes and conditions necessary to meet peoples' and other sentient beings' needs for food, for shelter, for compassion, for loving kindness, for insight and for wisdom that allows for freedom from suffering and access to genuine happiness. 24 Mar
  • I aspire to take care of my health in order to benefit sentient beings 24 Mar
  • I aspire to live my truth. 23 Mar
  • I aspire to continue the path of self improvement at the perfect pace of no improvement at all; only awareness. 23 Mar
  • I aspire to not be afraid of my mind 22 Mar
  • I aspire raise my children to imagine. 22 Mar
  • I aspire to be a lifelong worker on the highway of compassion. 21 Mar
  • I aspire to use my own pain for the benefit of others 21 Mar
  • I aspire to respect other people's need for quiet and privacy 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be more like Glen 21 Mar
  • I aspire to love without attraction 21 Mar
  • I aspire to believe that I am a good enough/ strong enough person to not allow myself to cheat 21 Mar
  • I aspire to not live in fear, to keep ambitions in check, and to love and hold dearly those who care for me so that I can care for them 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be present 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be vulnerable 21 Mar
  • I aspire to meditate for 10 minutes every morning 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be someone who can lead and educate youth 21 Mar
  • I aspire to remember everything I learned while I was at Karme Choling and continue to realize how much I agree with this way of thought 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be more relaxed 21 Mar
  • I aspire to accept being isolated- in all its forms 21 Mar
  • I aspire to live a life in love with the world, the universe, everything... 21 Mar
  • I aspire to cultivate an open heart and an awakened mind for the benefit of all 21 Mar
  • I aspire to love open-heartedly, not caring what comes back 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be a better boyfriend 21 Mar
  • I aspire to cook more meals at home for friends 21 Mar
  • I aspire to find acceptance 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be a more trustworthy version of myself 21 Mar
  • I aspire to keep my heart open 21 Mar
  • I aspire to always stop to enjoy all the beauty on earth 21 Mar
  • I aspire to inspire 21 Mar
  • I aspire that every child is wanted and loved 21 Mar
  • I aspire to do something awesome 21 Mar
  • I aspire to love as if every day is my last 21 Mar
  • I aspire to rule my world 21 Mar
  • I aspire to start getting up earlier to do my practice before going to work 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be kind to everyone I meet 21 Mar
  • I aspire to listen more and talk less 21 Mar
  • I aspire to separate love from physical attraction 21 Mar
  • I aspire to give others what they need before I ask for something in return 21 Mar
  • I aspire to find meaning in things I would otherwise overlook 21 Mar
  • I aspire, when I am disheartened, to acknowledge this to myself (but not to others) and apply the practices to raise windhorse- to apply fresh start 21 Mar
  • I aspire to let go of fear and hope 21 Mar
  • I aspire to believe 21 Mar
  • I aspire to do the right thing even when it is the hard thing 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be kind to everyone, including those who aren't 21 Mar
  • I aspire to bear with unbearable sorrow 21 Mar
  • I aspire to accept all of who I am as it arises and to teach others the dharma 21 Mar
  • I aspire to create space so others can be who they are 21 Mar
  • I aspire to use better judgement in the future 21 Mar
  • I aspire to squeeze out the golden nectar of luminosity inlaid in the fabric of phenomena 21 Mar
  • I aspire to make my girlfriend happy 21 Mar
  • I aspire to stop being embarrassed for myself and others 21 Mar
  • I aspire to remember to hold my own heart with gentleness in order to hold yours genuinely 21 Mar
  • I aspire to have peace in my heart in order to help others without an agenda 21 Mar
  • I aspire to roll with the not so sublime times 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be intentional in all aspects of life 21 Mar
  • I aspire to be gentle and loving toward myself and others 21 Mar
  • I aspire to try and take as much of what I've learned at Karme Choling home with me 21 Mar
  • I aspire to love 21 Mar
  • I aspire to change the world for the better 21 Mar
1/31/2012

 

100K thanks to Sharon Gannon, co-founder of Jivamukti yoga who has joined 100,000 aspirations as an inspired supporter!

"I would like to live the rest of my life in such a way that it would enhance the lives of others, all others, other animals, trees, even the planet Earth Herself and in doing so catch the attention of Lord Krishna and be able to get to know Him better."

Keep Aspiring

1/11/2012

100K thanks to Gregory Maguire, author of many best selling books, such as Wicked and most recently Out of Oz, who has joined 100,000 aspirations as an inspired supporter.

"I aspire to read more poetry, to sing it in my sleep, to share it when I can"

 

 

1/6/2012

 

‎"I find that asking myself “What’s not wrong?” has the effect of instantly shifting my mindset, bringing me right back to a positive view, and softening fear…and from there, opening me up to answers we didn’t expect to the problems at hand."

Sally Schneider, creator of ‘the improvised life’

Keep Aspiring!
12/28/2011

Inspired supporter (and friend) Susan Piver on feeling our way to our resolutions/aspirations for the new year...

http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2011/12/20/new-years-resolutions-2/

Keep Aspiring!

12/23/2011

Teacher Chuck Whetsell offers tips on dancing with our aspirations throughout the day.

Keep Aspiring!

12/21/2011

Shambhala Publications joins our community of generous sponsors and is offering a 25% discount to anyone who contributes $25 or more to the 100,000 aspirations project to build a stupa - a monument to peace in Vermont. We'll email the coupon code.

http://www.shambhala.com/

A big thank you to Shambhala Publications and Keep Aspiring!

 

12/16/2011

From a short interview (more to come!) with our inspired supporters, Ed and Deb Shapiro, authors of Be the Change...on the 100,000 Aspirations project:

‎"A message that is so meaningful is needed for this screwed up world. Like ripples in a pond, just put out the ripples, put out the message, wish all beings are happy and free from suffering, and then let it all take it’s own course." 

Keep Aspiring!

12/15/2011

Thanks to a donation from our wonderful media partner elephantjournal.com, 100,000 Aspirations now has a aspiration banner on each Ele page. Thank you!

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12/15/2011

Calling all videos! Top 5 video aspirations with the most Likes by New Years receive Pema Chodron's "True Happiness" audio download from our sponsor Sounds True. See our Video Aspiration Blog for the details.

For hilarious (and helpful) video tips, see Kate Bartolotta's "How to make a video aspiration in 108 easy takes"

Also not to be missed, our media partner Elephant Journal's own Waylon Lewis's video aspiration out-takes.

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12/6/2011

Karmê Chöling - the Shambhala retreat center in Vermont where the stupa, the monument to peace - is being built is in the NYTimes: Solo Retreats for Urban Professionals. Keep Aspiring!

What is a Stupa?

Stupas are sacred monuments to peace, tolerance and compassion that are at the heart of the Buddhist tradition.

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Make the stupa a reality by contributing and choose one of the gifts below in appreciation.

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Limited Edition Reproduction of Stupa Artwork by Jack Niland
Shambhala Sun Subscription
USA only
Sounds True audio download of Pema Chödrön's True Happiness
Tsa Tsa - Miniature Stupa
Made of plaster just like the ones being put inside of the stupa, along with your aspirations and other precious objects. Considered the most sacred and powerful aspect of a stupa and will be blessed by a Tibetan Lama.
Tsa Tsa,
Smile at Fear by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche,
and The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya Book

100000aspirations.org is a project of Karmê Chöling, a retreat center in Northern Vermont offering contemplative practices and disciplines to promote peace, wisdom and compassion in the world.

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