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#ClimateChange and #CoralReefExtinction–Part 2

October 9, 2013 by heatherlynmann

This is a continuation of a story from my travels. The tale started with yesterday's posting. Enjoy--H Rafe Boulon, Chief of Resource Management for the US Virgin Islands National Park and Coral Reef National Monument, was one of many holding his breath during the summer of 2005. A record-breaking twenty-eight…

#ClimateChange and #CoralReefExtinction–Part 1

October 9, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is an excerpt from a book in the works called Ocean of Insight: Faith, Climate Change, and How the Atlantic Transformed One Woman Sailor. Enjoy, H. Ship’s Log: March 2, 2011, 16:50—Buck Island off Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands Slithering from the dinghy into the chop of Caribbean waters,…

#ClimateJustice for #EarthCareWeek and Beyond

October 7, 2013 by heatherlynmann

I am helping members of my Buddhist community engage on the frontline of Climate Justice in the State of Wisconsin. We know a shallow understanding of global warming coupled with mere good-will for the planet empowers the continuation of unjust actions by the privileged. So, our group aims to address…

#GovernmentShutDown? Activate #Happiness

October 4, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Yes, the government shut down, our prisons are past capacity, the climate overheats, and guns proliferate. Society is a mess. But, I will not let my unhappiness--my anger, fear, and sadness--add to the sorrows of those around me. I will live a life of sacred activism, healing the world by…

#ClimateChange: the Latest #IPCCPressRelease

October 3, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Click here to read the latest press release from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It is breaking news: humankind's influence on the climate is now clear. Breathe in, breathe out. Feel the suffering of your body: anger, fear, and grief. Shine your light of mindfulness upon the present moment…

#EarthCareWeek

October 3, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Be a part of the first annual Earth Care Week. Are you a sacred activist?

#RadicalTransformation for #EnvironmentalActivists and #Buddhist Practitioners

October 2, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Each of us--as children of Mother Earth--can benefit from a spiritual relationship with the natural world. Countless studies disclose the mental and physical benefits that emerge from time in nature. But two groups are especially ripe to have that relationship be intentional and radically transformative: environmental activists and Buddhist practitioners.…

60 Seconds with #ThichNhatHanh

October 1, 2013 by heatherlynmann

[wpvideo vndkPbcD] I spent last week on retreat with my root teacher--Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay)--at Magnolia Grove Monastery in Mississippi. We practiced mindfulness as we walked, sat, and ate. We woke to the truth of inter-being. Here we are in the meadow enjoying tea and breathing together in the company…

Not #Morality but #Enlightenment: The Path to #PlanetaryWellness

September 23, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Fear, greed, anger, and delusion are the roots of great suffering. What is extraordinary is the depth and scale of this statement, because what holds true for the individual holds for civilization and the entirety of Mother Earth. Individual suffering and planetary suffering are made of the same stuff. Societies…

#Mindfulness and the #NeuroticMind

September 22, 2013 by heatherlynmann

I learned about the relationship between my mind and breath at my first Buddhist retreat. Sitting in calm alertness, I tried to focus my mind on a single point of pure, dependable reality: my breathing. Sitting peacefully I thought: Breathing in I feel myself breathing in. Breathing out I feel…

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