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#Mindfulness Skills for the #InsightEnvironmentalist

October 23, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Insight Environmentalists practice these mindfulness skills for healing. They: 1.Touch the pain of planetary anguish 2.Take responsibility as earthlings to end suffering 3. Accept reality; say what they know 4.Transform fear into confidence sadness into compassion anger into a call for justice futility into inventiveness 5.Practice a living ethic by…

How #SacredActivists can Transform the #ClimateChange Debate

October 16, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Environmental conflicts like climate change are ready for a more peaceful discourse, one shaped by an awareness of brotherhood and sisterhood. Sacred activists and other ethical and spiritual leaders can dedicate themselves to cultivating a more equitable terrain for decision-making by calling for kindness, adding diversity to the community of…

#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…

#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.…

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…

Riddle Me This #ClimateChange #Koan

September 20, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here, dear friends, is a Climate Change Koan for contemplation. I wrote it in conversation with Bodhisattva Great Ocean. Ocean: Who hears the sound of the last wave? Sailor: No one has visited the distant shore of wavelessness. Ocean: Go there without a step. The route is clear. Open your…

#DanKahan: Finding Art in the Science of #ClimateMessaging

September 15, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Mentioning climate change in some circles is risky business, a form of social violence or even political warfare. But Yale researcher Dan Kahan knows a thing or two about transcending the entrenchment of our camps to find shared meaning. Learn more in this recent interview.

#CitizensUnited Obstructs #ClimateJustice

September 14, 2013 by heatherlynmann

The Supreme Court decision in favor of Citizens United gave corporations the status of personhood and skewed democratic process by removing corporate limits to financial contributions in political campaigns. Profit-seeking industries financially seduce our nation's decision-makers and it is all legal. But here is a movement to restore sanity to…

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