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#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…

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…

Brilliant Advice from #Rumi About #ClimateChange

September 19, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Rumi wrote: Sit, be still, and listen For you are drunk and We are at the edge of the roof

#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…

Report Card for the Last #ElectricityFreeDay

September 9, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Yesterday was the fourth and final Saturday in my series of electricity-free days; the series was a personal protest against America's fossil fuel policies and the corporations profiting from them. During the final day, two extraordinary things happened. First, I nearly spoiled all the food in the fridge. Second, I…

The Fifth #ClimateJustice #MindfulnessTraining: Preserving the Whole

September 6, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is the last of five Climate Justice Mindfulness Trainings that I began posting on August 26th. Preserving the Whole Aware of pain caused by individual and societal fear, greed, anger, and delusion, I will cultivate a peaceful mind of inter-being in myself and others. I will nourish myself and…

Report Card for #Electricity-FreeDay Number 3

September 3, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Whoa. Sometimes the world says stop. Sometimes my best ideas just aren't going to fly. Sometimes, skilfulness requires shutting my mouth and going with the flow. Here's the most recent skinny on my third try at living a day without electricity--twenty-four hours when I watched my burning aspiration fizzle into…

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