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The Words of #SisterMiriamMacGillis

September 10, 2013 by heatherlynmann

"We don't go out into our backyard and kneel down before the soil and know that we are in the face of sacred mystery. It's just dirt to us; it's opaque. It's real estate. Whoever has the deed to it owns it." Sister Miriam MacGillis Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of…

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…

The Third Climate Justice #Mindfulness Training: Sacred Conception

August 28, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is the third of five Climate Justice Mindfulness Trainings I wrote as a guideline for ethical living during this climate emergency. You can look back at this week's earlier posts for the text of the first two Trainings. Sacred Conception Aware of pain caused by actions that push the…

The First Climate Justice #Mindfulness Training: Protecting Life

August 26, 2013 by heatherlynmann

In my spiritual practice I felt an absence of clarity around the every-day ethics of living in harmony with Mother Earth. So, I re-wrote the ancient Buddhist precepts into up-to-date Climate Justice Mindfulness Trainings, guidelines I can chew on again and again in meditation. It's worth noting, I am a…

Podcast Link: “Sailing at the Earth’s Tempo”

August 16, 2013 by heatherlynmann

https://soundcloud.com/heather-lyn-mann/sailing-at-the-earths-tempo Follow this link to hear a six-minute reading of my latest published work: "Sailing at the Earth's Tempo." Or, you can find the article in the summer 2013 issue of The Mindfulness Bell, a publication of Plum Village. Enjoy--H

Breaking the Cycle of Dualistic Thinking

July 21, 2013 by heatherlynmann

When we view the natural world as something outside of and separate from humankind, we get caught in dualistic thinking and fail to see reality. But when we break the cycle of dualistic thinking to view people, animals, plants, and minerals as extensions of our own bodies--the natural world as…

Mother Earth’s Prayer

June 1, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Meaning no sacrilege, I offer this prayer to help us honor and awaken to the primacy of sacred creation. Mother Earth's Prayer Our Planet, beneath our feet, Hallowed be thy name. Nature’s Order abounds, Nature’s Laws govern all, On earth and in society’s relationships and systems. Give us this day…

Stopping. Looking.

May 30, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Where are you on the voyage of earth healing? How have you moved away from a culture of violence, greed, consumption, and indifference toward individual, societal, and planetary well-being? How do you embody peace and healing today? In what way are you still a part of the problem? How can…

Cheerful Cataclysm

May 25, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Evidence is in all places Earth is berthing a Culture of Awakening Larger than religion, science, nations, or economics. The fierceness of discourse Incalculable investments undermining compassion These are the noises and graspings of society's dying, narrow self. We are greater than fright-filled limitations We are the seasons incarnate Exploding…

Ideas from Joanna Macy

May 21, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Systems Scientist and Buddhist Scholar Joanna Macy asks the question, "How can we live in a way that allows our system to work as well as it can?" Here, "system" can mean family, neighborhood, cooperative, watershed, state, nation, or planet earth. In answer, Macy offers the following Guidelines of Intention.…

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