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Announcing an #EngagedBuddhist Retreat for #EarthHolders

January 8, 2014 by heatherlynmann

Dear Friends, Please come this April to a retreat at Thich Nhat Hanh's Deer Park Monastery in California entitled Earth Holding and Protecting: An Engaged Buddhist Theme Weekend. At the event you will find nourishment, support and strength as you meet brother and sister Earth Holders working to transform planetary…

A #Gatha for #WaterConservation

January 2, 2014 by heatherlynmann

If you're like me, you want to grow more aware of your daily actions and wake up to those moments when you can live more lightly on the planet. A good way to gently gain awareness is through mindfulness verses or Gathas. These short poems, spoken silently throughout the day,…

The #PowerofNature: #LakeSuperior (Part 3)

December 27, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is the last in this story excerpt from Ocean of Insight, a book in the works. I’m crowd-sourcing the project and welcome your feedback. Thanks for your input–H For the rest of our Lake Superior family vacation I refuse to take the helm. As a matter of fact, I…

The #ForumOnReligionandEcology at #Yale

December 10, 2013 by heatherlynmann

The Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology explores religious worldviews and the insight they offer into complex environmental concerns. Here, conferences, publications and a website unite spiritual wisdom with the disciplines of science, economics, and public policy to create comprehensive solutions to local and global environmental challenges.

#Floods, #Drought, and how #ClimateChange Ruined my #FloridaVacation

December 10, 2013 by heatherlynmann

For spring break in 2008 our college kids joined my husband and me aboard our sailboat: Wild Hair. We planned for them an eight-day roundtrip cruise from Ft Lauderdale to Key West. But our scheme fell apart and the trip turned out to be the worst of our family vacations…

#MeditationPractice for the #SacredEcologist

December 6, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Through the ages, wise ones handed down two forms of meditation: active and selective. In active meditation, we sit in an upright way, calm our body, and place attention on the inflow and outflow of our breath. Here we meet our wandering mind. The "practice" of active mediation involves 1)…

#Hope in the Knowledge that #EverythingIsConnected

December 3, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Do you ever wonder if environmental protection makes a difference? Hurl yourself through cyberspace by clicking here to find the answer. This podcast explores nature's interconnection and why skillful action matters. (When you arrive to the link, scroll down to open the Ted Talk entitled, "Everything is Connected.")

#NewYorkTimes #LivingandDying with #ClimateChange

November 13, 2013 by heatherlynmann

In this provocative opinion piece, Roy Scranton considers what it means to be human during civilization's climate collapse. Click here to read Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene. Thank you, Roy, for this insight--

Finding #Harmony with #NaturalOrder–Part 2

October 25, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is the continuation of yesterday's story. Fair Winds--H It turns out I planned a route that moved against the energy of the planet and it made me sick. It is not enough when navigating to consider the strength of the wind and sea. I must also judge the direction…

Finding #Harmony with #NaturalOrder–Part 1

October 24, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is another excerpt from Ocean of Insight, a book in the works. I'm crowd-sourcing the project and welcome your feedback. Thanks for your input--H All day I sit stoically in the cockpit. I dare not move for fear of stirring the inner disaster. “Drink,” Dave orders while passing a…

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