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Our Heat, the Sun–A 5 Minute #GuidedMeditation to be Nourished by Earth

September 16, 2013 by heatherlynmann

https://soundcloud.com/heather-lyn-mann/our-heat-the-sun-a-5-minute Borrow a few minutes from your busy day today to sit in mindful awareness of your relationship to the Earth and Sun. It feels great!

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 Transition Towns Movement You Should Know

August 21, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Around the world people are joining others in their community to find ways to break dependence upon fossil fuels, live sustainably, and get ready for climate disruptions. Collectively, a grassroots network of "Transition Towns" is beginning. Folks are not waiting for government to fix the problem; neither are they aren't…

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…

What’s What

June 8, 2013 by heatherlynmann

It is nutty to think of nature as fragile and humankind as all-powerful when the reverse is in fact true.

Writting Sample Part 3

June 7, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is the next excerpt from Chapter One, Ocean of Insight, a memoir in the works. You'll find the beginning of the tale in the posting on June 5--H Confused, I drop down the companionway ladder to lay hands on nautical charts with the phone number of BASRA Headquarters. The…

A Quote from Gary Snyder

May 14, 2013 by heatherlynmann

"The etiquette of the wild world requires not only generosity but a good-humored toughness that cheerfully tolerates discomfort, an appreciation of everyone's fragility, and a certain modesty." The Practice of the Wild: Essays

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