Ocean Archives • Heather Lyn Mann

#ThichNhatHanh: #Meditation on #Water

January 13, 2014 by heatherlynmann

This water's shape is round or square according to the container that holds it. In the spring warmth, it is liquid. In the winter cold, solid. When its path is obstructed, it stands still. How vast it is, yet its source is so small and difficult to find. On the…

An #EnglishProverb

December 30, 2013July 2, 2014 by heatherlynmann

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

A #ClimateChange #Koan

December 7, 2013 by heatherlynmann

[wpvideo c5Ubcbnk] Here is a Koan to hold with curiosity during a time of quiet reflection. Perhaps it will unlock for you a new understanding about the workings of nature-- Sailor: Who hears the sound of the last wave? Ocean: I have no waves. Note: I shot this video on…

#ClimateChange and #CoralReefExtinction–Part 2

October 9, 2013 by heatherlynmann

This is a continuation of a story from my travels. The tale started with yesterday's posting. Enjoy--H Rafe Boulon, Chief of Resource Management for the US Virgin Islands National Park and Coral Reef National Monument, was one of many holding his breath during the summer of 2005. A record-breaking twenty-eight…

#ClimateChange and #CoralReefExtinction–Part 1

October 9, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is an excerpt from a book in the works called Ocean of Insight: Faith, Climate Change, and How the Atlantic Transformed One Woman Sailor. Enjoy, H. Ship’s Log: March 2, 2011, 16:50—Buck Island off Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands Slithering from the dinghy into the chop of Caribbean waters,…

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…

A Writing Sample for Your Comment: Letter to a Friend

April 26, 2013 by heatherlynmann

I am writing a memoir of my six years sailing the Atlantic after a long period of employment as an environmental activist. The ocean wilderness for me was a setting of deep and transformative learning. Here I share with you the opening of the memoir. Your helpful comments will "crowd-source"…

Heather Lyn Mann