Sincerely grateful to you for sharing your wisdom... And for your work in the world. I will be relying on our connection for sustaining inspiration for future rescue dog advocacy efforts...
Yes, centering meditation, practiced every day, brings us back to ourselves. We can't change the whole world, but we can bring beauty to our space, which, hopefully, starts to change the larger world.
Indeed Chris! If we get too caught up in all the chaos, we lose our centers, and then there is no where from which to act. The Buddhists say, "This too shall pass." I don't believe in being passive, but we do need to remember that a time will come "after this" and we need to be ready for that.
Many activists have learned exactly the lesson you mention. Andrew Harvey has written about this issue in illuminating ways in book like The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism and Radical Regeneration. Among Buddhist social philosophers I have learned much from David Loy, including his Ecodharma.
Thanks for reading Bill. I haven't read those two, but I guess there are different paths to the same conclusion. Given the despair I find out there, I think we can all use reminders.
Sincerely grateful to you for sharing your wisdom... And for your work in the world. I will be relying on our connection for sustaining inspiration for future rescue dog advocacy efforts...
Namaste
Thank you Denise! And welcome aboard. I appreciate your support and hope to continue being an inspiration.
Yes, centering meditation, practiced every day, brings us back to ourselves. We can't change the whole world, but we can bring beauty to our space, which, hopefully, starts to change the larger world.
Indeed Chris! If we get too caught up in all the chaos, we lose our centers, and then there is no where from which to act. The Buddhists say, "This too shall pass." I don't believe in being passive, but we do need to remember that a time will come "after this" and we need to be ready for that.
Many activists have learned exactly the lesson you mention. Andrew Harvey has written about this issue in illuminating ways in book like The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism and Radical Regeneration. Among Buddhist social philosophers I have learned much from David Loy, including his Ecodharma.
Thanks for reading Bill. I haven't read those two, but I guess there are different paths to the same conclusion. Given the despair I find out there, I think we can all use reminders.
Good article. Good food for thought.
Thanks Mary Jo!