WE COULD STOP PUTTING LIDS ON OURSELVES It is as if we were extraordinary children, possessing all sorts of genius, and we were being undermined by the society around us, which was dying to make us normal people. Whenever we would show any mark of genius, our parents would get embarrassed and try to put… Read More Take the Buddhists Bowling
Everybody within 100 miles of a potential fracking site should hear this woman speak about the gas/oil/mining industrialization of her hometown.
By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Truthout | Op-Ed Thursday, 14 August 2014 As preparations intensify for the People’s Climate March, due to take place in New York City on September 21, it is necessary to remember that a mere change in technologies will not suffice to avert global disaster. What is equally essential is to facilitate the… Read More Moving to a Culture of Life: People’s Climate March
There’s no denying that what’s been unfolding in the Missouri community of Ferguson has rattled people across the U.S. and the rest of the world. Which is why this clip shared by Antonio French, President of the North Campus organization, featuring Tibetan Monks from India standing in solidarity with Ferguson-area civilians at the protest of the killing of Mike… Read More Tibetan Monks Travel from India to Ferguson, MO in Solidarity with Michael Brown
My downstairs neighbour knocked on my door at 9:30 in the morning. He wanted to let me know that he heard me play my harmonium at 9 AM. The sound went into his living room, he said, and he likes to sleep in on Sunday mornings. I said ok, but I had been told by… Read More Your Harmonium is so Irritating!
Spirit Guides Students crave emotional mentorship from their teachers that their parents can’t give them. There’s nothing wrong with that By William Deresiewicz A teacher’s job is to lead forth the powers that lie asleep within his students.Photo courtesy of Shutterstock. Excerpted from Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and The Way to a Meaningful… Read More Great Teachers Teach Students, Not Courses
14MAY/13 This is a note I sent to Decolonizing Yoga after their piece on DGR and transphobia was posted. My name is Aric McBay. I’m the primary author of the book Deep Green Resistance and was (rather briefly) one of the original people behind the organization which Be Scofield writes about on your website. You mention in… Read More Aric McBay on Why He Left DGR: Transphobia
