What makes the Quakers different as a contemplative tradition? Why are they so keenly committed to social justice? As I wrote in QB Pt. 3, the Quakers have no instructions … Continue reading →
What’s different about the Quakers? Why are they just about the only contemplative tradition that also has a confirmed history of social justice activism? These the questions that have been … Continue reading →
“Rekindling the Fire of Fox: Climate Change and the Spiritual Way Forward.” I’m introducing a teacher that is as new and exciting to me as I hope she will be … Continue reading →
[Editor: Umair Haque continues to write some of the most insightful reflections on the social and spiritual indicators of collapse.] Why A Collapsing Society is Like a Broken Heart, not … Continue reading →
Years ago, I was at a café with a Buddhist teacher and friend of mine, who asked me, “Have you ever experienced Emptiness?” I replied with surprise, “I don’t experience … Continue reading →
Tackling the Mental Health Crisis Means Defeating Neoliberalism Once and For All by Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large originally published at Novara Media In its death throes, neoliberalism clings increasingly to the idea … Continue reading →
[Editor: In this talk, Joanna Macy translates the Buddhist doctrine of ‘non-self’ as ‘belonging’, that because we are not a separate self, we belong to each other and we belong to … Continue reading →
[Editor: This is the third article on Black displacement from concentrated Black neighborhoods, and correlated school closures. The article suggests that targeted school closures in Black neighborhoods intensified and accelerated … Continue reading →
[Editor: The previous article by Glen Ford discussed the mass displacement of Black residents from concentrated Black neighborhoods in Chicago, and the simultaneous closure of schools in Black neighborhoods. A … Continue reading →
Editor: This article from India Post looks at the Hindu-Yoga version of the same phenomenon that I have identified regarding Buddhism on this site many times: that in the age … Continue reading →
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