[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 a Broken Machine umair haqueFeb 28 “I love your writing. But please, PLEASE, give us some solutions!!” Sure. How about this? On one level, the solutions… Read More Umair Haque: Social-Spiritual Dimensions of Collapse
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 emptiness, I experience Life; Emptiness is a concept.” I find myself moving in a new direction: Life after Buddhism. I see Buddhism as necrophilic (defined… Read More Life After Buddhism
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 of mental illness as an explainer for the levels of rage, sadness, agitation and zombification it elicits. This is in many ways a genius move,… Read More Pathologies of Collapse, Pt. 2
[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 the earth. “Mutual belonging is our birthright. We are inter-being with each other.” Joanna Macy’s approach to the dharma is to move toward life, and… Read More Joanna Macy: We Belong
[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 the displacement of Black families from the City. Both appear to be a coordinated policy of closing schools and displacing Black families, implemented by Chicago… Read More School Closures Emptied Black Neighborhoods in Chicago
[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 reader posted a particularly vitriolic comment on Glen Ford’s article. I approved the comment because I believe in free speech and open discussion on the… Read More Black Displacement from Cities and Schools
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 of the Internet (and cheap publishing) no one needs a guru anymore. From age of Guru to age of friend by Greg Goode Recently a… Read More The Age of the Guru is Over
