Gyosen Asakura, a Japanese DJ artist-turned-Buddhist priest, created a 23-minute techno-light and sound memorial. The Show-On-G Memorial Service on the TECHNO was peformed in Japan, at Fukui City’s Shō-onji temple, on 2016/10/25.  I mark this as the birth of Buddhist Futurism. Original story curtesy of Open Culture [Note: the video is a live video recording of… Read More The Birth of Buddhist Futurism

Whew! Podcast #2 is up and ready to go! My good friend Tanya McGinnity at Full Contact Enlightenment and the Dharmage Podcast decided to interview me! So I said sure, as long as I can use the recording on my podcast. She gladly obliged, so here it is. Facing the Alt-Reality of Trump, and what… Read More Engage Podcast Episode 2: Facing the Alt-Reality of Trump

For nine years Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society has used the Buddha’s teachings to uncover greed, hatred and delusion wherever it is found and to cultivate the wisdom and compassion necessary to alleviate suffering. We are dedicated to maintaining an ethical framework for all of our actions and to live in a way that… Read More Against the Stream: Resisting the Regime

Editor: I have been following the work of Nafeez Ahmed on energy regimes, peak oil and climate change, for several years. This article just published in Medium: Insurge Intelligence, embodies his years of research on these issues. I will briefly encapsulate the message, but you must read the article to understand it. NO GROWTH. The… Read More Nafeez Ahmed: Trump, the Deep State, and the End of Oil

Learning to See in the Dark Amid Catastrophe: An Interview With Deep Ecologist Joanna Macy Monday, February 13, 2017 By Dahr Jamail, originally published at Truthout | Interview It’s 3:23 in the morning and I’m awake because my great great grandchildren won’t let me sleep my great great grandchildren ask me in dreams what did… Read More Joanna Macy: Learning to See in the Dark Amid Catastrophe

Keenga-Yamahtta Taylor’s book, From #Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation (2016, Haymarket Books) is an in-depth analysis of the historical racial conditions that led to the #Black Lives Matter movement. Taylor present a sweeping analysis of Black history in America. She presents the history of Black liberation struggles, from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s,… Read More Keenga-Yamahtta Taylor: From #Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation

Police and criminal justice reform are just the beginning. Eric McGregor/Pacific PressFeb. 7, 2017 6:00 AM Originally posted at Mother Jones http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/black-lives-matter-versus-trump Donald Trump repeatedly expressed hostility towards Black Lives Matter activists during his presidential campaign, particularly for their efforts to confront police brutality. Now, faced with a Trump agenda whose repercussions for African Americans could… Read More How the Black Lives Matter Movement Is Mobilizing Against Trump