In India a Small Band of Women Risk It All for a Chance to Work
“When you start working, your heart opens up,” she said. “Then you’re not scared anymore.” In India, women’s participation in the labor force stands at around 27 percent, lower than … Continue reading
Minister is “colour-blind” to environmental racism
A response to last week’s Coast Q&A. By Ingrid Waldron click to enlarge Dr. Ingrid Waldron is a sociologist and an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie whose … Continue reading
Atlantic Contemplative Centre Events at Halifax Central Library
Dear Atlantic Mindful Network, As previously noted, the ACC and the Central Library will be co-hosting A SERIES OF THREE PRESENTATIONS AT THE HALIFAX CENTRAL LIBRARY. These presentations, scheduled at 7pm … Continue reading
Evolution: Life on Earth is One Big Extended Family
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED: I saw this poster at Mount Saint Vincent University, in the science department. What this shows is that every life form that exists, or that has existed … Continue reading
Tommy Rosen: Going Through and Beyond the 12 Steps
Going through and beyond the 12 Steps to experience full recovery from addiction. My name is Shaun and I practice recovery. That’s how I say it now, after 25 … Continue reading
Doorway on Cornwallis St. Halifax
Graffiti is typically a collective art form. —Shaun Bartone Buddhist cosmology, which is concerned with the experience of awakening, must be limited to our universe, which we now know is relative and … Continue reading
Prof. Nergis Mavalvala Proved Einstein’s Theory of Gravitational Waves
MacArthur Foundation NEWS Meet The Queer Woman Who Proved Einstein’s Theory About Gravitational Waves “I am just myself,” says Prof. Nergis Mavalvala. “But out of that comes something positive.” by Dan … Continue reading
Staci Michelle Yandle Nominated to Federal Court
Black lesbian nominated by President Obama for federal judge post By Mo Barnes | January 16, 2014 11:35 PM EST Lesbian achievement in government and society took a giant leap forward as … Continue reading
Chogyam Trungpa: Shunyata as Cheap Escapism
The idea of egolessness has often been used to obscure the reality of birth, suffering and death. The problem is that, once we have a notion of egolessness and a … Continue reading
Gravitational Waves: XPostNon Confronts the ‘Void’
Gravitational waves image rendered by LIGO. Remarkably beautiful and much like a lotus flower. Meta Buddhist Inquiry has been having an email summit on the discovery of gravitational waves and … Continue reading
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