Robin William’s death is soaking the social media with reflections on the treatment of addiction and mental illness. It’s time to start talking openly about addiction and mental illness in the context of social justice and engaged Buddhism. Not taking care of yourself and your own mental health, or trying to avoid those issues by focusing… Read More Let’s Get Real About Addiction and Mental Illness

II. At the Rad Pride March, I heard about the opening of Radstorm at 6050 Almon St. in the north end of Halifax. Radstorm is two collectives that came together to create a shared space for art, all ages music and radical community. Inkstorm is a printing collective, and SadRad is a performance art collective… Read More Radstorm: anarchist art awakening

I started playing harmonium last month, and started learning and writing kirtan chants this week. I’m learning very fast, becoming competent on the instrument in record time. A few friends and I have plans to get together in August to put a larger group together. Harmonium-based kirtan music is incredibly powerful, releasing a dynamic energy that stirs… Read More The Lion’s Roar

Regret becomes wisdom; fear becomes awareness; resistance becomes acceptance; resentment becomes compassion; ego becomes humility; self-hatred becomes dignity; judgement becomes forgiveness; grief becomes joy; greed becomes emptiness; addiction becomes sobriety; passion becomes equanimity; separation becomes reconciliation; frustration becomes patience; delusion becomes insight; denial becomes honesty; isolation becomes interdependence; self-centredness becomes lovingkindness. Every one of our… Read More Everything Can Be Transformed

The trouble is that once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And once you’ve seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There’s no innocence. Either way, you’re accountable. —Arundhati Roy, as quoted in One City: a Declaration of Interdependence by Ethan Nichtern

Jeff Nguyen’s blog, Deconstructing Myths, is a powerful collection of poetic investigations of life under neoliberalism in America.

Originally posted on The Harbinger:
Mi’kmaq lawyer Pam Palmater said this decision provides important clarification over what having aboriginal title means and how it will affect resource development projects. “The aboriginal group in question has the exclusive authority to decide who uses that land and who benefits from that land and, as a result, provincial laws…