Dreams of Freedom: Responding to Charleston
The Four Noble Truths as a framework for understanding suffering caused by white supremacy… and the path to liberation from suffering.
Category Archives: World We Live In
Toward a Socially Responsible Mindfulness
Even though I use the word “mindfulness” to describe the principle at the very foundation of my work, I have a lot of resistance to using the ‘m’ word. Here’s why.
Compassionate Action for Nepal and Baltimore
Over these last few weeks, we’ve been rocked in many ways – most notably in Nepal and Baltimore. We want to respond, we want to help. But how to do so in a skillful way?
Support Socially Engaged Buddhism in Thailand
Socially engaged Buddhism and feminism is alive and well in Thailand, thanks to an amazing group of women. Find out how you can support them.
The “Yes!” List / September
Creative and positive ways to respond to some of the most challenging issues of our time… medicine against despair.
The “Yes!” List
Moving from despair to action… Creative ways to respond to 3 of the most challenging situations in our world today: Gaza, refugee kids in Texas, and water access in Detroit.
4 Ways to Transform Despair…. And The Patron Saint of Lost Causes
How can we go on knowing that everything we love will one day disappear? What’s the point of taking any action once we realize that life as we know it is ending? Inspiration from Joanna Macy and others…
My Birthday Wish List
This week: I turn 52 years old and the Liberated Life Project celebrates its third birthday. Here’s what on the top of my wish list.
Love, War, Peace, and Everything in Between: 4 Steps to Changing the World
Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief… You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
–The Talmud
Free Your Mind and the Rest Will Follow
Decolonizing our hearts and minds… and our power structures. How can we free ourselves from the suffering in our own minds as well as that we inflict upon others?