What if money didn’t matter?
If we don’t give capital its power, it won’t hold such extensive power over us all. What could life be like?
View ArticleConserving Your Inner Nature
Buddhism is not selective; it is not a typical religion. It’s not about converting or not converting to Buddhism, but rather what can you take and learn from Buddhist thought? How can your life be...
View ArticleThe Noble Truths
Buddhism offers a simple and straightforward way of looking at the world and what it means to live a moral and humble life. It is not based on any sort of almighty God, as Buddha never claimed to be a...
View ArticleLove is Simple. (the ‘Sharing Economy’)
“When we start substituting sharing for buying, fascinating changes –disruptions, opportunities, and maybe even climate benefits– can follow.” –Scott Rosenberg As is fairly obvious, the capitalist...
View ArticleImpermanence: Every Door is Open for Change
If you suffer, it is not because things are impermanent. It is because you believe things are permanent. When a flower dies, you don’t suffer much, because you understand that flowers are impermanent....
View ArticleLeading by Example — Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
Today, on the birthday of one of the most inspirational and perceptive thinkers and leaders of our time, let us take the time to reflect on some of the wisdom imparted to us by Dr. Martin Luther King...
View ArticleRemember Your Roots: Yosemite HD and the Pale Blue Dot
In an increasingly marketized, built, and technological world, it is easy to think of ‘nature’ as being something ‘out there’; something we build society away from, constructing large structures and...
View Article“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.”–Gandhi
It takes a very strong heart, strong mind, and strong spirit to truly forgive. In a society that sees retribution as ‘justice’, it becomes easy to misunderstand payback as being courageous....
View ArticleAnimals/Humans: A Story of Love and Loss
The inspiration for this article comes from the following short trailer for Midway, which provides a heart-wrenching glimpse into the effects of human capitalist consumption and pollution on the lives...
View ArticleThe Joy of Life
The way we’ve chosen to organize society –basing social relations around the needs of the market– does not easily translate into a life well-lived. Remember that the professional sphere, the economic...
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