Solitude is an art.
Mental training is needed to refine
and stabilize it. When you practice solitude,
you dedicate yourself to the
care of the soul.
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i follow the religion of love
My heart has
become capable of every form:
It is a pasture for gazelles and a cloister
for Christian monks, a temple for idols and
the pilgrim’s Ka’ba, and the tables of
the torah and the book of
the Qur’an.
I follow
the religion of love:
whatever way love’s camels take,
that is my religion and
my faith.
daily renewal
Evening
and nighttime are
times of rest for cultivated people.
Accordingly you should withdraw into the
chamber of spirit and embrace oneness without
parting. Since there are no worldly feelings enveloping
you, neither is there an original sublime truth —
when you are like a dead man for the time
being, that is called great rest. After you
get to the point of dreaming and
sleeping without becoming
muddled, you see the
effect of mastering
seriousness.
Then
the following morning
is the time for the cultured person’s
“daily renewal”. Accordingly, you should rise
early and daily seek what you have yet to attain,
with the determination to do ten times or a hundred
times what others do. The days become months, the months
become years; those who study without question of how
long it takes, be it three years or five years, never
fail to reach sagehood. When you are mindful
at every moment, nurturing it with each
breath, the work is never interrupted;
perfected day after day and month
after month, learning will
shine with light.
the master keeps her attitude unstructured
There is
no one method for
attaining realization of the Tao.
To regard any method as the method is
to create a duality, which can only delay your
understanding of the subtle truth. The mature
person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid,
external methodologies; remembering this,
she keeps her attitude unstructured at
all times and thus is always free
to pursue the Integral
Way.
She studies the
teachings of the masters.
She dissolves all concepts of duality.
She pours herself out in service to others. She
performs her inner cleansing…gently eliminating all
obstacles to her own understanding, she constantly
maintains her unconditional sincerity. Her
humility, perseverance, and adaptability
evoke the response of the
universe and fill her
with divine
light.
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psa from my inbox: the future is to be defended
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How did we arrive here? A planet on the brink of collapse due to the greed of a few and the plundering of the Earth. As the network of resistances Futuros Indigenas states: “the 12th October of 1492 disembarked from Europe the illness that we know today as the climatic and civilizational catastrophe.” Between the fifteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth century, the number of death reached 56 million, 90% of the population prior to colonization in Abya Yala (also known as America) was exterminated by enslavement, hunger and pandemics used as a strategy of war. If that wasn’t enough, 15 million people were traded like commodities and forced to leave their homes in Africa to be enslaved in the new colonies. In the modern era, between 1970 and 2020, 94% of the animal population has been exterminated in Abya Yala. In those same years the wealth of the 1% has literally, rocket launched. |
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COP26 is around the corner. Nation States and Corporations will gather together to negotiate the future. But what makes us think that those who prioritize profit over people and the planet will be willing to make the structural changes that our present needs? It is upon genocide and ecocide that the western civilization was imposed: colonialism, capitalism and racism are the building blocks of what we know today as climate crisis. Climate solutions need social justice. That is why today we honor those who have resisted for 529 years. Those who with their diverse ways of knowing and being have cared for what matters the most: life. Those who survived and with their actions are showing us the path. As of 2021, 80% of the remaining biodiversity exists and resist in indigenous territories around the world. Land defenders are living alternatives to the climate crisis. |
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In preparation for the upcoming Culture Hack Content Labs we share with you this briefing document to set the context for our webinar. Culture Hack Labs has been tracking an emerging narrative space that looks at the relationship between Indigenous custodianship and climate collapse. During the briefing on Oct 15 at 11am CST, we will share what narratives can be amplified in defense of cultural and ecological life in times of climate crisis, pandemics and war. This is a call to journalists, artists, media hackers, community organizers, content creators, and funders. We need your support to help create more awareness around the role of Indigenous stewardship of land as a critical solution to the climate emergency. We invite you to be part of the resistance. We invite you to take action and amplify the stories and voices of those who are on the front lines defending the future.
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