And for them and us, letting go of that frame of mind is finally letting go of everything. Awakening to this is true freedom. For to be content is to see the goodness and completeness of this life now despite whatever difficulties one might be facing now.
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When I first met this kind of talk as a young adult it was in the context of Zen practice. And, like every other American adult who hears other adults musing about the freedom that comes form losing everything or from living contentedly with great difficulties or with living with few material possession, I thought the people doing the musing were more than a little off.
But that was a misunderstanding. After all, the Buddha was a deeply engaged person. He was a doer of historic proportions.
They are tireless teachers, writers and communicators. They work for peace, environmental sanity, and the wellbeing of others.
Join a deep examination of our elderhood and our needed, pivotal role in restoring the life-sustaining legacy for our grandchildren, future generations, and all life. You will explore your passions and skills to effect change and to build relationships for a thriving future. You will have opportunities for truth-telling about the state of our world and the pain and gratitude we feel on its behalf.
You will provide particular focus on the unjust effects on communities most at risk from climate chaos and on our planetary life support systems. Lunch Hour Lunch will be provided.
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This hour will feature a celebration of diversity. Afternoon Session You will summarize the reality of our changing climate and the positive solutions available to combat this threat to all life. In Awakening the Dreamer, you'll look squarely at the state of the world—where we are and how we got here—and then explore what role you can play in bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet.
- Elders Awakened, Standing for Our Grandchildren and All Life.
- Leadership in Action: Issues and Observations - Awakened Leadership in Today's Organizations.
- On Sunspots?
- Weird is normal.
- The Gentle Season.
- Awakened Action and Letting Go • Sweeping Heart Zen.
- A chance to learn.
Awakening the Dreamer was created in response to an invitation from the Achuar people of the Ecuadorian Amazon to work in partnership to shift the dominant culture of consumption and alienation to one that honors and sustains all life. You'll start with an examination of the ways in which the current "dream" of the modern world is impacting the environment, our relationship with one another, and our own sense of purpose.
- Gender and Power in Sierra Leone: Women Chiefs of the Last Two Centuries.
- The Stupid Footballer is Dead: Insights into the Mind of a Professional Footballer?
- Ronicky Doones Treasure!
You will explore how this all came to be, and confront the powerful unexamined assumptions that are at the heart of the current crisis we are in—as a species and as a planet. You will come to see that a new future is possible and that a huge, unstoppable movement is already emerging and in action, committed to creating a new story for humanity. The Awakening the Dreamer Symposium is a half-day workshop that has been delivered by skilled Facilitators to hundreds of thousands of participants in over 80 countries since Awakening the Dreamer Symposium events are posted in the Pachamama Alliance Global Commons , an online community for people who are passionate about creating a new future for humanity.