#JoannaMacy: "What a tremendous gift to be invited today to address this crisis from the depths of our humanity & our spiritual lineages!" Instead of wallowing in despair or sinking into denial or running from our responsibilities, we can seize the opportunity history presents us. https://bit.ly/4qqZFGo

This names a quiet kind of resistance.

When a political economy depends on manufactured insufficiency, taking stock of what’s already present becomes a way of loosening its hold. Not to deny difficulty — but to stop feeding the reflexes that keep us running.

Unlearning often begins by noticing what we’ve been taught to overlook.

Full reflection for this week here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-179417144

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"The Shambhala Warrior Prophecy" • Joanna Macy

https://oneearthsangha.org/articles/the-shambala-warrior-prophecy/

> «There comes a time when all life on Earth is in danger. In that time great powers have arisen. Barbarian powers as they’re called. And although they waste their wealth in preparations to annihilate each other, they have much in common. And among the things they have in common are weapons of unfathomable, destructive power and technologies that lay waste to the world. It is just at this point, when the future of all beings hangs by the frailest of threads, that the kingdom of Shambhala emerges.

> Now, you can’t go there, because it’s not a place. It exists in the hearts and minds of the Shambhala warriors. And you can’t tell whether someone is a Shambhala warrior just by looking at them because they wear no uniform or insignia. They have no banners to show which side they’re on, no barricades on which to climb to threaten the enemy or behind which they can rest and regroup. The Shambhala warriors don’t have any home turf. There is only the terrain of the barbarian powers for them to move on, regroup, and use.»

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Activate yourself, let fear go and speak up for what you believe in.

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What #JaneGoodall & #JoannaMacy left us was wise & heartfelt & needed. They are our #ancestors, & they urged us to look ahead to future generations & act accordingly. They were beacons of #wisdom & living #saints, beckoning us to become our best selves amid perilous times. bit.ly/3IZr8P7
Original Blessing is a revolutionary event in...spiritual life. It takes our habitual religious notions &...turns them around...sweeps us back to the past & then up & over into the future, back to recapture...forgotten wisdom, fwd to fresh insights & creativity. ~ #JoannaMacy http://bit.ly/47jfvfX