https://www.deepecology.net/tags/meditation/Recent content in Meditation on deep ecologyHugoen-auSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-breathing-in-calm-body-and-mind-thich-nhat-hanh/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-breathing-in-calm-body-and-mind-thich-nhat-hanh/<blockquote> <p>Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.</p></blockquote>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/quote-the-earth-seems-to-be-beseeching-us-pema-chodron/Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/quote-the-earth-seems-to-be-beseeching-us-pema-chodron/<p>“The earth seems to be beseeching us to connect with joy and discover our innermost essence. This is the best way that we can benefit others.” – Pema Chodron</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-the-earth-is-in-you-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-the-earth-is-in-you-thich-nhat-hanh/<p><em>“When you wake up and see that the Earth is not just the environment, the Earth is in you, you are the Earth, you touch the nature of interbeing”</em> - Thich Nhat Hanh</p> <p>This powerful quote from Thich Nhat Hanh comes from an interview he gave with Joe Confino from the guardian in 2011. To watch the full video see <a href="https://gaiaforest.org/news/2024/08/2024-08-23-video-thich-nhat-hanh-on-the-insight-of-interbeing/">Video: Interview with Thich Nhat Hanh – “Awakening to interbeing”</a></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-hope-is-important-because-it-can-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-hope-is-important-because-it-can-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>Peace Is Every Step (1992)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-if-we-believe-that-happiness-is-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-if-we-believe-that-happiness-is-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;If we believe that happiness is possible only when we have no suffering, we will never have happiness. Happiness is not the absence of suffering but the art of suffering well.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>No Mud, No Lotus (2014)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-it-is-possible-to-be-joyful-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-it-is-possible-to-be-joyful-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;It is possible to be joyful and peaceful even while we work for change. Hope is important, but it is not enough. We must also be peace and joy in every moment.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>Peace Is Every Step (1992)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-real-change-will-only-happen-when-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-real-change-will-only-happen-when-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;Real change will only happen when we fall in love with the Earth. Falling in love means to see her beauty, to touch her deeply and to rejoice in her.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>Love Letter to the Earth (2013)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-the-earth-is-not-just-our-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-the-earth-is-not-just-our-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;The Earth is not just our environment. We are the Earth and we are always carrying her within us. We need to wake up and realize that the Earth and we are one.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>Love Letter to the Earth (2013)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-the-miracle-is-not-to-walk-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-the-miracle-is-not-to-walk-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment and appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>The Miracle of Mindfulness (1975)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-the-next-buddha-may-take-the-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-the-next-buddha-may-take-the-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;The next Buddha may take the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community showing the way to collective awakening.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>The Next Buddha May Be a Sangha (1994 talk)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-we-are-here-to-awaken-from-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-we-are-here-to-awaken-from-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness. When we realize that everything we do affects the whole, love and responsibility arise naturally.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>Peace Is Every Step (1992)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-we-need-to-consume-in-such-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-we-need-to-consume-in-such-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;We need to consume in such a way that keeps our compassion alive. Reducing consumption is the way to reduce violence toward ourselves and the Earth.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>The World We Have (2008)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-when-we-walk-on-the-earth-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-when-we-walk-on-the-earth-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;When we walk on the Earth with awareness, every step is a prayer of healing. Touching the ground deeply, we heal ourselves and the planet.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>The Long Road Turns to Joy (2001)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-when-you-plant-lettuce-if-it-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-when-you-plant-lettuce-if-it-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you do not blame the lettuce. In the same way, do not blame yourself or others. Nourish conditions for growth.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>Peace Is Every Step (1992)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-you-carry-mother-earth-within-you-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-you-carry-mother-earth-within-you-thich-nhat-hanh/<p>&ldquo;You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. When you are mindful of the Earth, you are mindful of yourself.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh</li> </ul> <p>Source: <em>Love Letter to the Earth (2013)</em></p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-we-need-to-wake-up-thich-nhat-hanh/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-we-need-to-wake-up-thich-nhat-hanh/<p><em>“It is only that tiny planet with its shades of blue and white that is our home, that welcomes us. We are living in our home, but we do not treasure it and the time we have to live on it. The images the astronauts sent back are a bell of mindfulness. Seeing those images is like hearing the sound of the bell, we need to wake up. Wake up to see, to understand, to love, and to treasure.”</em>- Thich Nhat Hanh</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/events/2023-05-05-menaware-nature-retreat-with-yatra-org-au-may-31st-june-4th/Fri, 05 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/events/2023-05-05-menaware-nature-retreat-with-yatra-org-au-may-31st-june-4th/<p>MenAware</p> <p>New England National Park, NSW</p> <p>Wednesday 31 May – Sunday 4 June 2023</p> <p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/xJ4ziZm4WiSx09Y9iS9Db9Zh3gFb23WZskbhSoF4_RHZVQyjJn8f_Cttx4ebhgG6bKk8VA4Pz-qR9xXnsMwFCz6XddhYlxCbc_Y_nP3TJpMY9_c4U9F7KMoSMCvF100QsvbNB5CvUcNx7CK6XKyhVvU" alt="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/xJ4ziZm4WiSx09Y9iS9Db9Zh3gFb23WZskbhSoF4_RHZVQyjJn8f_Cttx4ebhgG6bKk8VA4Pz-qR9xXnsMwFCz6XddhYlxCbc_Y_nP3TJpMY9_c4U9F7KMoSMCvF100QsvbNB5CvUcNx7CK6XKyhVvU" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </p> <p>“I recall times in this life when I’ve quietly grieved an absence of deep connectedness with men. At MenAware gatherings I’ve glimpsed that a relationship of trust, emotional honesty and deep listening with men is still a possibility.” (A MenAware participant)</p> <p>A MenAware Nature Retreat provides an experiential container where we explore our relationship with self, other men and nature in a safe and caring environment. During our time together we will investigate the possibility to live a fulfilled, authentic and sustainable life and how we can extend this into the relationships and the communities we live in.  Our retreat program will draw upon a flexible combination of yoga, meditation, mindful walking, discussions around the campfire, shared meals and our unique, creative celebration of mankind.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/books/book-zen-and-the-art-of-saving-the-planet-thich-nhat-hanh/Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/books/book-zen-and-the-art-of-saving-the-planet-thich-nhat-hanh/<p><img src="https://www.deepecology.net/images/book_cover_zen_and_the_art_of_saving_the_planet.jpg" alt="zen and the art of saving the planet book cover" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> A recent posthumous release from the not-for profit publisher Parralax Press: “Z<a href="https://www.parallax.org/product/zen-and-the-art-of-saving-the-planet/">en and The Art of Saving The Planet</a>“. This book is a gem, filled with Thich Nhat Hanh’s beautiful meditations, inspiring stories and experiences from his own life of activism and engagement. It is compiled from talks and teachings given by Thich Nhat Hanh during his life, framed around a reimagining of the “<a href="https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-5-mindfulness-trainings/">five mindfulness training</a>” of the Plum Village tradition. It includes commentary from Sister True Dedication, one of his senior western students. “<em>Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet</em>” guides us to a new way of seeing the world, illuminating a path and way of being healing and harmony with ourselves, other beings, and to the Earth.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/events/2022-09-03-heartwood-nature-retreat-2023-mount-field/Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/events/2022-09-03-heartwood-nature-retreat-2023-mount-field/<h4 id="government-huts-mount-field-national-park-tasmania">Government Huts, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania</h4> <p>Sunday 5 – Thursday 9 February 2023</p> <p>![/images/mt-field.jpg)</p> <h4 id="_with-ronny-hickel_">_With Ronny Hickel _</h4> <p>On this nature retreat we will be accommodated in the historic Government Huts, situated high in the alpine regions of Mt Field National Park, one of the Tasmania’s oldest and most diverse parks. At approximately 1000m elevation, nestled among snow gums and overlooking a beautiful alpine moorland, these basic huts will provide an excellent base for our retreat.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/events/2022-09-03-menaware-nature-retreat-2022-lake-arragan/Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/events/2022-09-03-menaware-nature-retreat-2022-lake-arragan/<h4 id="yuraygir-national-park-northern-nsw">**Yuraygir National Park, Northern NSW</h4> <p>Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 October** 2022</p> <p>![/images/Yuraygir1-1024x804.jpg)</p> <h4 id="_with-ken-golding-brother-tenzin_alex-anderson">_With Ken Golding &amp; Brother Tenzin _(Alex Anderson)</h4> <p>This MenAware Nature Retreat with <a href="http://www.yatra.org.au">www.yatra.org.au</a> will take us to a beautiful camp at the edge of Lake Arragan in the Yuraygir National Park. This coastal lagoon system surrounded by paperbarks is a wonderful renowned environment for canoeing, swimming and birdwatching.</p> <p>For details and registration information visit:</p> <p>A MenAware Nature Retreat provides an experiential container where our relationship with self, other men and nature can be explored in a safe and caring environment. During our time together we will investigate the possibility to live a fulfilled, authentic and sustainable life and how we can take this into the relationships and the communities we live in. Our retreat program will draw upon a flexible combination of yoga, meditation, mindful walking, discussions around the campfire, shared meals and our unique, creative celebration of mankind.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/meditation-our-life-as-gaia-remembering-cosmogenesis/Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/meditation-our-life-as-gaia-remembering-cosmogenesis/<p>The recording below consists of a 45 minute guided meditation and visualisation exploring the story of cosmogenesis also known as “The Universe Story”, “The Great Story” and the “Epic of Evolution”. This version is a little more meditative than some versions, so it contain less in the way of specific dates for events and more cues for embodied awareness. The basic flow is ispired by Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme, Sister Miriam Therese MacGillis, John Seed and others.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-body-scan-and-total-relaxation-tenzin/Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-body-scan-and-total-relaxation-tenzin/<p>The following recording consist of a guided body scan and total relaxation. This practice builds on the embodied awareness and breath meditations introduced in previous sessions, cultivating a sensitivity to subtler sensation in the whole body. These practices are beneficial as a way to increase embodied awareness, the capacity to maintain that awareness over a longer period, and for relaxation and stress management. You will also find they are of benefit when you revisit those earlier practices, as they hone the same skills.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-finding-the-full-body-breath-tenzin/Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-finding-the-full-body-breath-tenzin/<p>From our birth until our last moment of life, the breath is with us, a rhythmic connection between the inner and outer. While there is a basic function of the breath to provide oxygen to our cells and carry away carbon dioxide, the importance of “respiration” for our health and vitality goes way beyond simply gas exchange, so that spiritual traditions the world over are almost unanimous in emphasising the importance of the breath.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-breathing-through-tenzin/Sun, 12 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-breathing-through-tenzin/<p>The recording below consists of an introduction to the practice of “Breathing Through” developed by Joanna Macy, here guided by Buddhist monk <a href="https://www.deepecology.net/posts/bios/bio-tenzin-alex-anderson/">Ven. Tenzin (Dr. Alex Anderson)</a>. This practice is often offered in Deep Ecology and especially Work that Reconnects&quot; workshops, as a foundational practice for working with the powerful emotions that can arise in the Spiral phase &ldquo;Honouring our Pain for the World&rdquo; such as the <a href="https://www.deepecology.net/posts/processes/process-truth-mandala-macy/">&ldquo;Truth Mandala&rdquo;</a>. Joanna&rsquo;s &ldquo;Breathing Through&rdquo; has its origins in a traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice used in the cultivation of loving kindness and compassion, known as “Tonglen”, or &ldquo;Giving and Taking&rdquo;. This practice is a foundational practice in the Boddhisattva path, and a cornerstone of the Work That Reconnects. See also <a href="https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/practice-breathing-through-joanna-macy/">Macy&rsquo;s own written instructions</a> for this practice, and her <a href="https://www.deepecology.net/posts/processes/process-breathing-through-video-macy/">2005 training video</a> of the same.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-basic-breath-awareness-tenzin/Sun, 12 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-basic-breath-awareness-tenzin/<p>The following recording follows on from a previous offering which introduced basic postural awareness, helpful in sitting meditation. This practice expands on the base of embodied practice introduced there, bringing in mindfulness of breathing. We draw on the [Sutra on Full Awareness of Breathing,][1] or [Anapanasati Sutta][2] (Mn118). As the name implies these instructions take the breath as the main object of awareness, and constitute a core practice of Buddhist Yoga. They are beneficial in the cultivation of a body and mind which is calm, placing the practitioner in touch with the parasympathetic nervous system, fundamentally down-regulating, and a helpful antidote to experiences of strong flooding emotions. The practice shared here are very general and introductory, suitable for any level of practitioner. They can be practiced sitting on a cushion on the floor, on a chair, or even lying down. The emphasis here is again one of cultivation of relaxation, ease and continuity of awareness.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/joanna-macy/quote-a-great-necessity-a-great-secret-joanna-macy/Sun, 12 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/joanna-macy/quote-a-great-necessity-a-great-secret-joanna-macy/<blockquote> <p>&ldquo;For the healing of ourselves and the world, we need to be able to stay open, to be present to our world and other beings, and all that it is going through. This is a great necessity, a great secret and a great freedom for us.&rdquo; – Joanna Macy</p></blockquote>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-regain-our-footing-conscious-breathing-thich-nhat-hanh/Sun, 12 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/thich-nhat-hanh/quote-regain-our-footing-conscious-breathing-thich-nhat-hanh/<blockquote> <p>&ldquo;We may feel like we have lost the ground under our feet. It takes our breath away. The first thing to do is to regain our footing. The practice of conscious breathing can help us come back to the present moment and come back into the body.&rdquo; – Thich Nhat Hanh</p></blockquote>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-introduction-to-mindful-walking-tenzin/Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-introduction-to-mindful-walking-tenzin/<p>The recording below is a brief introduction to the embodied practice of Mindful Walking, drawing on insights and instructions from the Buddhist tradition. This practice can form a key part of our daily practices for resources and nourishing, equipping us with the presence and stability to work engage wholeheartedly with our lives, relationships, and experiences, even the more challenging ones. The approach shared here is especially inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village tradition, which emphasises mindfulness in daily life, and the cultivation of ease, peace and joy in all our activities.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-introduction-to-sitting-tenzin/Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-introduction-to-sitting-tenzin/<p>The following recording is an introduction to the embodied practice of sitting meditation, preliminary to a practice of Mindfulness of Breathing. These instructions draw on the Buddhist and Yoga traditions of meditation with the breath as an object. They are beneficial in the cultivation of a body and mind which is calm, at ease and able to maintain awareness even with subtle sensations and experiences. The practice shared here are very general and introductory, suitable for any level of practitioner. They can be practiced sitting on a cushion on the floor, on a chair, or even lying down. The emphasis is not on forcing the body to persist through pain and discomfort, or developing some kind of lazer-beam concentration, but on cultivation the capacity to enjoy, to be be fulfilled by the simple act of breathing in and out.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/events/2022-05-22-menaware-nature-retreat-2022/Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/events/2022-05-22-menaware-nature-retreat-2022/<p>![/images/menaware-1024x483.jpg)</p> <h4 id="bald-rock-national-park-northern-nsw">**Bald Rock National Park, Northern NSW</h4> <p>Wednesday 11 – Sunday 15 May**</p> <h4 id="with-ken-golding-ronny-hickel"><em>with Ken Golding &amp; Ronny Hickel</em></h4> <p>The annual MenAware Nature Retreat will take us to the awesome  boulders of Bald Rock National Park. Set in the rugged granite country north of Tenterfield, it exhibits an extraordinary display of wildflowers and birdlife.</p> <p>Our apologies, but this event is BOOKED OUT</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/events/2022-05-22-heartwood-nature-retreat-2022-trephina-gorge/Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/events/2022-05-22-heartwood-nature-retreat-2022-trephina-gorge/<p>![/images/trephina-732x1024.jpg)</p> <h4 id="trephina-gorge--east-macdonnell-ranges-np-northern-territory">Trephina Gorge – East MacDonnell Ranges NP, Northern Territory</h4> <p>Saturday 23 – Thursday 28 July</p> <h4 id="with-ronny-hickel"><em>with Ronny Hickel</em></h4> <p>This nature retreat will take us to the East MacDonnell Ranges of Central Australia, where we will base ourselves in a simple bush-camp amongst the spectacular red cliffs of Trephina Gorge, with  steep rocky slopes rising dramatically from the red desert, presenting a breathtaking impression of Australian wilderness.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/practice-breathing-through-joanna-macy/Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/practice-breathing-through-joanna-macy/<p>Joanna Macy offers the following practice as part of the preparatory work for the “Honouring our Pain for the world” component of The Work That Reconnects. See also her own <a href="https://www.deepecology.net/posts/processes/process-breathing-through-video-macy/">2005 training video</a> of this practice, and <a href="https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/embodied-practice-breathing-through-tenzin/">our guided audio recording</a> of the same.</p> <p>Basic to most spiritual traditions is the recognition that we are not separate, isolated entities, but integral and organic parts of the vast web of life. We can open to the pain of the world in confidence that it can neither shatter nor isolate us, for we are not objects that can break. We are resilient patterns within a vaster web of knowing.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/vimala-thakar/Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/vimala-thakar/<p><img src="https://www.deepecology.net/images/profile-image-vimalathakar.jpg" alt="Vimala Thakar portrait photograph" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </p> <p>Vimala Thakar (1921-2009) was an Indian philosopher, social activist, and spiritual teacher who pioneered the integration of meditative inquiry with social justice work. A woman who challenged the norms of Indian spiritual and political life in the mid-20th century, she proposed that inner transformation and outer action are inseparable dimensions of human wholeness.</p> <p>Influenced by both Gandhian philosophy and the teachings of J. Krishnamurti, Thakar developed an approach to spiritual life that rejected the traditional separation between contemplation and social engagement. She argued that becoming a spiritual inquirer without social consciousness is a &ldquo;luxury we can ill afford,&rdquo; while social activism without understanding the inner workings of mind represents &ldquo;the worst folly.&rdquo;</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/practice-gaia-meditations-seed-and-macy/Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/practices/practice-gaia-meditations-seed-and-macy/<p>Excerpt from the book “Thinking Like a Mountain – Towards a Council of All Beings”</p> <p>for the full text visit: <a href="https://www.deepecology.net/posts/books/book-thinking-like-a-mountain-seed-et-al-html/">Book: &ldquo;Thinking like a Mountain &ldquo;html version</a></p> <p>by: John Seed and Joanna Macy</p> <p>What are you? What am I? Intersecting cycles of water, earth, air and fire, that’s what I am, that’s what you are.</p> <p>WATER — blood, lymph, mucus, sweat, tears, inner oceans tugged by the moon, tides within and tides without. Streaming fluids floating our cells, washing and nourishing through endless riverways of gut and vein and capillary. Moisture pouring in and through and out of you, of me, in the vast poem of the hydrological cycle. You are that. I am that.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/essays/essay-buddha-touched-the-earth-seed/Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/essays/essay-buddha-touched-the-earth-seed/<p>An Exploration of Engaged BuddhismBy John Seed</p> <p>(See below for an embedded pdf version with illustrations)</p> <p>Buddha Touched the Earth is the title of a new workshop facilitated by William James, Lisa Siegel and I that was first held at North Farm near Bellingen in northern New South Wales, Australia Feb 7-10 2012.</p> <p>The workshop brought together Buddhist meditation with experiential deep ecology processes. Mornings were spent in silence, yoga, sitting and walking meditation. Afternoons and evenings consisted of experiential deep ecology processes as devised by Joanna Macy, myself and others.</p>