"To change the world, even just to be our tiny part of the change, we have to deepen consciousness. "It seemed to me that activists who engage only with the conventional levers of power – politics, economics and even ecological science – so easily become depleted in resources as time wears on. "That’s where life either withers on the vine, or the spiritual fermentation kicks in. That is why our activism, if it is to be sustained and refined in purity, must rest upon a loving … Continue reading
The growing indigenous spiritual movement that could save the planet
"When Pua Case landed in North Dakota to join the ongoing Standing Rock protests in September, she, like thousands of other participants, had come to defend the land. "Asked about the movement’s religious elements, Gonzales insisted spirituality isn’t a cursory side-effect but a crucial, driving force behind the recent surge of Native environmental activism. Virtually all of the protests she has attended, she said, featured some form of prayer or sacred ritual. "By the time Standing Rock … Continue reading
