A friend told me about a time he met a Navajo Indian on a reservation in Arizona. The Navajo man...
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Green building is smart building. Though upfront costs may be slightly higher than conventional construction, the payback will eventually come, delivering a lifetime of energy...
Lack of time is the limiting factor preventing many would-be volunteers from offering their skills to a cause. Yet it seems most people have at least some time to waste online.
It’s a pleasantly warm evening in the south of India. A group of about one hundred people, mostly in their 20s and 30s, are gathered inside Sadhana Forest’s main building...
Challenges force innovation. With so many people's credit messed up thanks to the recession and banks in trouble due to the mortgage crisis, borrowers and lenders have...
Slacktivist—the derogatory term immediately casts a shadow of low expectations, which like any form of discrimination ends up becoming the dominant form of thinking until the truth rises to the surface...
Few life experiences touch the core of being as deeply as travel. Experiencing nature through eco-travel can connect us in ways we didn’t think were possible when caught...
With our spades we diligently chipped away at the rocky soil under the blazing heat of the Colorado sun. A wise mentor-co-worker of mine named Soma casually mentioned...
"Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities...
You don't have to go to Asia or South America to get spiritualized. In fact, you don't even need to leave your own home. But if you're looking for a destination with some spiritual...
A lot of people are skeptical about long distance energy work. Can you tell me how long distance attunement works? My answer is going to address my experience rather...
Designing and building a green roof is like planning and conceiving a baby. It’s exciting, fun, and can be a little nerve-racking, but it’s nothing like actually raising the baby...
The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year, a date that's been of much significance to nature worshippers throughout history. That is still the case, but for many...
Can the U.S. stop using coal, oil, and nuclear by 2050 and can that transition prove economically advantageous? Those two questions drove Amory Lovins and the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a Colorado-based “think-and-do tank,” to write Reinventing Fire, a “roadmap for navigating the United States’ economy through the end of the fossil-fuel era.” By 2050, the U.S. economy is forecast to grow...
Most of the world’s population now lives in cities and towns—a demographic shift that’s expected to continue into the “urban millennium.” One of the inherent dangers to increasing urbanization...
What is the truth? This question has captivated and perplexed humankind since the beginning of recorded history. Why? Because it’s a question unlike any other...
As a neuropsychologist and meditation teacher, Dr. Hanson draws from psychology, brain science and the contemplative traditions to support people on their path of...
"Mindfullness” is a common misspelling of the word “mindfulness.” An interesting misspelling because it implies a full mind. But the question is, “full of what?”...
Both a way of life and spiritual healing art, attunement is a state of consciousness in which specific techniques are used to let the current of life flow freely. Living in...
The Mahabodhi International Meditation Center stands out as a model of socially engaged Buddhism in India. Perched high in the Himalayas, this vibrant spiritual...
In, bird song flaps into my open ears
In, wind blows, wave after refreshing wave,
flapping leaves in natural unrhythmic symphony
In, sun pierces through the forest canopy,
speckling the pale brown dirt with bright life-light
In, flutters a red-bodied butterfly,
from spot to spot—I look...
From the stern, Mr. Nice spots three elderly Western women out on a day tour of Dal Lake. He promptly spins his 20’ wooden shikara in a 180º to aim in that direction, then paddles alongside. His...
I stared at the jet-black statue of Ramana for a long time. Locking eyes with the jnani, I felt his presence in the ashram, inside me. The near-perfect life-sized rendering of the wise sage, hunched...
There are people who love to travel. And there are people who derive great meaning in life from volunteering. The Mindful Word co-editor Jane Olivier has fused the two together by living abroad as a volunteer in a number of countries around the world. Jane writes extensively on the perils of sustainable development (read her ...
