#15 – 2/25/2022

INTERBEING – Part 2

Increasingly frequent climate disasters haven’t brought about a broad embrace of interbeing in which we focus not on our sense of self and “controlling” mother earth to satisfy our wants and fears but on caring for it out of love, as we would a loved one. What practices can we adopt to bring us to this turning point?

Today’s Tips:

Love in Action: Realizing Interbeing, with Tara Brach (54 mins)
https://www.tarabrach.com/love-realizing-interbeing/

Brach shows us how we can get out of the egoic trance that blocks us from having hope and taking action. She introduces four spiritual practices that can help reconnect and experience interbeing. “We’re not going to save the earth out of obligation but because we love this living earth.” Love comes first, but action must follow.

Active Hope Conversation Guide
https://hazards.colorado.edu/uploads/basicpage/Spiral%20of%20Active%20Hope%20Conversation%20Guide.pdf

Conversation is a vital part of cultivating interbeing and active hope. This provides you with a framework for conversations that move you from love to action.

Questions/Comments/Tips: Jean at environment@uucharlottesville.org
Past Newsletters: https://uucharlottesville.org/environmental-action-group/