Where do Social Activism, Entrepreneurship,
and Buddhist Practice come together?
The answer: at Manzanita VillageIf it seems strange to you that such things can coexist it may be because you hold certain limiting beliefs about what any of those three things really are. After the retreat that finished today (we are asking for it to an 'Advance' rather than a Retreat) it seems clear that to effect change in the world we must collectively move beyond divisiveness, and learn all we can from each other. What Doesn't Work - activism that holds to a singular social analysis,
- entrepreneurship that are solely about gaining, no matter the cost to others
- that fosters resentment, or makes others ‘wrong’
- working from a self-centered position, rather than building strategic alliances that benefits others too
- spiritual practice that sets up a dichotomy, that claims only your beliefs to be the correct ones
. . . all of these come from world-views and patterns of behavior we can no longer afford.
What Does Work "Unless everyone wins, no one wins!" Retreat at Manzanita Village today continually demonstrate that this unlikely combination of elements is not only possible, but that the various lessons these elements foster in each other are essential for us all to open to our full potential, individually and collectively.
Revisiting Dante’s Divine Comedy, for the first time since I was a precocious teenager with literary aspirations, I am astonished and excited by the utter genius of this work. Words escape me. There’s simply nothing quite like it in any language from any period.
