Mindfulness Can Help Rebuild a Better World
There is no hiding the fact that our world is broken. We are currently on the path to annihilation. We have an unprecedented global pandemic, a raging climate crisis, and an ignored humanitarian situation. The Covid-19 virus has shown that we are ill-equipped to handle emergencies. Millions have lost their jobs, their healthcare plans, their loved ones. Yet most of us need to keep functioning as usual. We barely take a moment to listen to those who are being systematically ignored and oppressed, those from weaker economic and social backgrounds. This moment is a defining one for all of us and yet it finds us wanting. As much as we preach unity this is the time to show it. This is the moment of decisive action to offer proof of the interconnectedness of all natural life. But, most of us still seem asleep, unaware of the magnitude of suffering that surrounds us. They need to be woken up and mindfulness is that waking call. Here’s how being mindfulness meditation can lea...