Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Interdependence

Ethan Nichtern’s One City: A Declaration of Interdependence has been called “arguably the first truly 21st century Dhamma book.” Nichtern is the founder of the Interdependence Project (or “ID Project"). Based in New York City’s East Village with another group in Portland, Oregon, The Interdependence Project is a non-profit organization “that focuses on building community through meditation, activism, and the arts.”

3 Daily Practices from Ethan Nichtern


  • "I try to question one consumption choice that I make every day. If I can refrain from consuming the chosen item, then I try to offer the money to a person or cause who needs it."

  • "I pick up and dispose of three pieces of garbage that I did not create each time I go outside. Of course, this doesn’t make NYC much cleaner. But it does cause me to slow down for a moment, to become aware of my concrete surroundings, and to apply mindfulness to a specific task."

  • "I try to say ‘thank you’ every time a service is performed for me, every time I am part of a financial transaction. This cuts through any sense of entitlement, that money means I somehow own the people who serve me, reminding me that money is solely an abstraction of shared human energy that allows our interdependent needs to be met."

    • Your thoughts?

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    “Israel is a lunatic state"

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    (Thanks, RMJ)

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