Living without a Parachute
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute.
The good news is, there’s no ground.”
Living without a parachute
Led by Paul Wielgus
where Buddhist Mindfulness meets Extinction Rebellion
Monday mornings 10.30 – 11.45
Begins again Monday 18th January
The classes will alternate with a related Breathing Space
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Maybe the belief that there actually is a ‘ground’ at all is a key part of our anxiety and suffering?? Maybe another source of our suffering is that we resist or deny our ‘falling’? How do we learn when to fall gracefully ,and when and how to embrace the joy and exhilaration of ‘falling’?
The next stage of the mindfulness based experiences will investigate how we can learn to ‘crack the code’ of our suffering, and to embrace the opportunity to be in community, as we work out how to live fully on the groundless ground of our current existence.
Monday 12th April
A very special “Living without a Parachute session” with guest Joe Misham*
Embodied Equanimity- A Skilful Response
The climate crisis is an urgent and existential threat to all life on Earth. This talk will explore how Buddhists contribute to action on this crisis.
- What might an appropriate response to the scale of the emergency look like through a Buddhist lens?
- What is ‘embodied equanimity’, and what might it contribute to non-violent direct action and the environmental movement at this most momentous of times?
In the workshop we will explore the question ““how might we adapt these ideas as a compass for personal and collective action?’”
*Joe has been involved in environmental campaigning since his 20s. He facilitated a local FOE group for 8 years before engaging in his local Greenpeace group. He was instrumental in setting up DANCE London (not as much fun as it sounds: Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement) which has been active in campaigning against Barclays bank. He has been involved in XR since November 2018 when he occupied Barclays bank with other members of DANCE. He is one of the founders and one of the co-ordinators of XR Buddhists.