Time for betterment

planet earth

First the bad news:  the sun will go out and planet earth will disintegrate in about seven billion years.

Then the good news: there is still plenty time for individuals to make themselves better people and to make the world a better place.

The idea of ‘better’ includes environmental sustainability, and fair distribution of the planet’s resources. These in turn call for a redirection of capitalism so that there is (a) widespread renunciation of frivolous consumerism and (b) greater commitment to fairness, and to caring for the more vulnerable.

More good news: renunciation comes effortlessly to those people who make a practice of mindfulness. The essence is the idea of InterBeing; of Oneness; of no-self.

More good news: mindfulness is gradually becoming more mainstream.

So what is to be done?

• Help promote mindfulness. Get the word out. 
• Individual practitioners make more time to “just-sit” and they also join sanghas – communities of like-minded souls.
• And then individuals and sanghas blog their stories so as to spread the idea and the practice of mindfulness. This will promote global coverage

In a nutshell:

• practice mindfulness and renunciation
• blog the process on social networks 
• build the community of renunciants and peaceful social activists,
• make more better people and, 
• make the world a better place.