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There's a life out there and you know it

Bonjour à tous,

Je me rends soudainement compte que vous trois ou quatre, chers abonnés à la newsletter, ne passez quasiment jamais par facebook et n'y voyez donc pas ce qui suit:

Un article de Charles Eisenstein - stating the obvious - sur la fixation sur les émissions de CO2 pour lutter contre le réchauffement climatique. Il y explique que cette fixation là ne prend pas en considération l'équilibre homéostatique du climat en général, donc, effets pervers etc. Surtout, la "lutte contre le réchauffement et les émissions de CO2", reprend d'une certaine manière une façon de penser et de conceptualiser le problème (narrative) qui ressemble plus au discours qui sous-tend la logique guerrière ou financière qu'au discours d'amour et de paix que nous n'entendons plus.

Charles Eisenstein écrit des livres dont le titre est beaucoup trop long pour une tranche, mais tout à fait acceptable pour un coeur humain: "The better world our hearts know is possible", par exemple, que je compte bien lire et vous résumer.

> L'article (cliquer dessus).

Un autre, du même (il a son blog dans le Guardian).

Un article de Thich Nhat Hanh parlant de la corruption latente de la mindfulness lorsqu'elle devient un moyen d'être plus tout ce que vous voulez (performant, concentré, rentable). Ce travers est totalement observable dans le mélange de la culture (californienne) high tech et l'importation des pratiques bouddhistes ou zen. Cet article de Wired en est l'illustration.

Voilà ce sera tout pour aujourd'hui,

Prenez soin de vous,

Gros bisous.

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