We are capable of suffering with our world, and that is the true meaning of compassion. It enables us to recognize our… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
Confirming an intuitive sense I've always felt for the interconnectedness of all things, this doctrine has provided me ways to understand the… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe... All is registered in the 'boundless heart' of the bodhisattva. Through our deepest and… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
When you look at what is happening to our world-and it is hard to look at what's happening to our water, our air, our… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
“In the first movement, our infancy as a species, we felt no separation from the natural world around us. Trees, rocks, and plants surrounded… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
“Yet, even focusing on this present life, disciples often queried the Buddha as to who is responsible for the habits, sufferings, and pleasures we… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
There's a song that wants to sing itself through us. We just got to be available. Maybe the song that is to be sung… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
Clothe yourself in your authority. You speak not only as yourself or for yourself. You will speak and act with the courage and endurance… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
There are the holding actions, the changing actions, and the vision of the future - what we want to see happen for the Earth.… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
We are capable of suffering with our world, and that is the true meaning of compassion. It enables us to recognize our profound interconnectedness… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
Action isn't a burden to be hoisted up and lugged around on our shoulders. It is something we are. The work we have to… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
Qualities like love and compassion are not just abstract virtues that are the property of saints and adepts. Anyone can develop these qualities in… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world. — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
