on wokeness, and its opposite

to be woke is to have a visceral sense of justice, as reliable as the senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste, and cognition—that allows one to recognize that the current language of justice is inadequate, as justice is not applied equitably across all who would access it; and to participate in creating language that…

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oh, california

as a practicing buddhist, “leave no trace” is a guiding principle embedded into every teaching: leave no physical trace of your passage through the busy world, and leave no stinky teaching behind that muddies the waters of the dharma. how do we practice this, living as we do with the legacy of colonialism, cultural appropriation,…

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here’s what i’m trying to reconcile, sweetie,

some of us recognize that we maybe only have five days left to connect with our loved ones,

while others feel that time is endless, and we’ll always have another chance, in the future, to eventually connect with our loved ones.

and those of us who recognize that we maybe only have five days left are recognizing that we’re not hearing from the loved ones who we want to be connected with, in our last five days.

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