With the debut in our May 2009 issue of a new column, The Mindful Society — and the launch here on Shambhala SunSpace of a related blog, The Mindful Society Pages — you might be wondering: Just what IS “The Mindful Society”?
Good question! And the best person to answer it, of course, is none other than the author of the column and blog, our senior editor, the inimitable Barry Boyce. In this short Shambhala Sun Audio clip, Barry explains why The Mindful Society is not some impossible utopia but the real deal — and we’re getting closer to it every day. Just click the player, here, to listen:
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Have a question for Barry about what you’ve heard here or read in the magazine? Comment away!
3 Comments
Thank you for this wonderful site it's has been a precious gift and truely priceless.
Rick: thanks so much for that. While I feel a bit weird responding to a comment on this post related to Barry's work, as the Sun's web editor, I was of course compelled to say thank you.
We're so pleased and honored to be serving you and all of our readers. Thanks for allowing us to do that!
Good interview, Barry. Thanks! For everyone else, all those professors mentioned in the interview and in the July issue on contemplative higher education are fellows of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. There is lots more useful information on this at http://www.contemplativemind.org/programs/academic/ Also the first professional association for contemplative higher education at
http://www.acmhe.org/