what we seek to heal

 
 

Our society’s structures, resources, and institutions are largely out of balance, out of synch, and out of rhythm with universal principles that are true for all living systems. Current organizing and analyses often embody this asynchrony, producing partial solutions and perpetuating harm. Our health (and specifically that of indigenous people, people of color, and young people) is also suffering because we reward colonizing practices that continue to value profit and capital over people and planet. And, in our own movements, we often actively deny or forget to integrate the kinds of liberatory language and practices that could lead us to collective health. Bodhi seeks to support all of our healing from:

disconnection in all ways

 

Our systems reward us to operate in ways that separate us from the Earth and her living systems, from each other and our institutions, and from ourselves. We are also rewarded to deny that we are experiencing the worst climate and social impacts, with young people now facing some of the most perilous living conditions and ecological impacts on health for generations.  Actions springing from these disconnected spaces will lead to ineffective and partial solutions, and greater harm. To not feel the reality of our interconnection can depress our collective spirit, and lead to unharnessed energy and passion to organize.

our health is suffering

 

The wellness of our ecosystems is precariously out of balance and in crisis due to human means, perpetuating negative conditions for good health. Greater rates of illness, decreased sense of purpose, collective exhaustion, and the past and present experience of inequities particularly affecting people of color and Indigenous peoples continue to further tap our collective resources to self-determine and organize.   

a grave presence of colonizing structures

 

The historical and present experience of assimilation, conquering of land, and the ownership of what gets learned and how (performed by those in power), directly impacts the collective health of all living systems in deeply negative ways. We need frames and analyses that question our human conditioning and call for more honest inquiry into where human-driven efforts and systems perpetuate colonization and hamper reindigenization.

a lack of liberating language, practices, and frameworks

 

Language creates reality.  Our society rewards language that denies and negates the reality of wholeness, and the liberating connection between the social and the spiritual. Keeping our spirits attuned to each other, the Earth, and our work requires mobilizing and politically poetic language, as well as liberatory, creative, and mindful practices and framing.