Can Mindfulness Transform Politics?
Writer, Retired, Former Executive & Personal Life Coach, Meditation Practitioner & Student of Buddhism.
EPISODE #46
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“Darkness cannot drive us out of darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive us out of hate; only love can do that.” ~ Paraphrasing Martin Luther King Jr."
This episode is about politics today, nonviolent speech, action and skillful behaviors with Tom Cummings, a liberal Buddhist.
Tom Cummings is a retired information systems manager, a former executive and personal life coach, a daily meditation practitioner, a long-time student of Buddhism and the creator and blogger who writes for the liberal buddhist.com.
He practices meditation in the Vipassana style, which aspires to the gaining of insight into the impermanent and interconnected nature of all things.
In addition to his daily sitting practice every morning, Tom attends weekly meditation sessions and is constantly reading about meditation and Buddhism.
To learn more about Tom Cummings please visit his website https://theliberalbuddhist.com
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The liberal Buddhist who writes this blog is me, Tom Cummings. I’m a retired information systems manager, a former executive and personal life coach, a daily meditation practitioner, and a long-time student of Buddhism. I live in Westchester, New York, with Elyse, my wife of nearly thirty years. We’ve been “empty nesters” for seven years now, but we’re fortunate to have our 25-year-old twins, a son and a daughter – he, a doctoral student in environmental engineering; she, a creative writing tutor and aspiring novelist – living and working, respectively, in the nearby cities of Philadelphia and Boston, from which both of them are able to make it back “home” with relative ease for special family occasions as well as for the occasional weekend visit.
I practice meditation in the Vipassana style, which aspires to the gaining of insight into the impermanent and interconnected nature of all things; and I study Buddhism according to the Theravada tradition, which adheres closely to the original teachings of the Buddha as recorded in the Pali Canon. In addition to my daily sitting practice every morning, I attend weekly meditation sessions on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings at the Community Meditation Center on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. I’m also constantly reading about meditation and Buddhism in both print and online formats, and if you’re interested in checking out some of the books and websites that I’ve found helpful, please take a look at my Resources page.
I encourage you to comment on any of my posts here on this blog, and I invite you to follow my Liberal Buddhist page on Facebook.
https://theliberalbuddhist.com
