ARTICLE
It Takes a Sangha
By Noah Levine — 2016
Meditation is a necessity for creating positive change, but we are not meditating merely to get good at meditation, or to have pleasant spiritual experiences. We are, as Gandhi put it, trying to “be the change we wish to see in the world.”
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
CLEAR ALL
BY TOPIC
BY TEACHER
BY TYPE
FILTER
TOPIC
- Building Character (19)
- Spiritual Awakening (15)
- Spiritual Development (15)
- Black Well-Being (14)
- Spiritual Life (14)
- Self-Reflection Practices (13)
- Global Challenges (12)
- Entrepreneurship (11)
- Leadership (11)
- Spiritual Direction (11)
- Transformation (11)
- Community Healing (10)
- Values (10)
- Awareness (9)
- BIPOC Well-Being (9)
- Consciousness (9)
- Female Empowerment (9)
- Inner Life (9)
- Psychology and Spirituality (9)
- Racial Justice (9)
- Self-Development (9)
- Self-Discovery (9)
- Environmental Justice (8)
- Human Potential (8)
- Love (8)
- Soul Mission (8)
- Spiritual Healing (8)
- Sustainability (8)
- Buddhism (7)
- Economic Justice (7)
- Enlightenment (7)
- Environmental Exploitation (7)
- Fellowship and Community (7)
- Inner Peace (7)
- Meditation (7)
- Personal Development (7)
- Presence (7)
- Self-Actualization (7)
- Spiritual Quest (7)
- Women’s Well-Being (7)
- Connection with Nature (6)
- Higher Calling (6)
- Moral Philosophy (6)
- Spirituality and Politics (6)
- Suffering (6)
- Compassion (5)
- Courage (5)
- Diamond Approach (5)
- Life Challenges (5)
- Mindfulness (5)
- Prayer (5)
- Racial Healing (5)
- Science and Spirituality (5)
- Search for Purpose (5)
- The Divine (5)
- Work Challenges (5)
- Work Relationships (5)
- Aging (4)
- Climate Change (4)
- Empowerment (4)
- God (4)
- Goddess (4)
- Growth Mindset (4)
- Poetry (4)
- Poverty/Economic Inequality (4)
- Racism (4)
- Sacred Feminine (4)
- Self-Healing (4)
- Trauma Healing (4)
- Affirmations (3)
- Athlete Well-Being (3)
- Authenticity (3)
- Christianity (3)
- Curiosity (3)
- Ecospirituality (3)
- Finding Meaning (3)
- Freedom (3)
- Generosity (3)
- Guided Meditation (3)
- Hope (3)
- Identity (3)
- Integrity (3)
- Intention (3)
- Islam (3)
- Mindfulness Practices (3)
- Nonviolence (3)
- Passion (3)
- Perception (3)
- Psychology (3)
- Religious Experience (3)
- Ritual (3)
- Self-Realization (3)
- Self-Reckoning (3)
- Storytelling (3)
- Tibetan Buddhism (3)
- Trust (3)
- Wholeness (3)
- Archetypes (2)
- Breathwork (2)
- Building Culture (2)
- Caregiver Well-Being (2)
- Child’s Trauma (2)
- Collaboration (2)
- Collective Trauma (2)
- Communication Skills (2)
- Comparing Belief Traditions (2)
- Conflict Resolution (2)
- Decision Making (2)
- Dharma (2)
- Emotional and Mental Health (2)
- Energy Healing (2)
- Faith (2)
- Forgiveness (2)
- Friendship (2)
- Global Food Supply (2)
- Grit (2)
- Habits of Mind (2)
- Happiness (2)
- Healing Approaches (2)
- Humility (2)
- Imagination and Creativity (2)
- Incarceration (2)
- Interdependence (2)
- Journaling (2)
- Letting Go (2)
- Memoir (2)
- Mysticism (2)
- Neoshamanism (2)
- Non-Duality (2)
- Patience (2)
- Positive Psychology (2)
- Racial Discrimination (2)
- Relationship Challenges (2)
- Self-Acceptance (2)
- Self-Love (2)
- Self-Mastery (2)
- Setting Limits and Boundaries (2)
- Shadow (2)
- Social Psychology (2)
- Spirituality and Health (2)
- Yoga (2)
- A Course in Miracles (1)
- Acceptance (1)
- Access to Education (1)
- Adaptability (1)
- Addiction (1)
- Addiction Recovery (1)
- Adjusting to Parenthood (1)
- Altered States (1)
- Anger (1)
- Anxiety (1)
- Channeling (1)
- Christian Mysticism (1)
- Competition (1)
- Connection (1)
- Conscience (1)
- Conscious Evolution (1)
- Creative Well-Being (1)
- Cross-Cultural Dynamics (1)
- Dark Night of the Soul (1)
- Death and Dying (1)
- Depression (1)
- Despair (1)
- Discrimination (1)
- Divorce and Breakup (1)
- Ego (1)
- Ego Transcendence (1)
- Embodiment (1)
- Empathy (1)
- Endurance (1)
- Family Dynamics (1)
- Fear (1)
- Following Bliss (1)
- Forest Bathing (1)
- Gender and Spirituality (1)
- Gender Justice (1)
- Genetics (1)
- Grace (1)
- Gratitude (1)
- Healthy Eating (1)
- Hero’s Journey (1)
- Hinduism (1)
- Honoring Emotion (1)
- Humanitarian Aid/Relief Work (1)
- Inspiration (1)
- Integrative Medicine (1)
- Intuition (1)
- Jewish Renewal (1)
- Judaism (1)
- Jungian Analysis (1)
- Learning Styles (1)
- Leaving a Religion (1)
- LGBTQIA Well-Being (1)
- Life Force Energy (1)
- Loneliness (1)
- Longevity (1)
- Mantra Meditation (1)
- Mentoring (1)
- Midlife Crisis (1)
- Mind-Body Connection (1)
- Mindfulness Meditation (1)
- Mythology (1)
- Native American Beliefs (1)
- Neuroscience (1)
- Offering Support to Others (1)
- Oneness (1)
- Othering (1)
- Parenting (1)
- Past Lives and Reincarnation (1)
- Personality Typing (1)
- Physical Health (1)
- Positive Self-Talk (1)
- PTSD (1)
- Relationship with Money (1)
- Relationship with Time (1)
- Resilience (1)
- Romantic Relationships (1)
- Self-Control (1)
- Self-Expression (1)
- Somatic Practices (1)
- Speaking Your Truth (1)
- Spiritual Crisis (1)
- Stress (1)
- Stress Management (1)
- Subconscious (1)
- Sufism (1)
- Sutras (1)
- Tarot (1)
- Transitions (1)
- Transpersonal Psychology (1)
- Veganism (1)
- Visualization (1)
- Wake-Up Calls (1)
- Well-Being (1)
- Western Astrology (1)
- Whiteness (1)
- Zen Buddhism (1)
- Zen Meditation (1)
FILTER
TEACHER
- The Dalai Lama (4)
- adrienne maree brown (3)
- Debbie Ford (3)
- Dorothy Day (3)
- Jack Kornfield (3)
- Joan Chittister (3)
- Karen Casey (3)
- Karen Johnson (3)
- M. Scott Peck (3)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (3)
- Alice Walker (2)
- Amanda Gorman (2)
- angel Kyodo williams (2)
- Bart Houlahan (2)
- Danya Ruttenberg (2)
- Eileen Fisher (2)
- Howard Thurman (2)
- LaRayia Gaston (2)
- Marianne Williamson (2)
- Neale Donald Walsch (2)
- Ram Dass (2)
- Riane Eisler (2)
- Roger Walsh (2)
- Swami Mukundananda (2)
- Thich Nhat Hanh (2)
- Adi Da Samraj (1)
- Amma (1)
- Andrew Harvey (1)
- Angela Duckworth (1)
- Anodea Judith (1)
- Anthony de Mello (1)
- Brian Weiss (1)
- Bruce Lipton (1)
- Byron Katie (1)
- Chani Nicholas (1)
- Chögyam Trungpa (1)
- Claudio Naranjo (1)
- Connie Zweig (1)
- Cornel West (1)
- Craig Hamilton (1)
- Dacher Keltner (1)
- Daisy Khan (1)
- Dan Millman (1)
- Daniel J. Siegel (1)
- David R. Hawkins (1)
- David Steindl-Rast (1)
- Diane Stein (1)
- don Miguel Ruiz (1)
- Eckhart Tolle (1)
- Edgar Cayce (1)
- Evelyn Underhill (1)
- Gangaji (1)
- Gary Zukav (1)
- Greta Thunberg (1)
- Harriet Lerner (1)
- HeatherAsh Amara (1)
- Howard Gardner (1)
- Huston Smith (1)
- Iyanla Vanzant (1)
- James Hillman (1)
- Jane Hirshfield (1)
- Jean Shinoda Bolen (1)
- Jeff Brown (1)
- Jeff Foster (1)
- Joanna Macy (1)
- John Bradshaw (1)
- John C. Parkin (1)
- John Welwood (1)
- José Shinzan Palma (1)
- Joseph M. Marshall III (1)
- Kabir Helminski (1)
- Krista Tippett (1)
- Lama Surya Das (1)
- Leah Guy (1)
- Louise Hay (1)
- Lucille Clifton (1)
- Mahatma Gandhi (1)
- Mark Nepo (1)
- Martin Seligman (1)
- Michael Bernard Beckwith (1)
- Mihály Csíkszentmihályi (1)
- Monica Sharma (1)
- Nadine Burke Harris (1)
- Nikki Giovanni (1)
- Noah Elkrief (1)
- Noah Levine (1)
- Norman Fischer (1)
- Oprah Winfrey (1)
- Oriah Mountain Dreamer (1)
- Parker J. Palmer (1)
- Patanjali (1)
- Pema Chödrön (1)
- Peter Russell (1)
- Peter Senge (1)
- Pope Francis (1)
- Ralph De La Rosa (1)
- Reginald Ray (1)
- Robert A. Johnson (1)
- Robert Bly (1)
- Rose Marcario (1)
- Rupert Sheldrake (1)
- Sadhguru (1)
- Satish Kumar (1)
- Scott Edelstein (1)
- Simone Weil (1)
- Sonia Sanchez (1)
- Thomas Berry (1)
- Thomas Hübl (1)
- Vandana Shiva (1)
- Wayne Dyer (1)
- William Barber (1)
- Willis Harman (1)
- Yogi Bhajan (1)
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1)
- Zinovia Dushkova (1)