Designing the Revolution
It's official we are heading into the biggest shit-show in human history. The U.N says there is no ‘credible pathway’ to staying under 1.5C (October 2022).
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Ep. 14 The Great Affirmation (opens the original)
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In this episode of Spirit of Revolution, Roger confronts one of the hardest questions in spiritual philosophy. If Zen teaches detachment from the self, how did Zen Buddhism become entangled with Japanese militarism and atrocities such as the Nanjing Massacre? Drawing on Buddhist, Christian and existential thought, he explores how transcendence can become either an escape from morality or the foundation of universal compassion. The episode argues that genuine spirituality cannot withdraw from his
Go Fuck Yourself: The Air Conditioning "Debate" (opens the original)
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The real question isn't whether everyone should have air conditioning. It's why we're still accepting the choices offered by those overseeing ecological collapse. --- For my latest updates and to support my work, sign up to my email list at rogerhallam.com/#/portal/signup You'll get a free copy of my books, like Common Sense for the 21st Century, and my film, The Troublemaker. Thousands are entering civil resistance around the world. Want to get involved? Email me at roger@rev21.earth Follow My
Ep. 13 The Field of Emptiness (opens the original)
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In this episode of Spirit of Revolution, Roger turns to Zen Buddhism, and the wider eastern traditions of Daoism and Hinduism, to ask what happens when reason reaches its limit. Drawing on his own uneven history with Buddhism (a teenage conversion, a very difficult book, and a great deal of irritated friends) he traces a path from western philosophy's insistence on a fixed, sacred self through to the Zen idea of nothingness as the true ground of things. It is a deliberately circular episode, loo
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