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Via Mother Pelican Journal of Solidarity and Sustainabili

Vol. 21, No. 2, February 2025
The Limits of the Human Animal
CONTENTS
Significant Research and Forthcoming Events
Overshoot and the Incredible Shrinking Planet ~ A Many-Faceted Problem
William E. Rees
Green Outside, Red Inside ~ How Environmentalism is Following the Same Path of Communism
Ugo Bardi
A Reality Check on Our 'Energy Transition'
Andrew Nikiforuk
Critical Metals and the Side Effects of Electrification
Bart Hawkins Kreps
What's the Real Problem? And Can We Do Anything About It?
William E. Rees
Love Is Our Only Hope: How Storytelling Can Lead Us Home
Cara Judea Alhadeff
Envisioning a Sustainable Socioecological Future, Part 3
Clifton Ware
Envisioning a Sustainable Socioecological Future, Part 4
Clifton Ware
Bringing About the Bioeconomy
Nolan Monaghan
To Confront Power, One Must First Name It: Neoliberalism and the Sustainability Crisis
Kurt Cobb
Jimmy Carter ~ America's 'Worst President' and Finest Leader
John Meyer
America is Dead. Long Live Gaia!
Tom Ellis
Beyond the Ideological Echo Chamber: A Call for Intellectual Adaptability in Times of Transformation
James Magnus-Johnston
Three-quarters of the World's Land is Drying Out, 'Redefining Life on Earth'
Ayurella Horn-Muller
Los Angeles Wildfires: True Causes & Solutions
Hart Hagan
Rethinking Energy, Productivity, and the Illusion of Endless Growth
Art Berman
The Trump Administration's Agenda and the Likely Economic and Financial Consequences
Rodrigue Tremblay
Pope Francis Still Advocates for Degrowth
Oscar Krüger
Fighting Back for the Earth
Sandy Irvine
From an Eco-spiritual Perspective, Nature Is More than a Material Reality
Michel Maxime Egger
The Biggest, Oldest Economy in the World Is Burning
George Tsakraklides
Beyond Essentialism: Redefining the Gender-Environment Nexus
Sharon Sarah Thawaney
Christianity and Hope ~ When the Pope Does Hopium, What Do the Mystics Do?
Jem Bendell
NOTE: There is a supplement, Critique of Religious Patriarchy. There is also an annotated archive with links to all articles published since May 2005.
Human development in harmony with nature is the existential challenge of our time. The mission of this journal is to foster human development in an integral human ecology.
You are invited to submit comments, suggestions, and articles for publication. Deadline is the 15th of the month to be considered for the following month.

Sincerely,

Luis

Luis T. Gutiérrez

Editor, Mother Pelican Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability

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Abandoning Arisen Unhealthy States

Whatever a person frequently thinks about and ponders, that will become the inclination of their mind. If one frequently thinks about and ponders unhealthy states, one has abandoned healthy states to cultivate unhealthy states, and then one’s mind inclines to unhealthy states. (MN 19)

Here a person rouses the will, makes an effort, stirs up energy, exerts the mind, and strives to abandon arisen unhealthy mental states. One abandons the arisen hindrance of sluggishness. (MN 141)

Reflection

Unhealthy or unhelpful states come up all the time. The early teaching was not simply to be aware of everything but also to discern what is unhealthy and learn how to abandon it. Alertness is a more helpful mental state than sluggishness, and it is therefore beneficial to remain alert as much as possible. Rest and sleep when appropriate, but when you are awake practice being really alert and fully conscious.

Daily Practice

There is nothing morally wrong with sluggishness of mind. The problem is just that it prevents the mind from working well and is therefore a hindrance to seeing clearly. When you feel drowsy or sleepy, or you feel your mind getting dull, explore how many ways you can dispel this temporary state and restore a sense of alertness. It is a matter of raising the level of energy in the body and/or the mind.

Tomorrow: Establishing Mindfulness of Feeling and the Second Jhāna
One week from today: Developing Unarisen Healthy States

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