Mountains and Waters Alliance exists to heal the deep cause of the climate emergency in the rift between the dominant human culture and the whole of life on earth. Together with all beings, we protect and restore the living earth.
We create and nourish communities, rooted in meditation and ceremony, that practice farming as activism and defend land, water, and life as healing work; we learn, teach, and invite others to join us.
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AprMinnesota, Life, Death, a Call for Support
I wanted to post spring flowers and updates on the garden. But too much is happening here. I was following the processes at Line 3, the not-yet-approved pipeline that is being built rapidly anyway, to take tar sands oil through Minnesota to a Wisconsin refinery for export. Indigenous-led resistance is meeting harsh police action, paid […]
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MarMWA March 27, 2021 – Sorrow, shock, new life
As we weary of the pandemic and look forward to spring – forgive my rambling. And note the recording and the events at the bottom of the page. A gunman has shot and killed ten people in a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. Less than a week earlier a gunman shot and killed eight people in […]
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FebSpring practice period and events
Dear Friends, In spite of Covid-19, we will offer some in-person options for this year. Things may change if the pandemic worsens. Meanwhile we have online events. Online: Sunday evenings, 4:30 Central Time, online discussion group called “The Gift of Fearlessness” Wednesday evenings, 6:30 Central Time, Zen study group. February 20 one-day retreat with Red […]
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FebRefuge
In this time of fear, when so many people are literally refugees and when any one of us might join them. How do we find refuge, and how do we offer refuge? Refuge means shelter from danger. It comes from “to flee,” “back,” and “a place for.” The danger is unspecified, just fleeing back to […]
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JanOn the insurrection – and the new Reichstag Fire
Yesterday armed white supremacists stormed the Capitol to stop the certification of electoral college votes. Washington police, well skilled in crowd control, offered no advance resistance; things were allowed to escalate beyond control. After fact-checking: It may or may not be true that police opened barricades to let in the mob; one police posed for […]
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Jan“Not-knowing is most intimate”
The year called 2020 will probably be remembered for a long time for its hardship. May our descendants know it also as a key point in the Great Turning. We don’t know yet. We may recognize the feelings of William Butler Yeats when he wrote in 1919 after The Great War (WWI) ended, while his […]
Important Notices!
Regular Schedule (Online)
- To access morning online zazen or any classes, you will need to use the password, which is a three-letter word starting with capital Z.
- Zazen will be online Mondays only.
ONLINE ZAZEN
– Monday Mornings 6:00am CT
The Gift of Fearlessness: Conversations on the Pandemic
– Sundays 4:30-5:45pm CT
Zen Study Group
– Wednesday 6:30 – 8pm CT
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