Spiritual Strategy for Systems Change - Erin Selover

About this episode

Erin Selover discusses the intersection of spirituality and systems change in confronting capitalism.

This podcast is part of a new series called Confronting Complicity in Capitalism . Our second special guest in the series helps us build the spiritual ground for this tricky work of confronting complicity in capitalism. Erin Selover is a ‘spiritual strategist’ who connects decades of Buddhist practice and teaching with nonviolence and collective liberation. She helps me put words to why my time in meditation retreat is not just a nice thing I do to stay sane, but a core practice for slowing down enough to see grasping and suffering, and to tap into our natural possibility for creativity and collaboration. THE IMPACT. Erin Selover : is a Dharma teacher with over 20 years of Buddhist practice and teaching, including at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California works with individuals as a spiritual strategist has studied and experimented with Miki Kashtan and the Nonviolent Global Liberation community as a white settler of Irish descent on indigenous lands, is in deep inquiry about the way power and privilege function within modern societies, and the complex history of her Irish ancestors co-stewards a meditation community integrating the Celtic Wheel of the year and…

People in this episode

Host: Julia S

Guest: Erin Selover

Topics covered

• spiritual strategy
• systems change
• Buddhist practice
• nonviolence
• collective liberation
• capitalism
• meditation

Keywords

• spiritual strategist
• Buddhist practice
• nonviolence
• collective liberation
• meditation retreat
• power and privilege
• Celtic Wheel of the year

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Nonviolent Global Liberation

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