Yesterday, Kaira Jewel Lingo joined George for a Golden Civilization Conversation via Facebook Live. Kaira Jewel, mindfulness teacher, mentor, dharma teacher, is one of the co-trainers of the Mindful Engagement webinar series. This conversation is a great discussion of activism and the path to a Golden Civilization through a mindfulness lens.

Kaira Jewel opens by sharing a little about her childhood, which shared so many similarities to her later monastic life and why she pursued a spiritual path instead of continuing on with the one she had been pursing through higher education. This leads to a timely discussion of fierce compassion, peace in crisis, and the difference between the unconscious nature of perceived “negative” emotions and feelings and the conscious and preventable actions that may stem from them.