Focusing on the climate crisis, Author Susan Murphy joins Raghu to talk about her new book, A Fire Runs Through All Things.
“The earth is inviting us to think along with her, or it. That suffering is mutual. The earth is suffering and our suffering, our agreeing to suffer with it, is the earth’s care for us. It will wake us up.” – Susan Murphy
Susan Murphy and Raghu discuss:
- Susan’s background and growing up in touch with the earth
- Applying the fierce love and protection of parenthood to the earth
- Susan’s journey through meditation to zen practice
- The realities of the climate crisis and forest fires
- Our tendency to ignore and reject discomfort
- Lessons learned from indigenous elders
- A mindfulness practice to connect with the earth
- Social action through heartful connection
- How humility and not knowing leaves room for creative solutions
“The experience of it, basically it was like a graveyard spread out over enormous swaths of land and burnt hills. All to say is, this is part of our plight, I think, in terms of waking up.” – Raghu Markus
About Susan Murphy:
Susan Murphy is an Australian Zen teacher whose passionate feeling of kinship with the natural world began during her early childhood years living near the Great Barrier Reef and the Gondwanaland rainforest. A successful filmmaker, radio producer, and writer, she received dharma transmission from Ross Bolleter and John Tarrant in 2001. She leads regular retreats around Australia and teaches an Australia-wide sangha that extends internationally online. She is the author of Upside-Down Zen, Minding the Earth Mending the World, Red Thread Zen, and most recently, A Fire Runs Through All Things.