Plutonium Waste

CASE

Joanna Macy says, “Shooting our nuclear waste into the sun or burying it deep in the heart is crazy. We should keep it close by and pay attention to it, put it in museums. Just like when you are in a meditation retreat you sit with your own toxic waste.”

COMMENTARY

Joanna Macy is a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism and General Systems Theory, as well as a peace and ecology activist.

Getting rid of your problems is not always a solution. Whether you are a political activist or a rigorous meditation practitioner (or both), there is much muck. Joanna Macy points to the straightforward acceptance of the problem. There is a secret that awaits you here if you have the courage to enter.

VERSE by Dairyu

Radioactive Greed, Hate and Delusion
with a half life of thousands of years.
One bright pearl in the toxic waste dump.
Don’t waste time!