Jeremy David Engels
@jeremydavidengels.bsky.social
Professor of Democracy, Ethics, and Rhetoric + Mindfulness teacher and scholar + co-owner of Yoga Lab. Author of 6 books including On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World (Parallax 2026) and Living Namaste (2026).
Well said!
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Well said!
Thanks! Hope you preorder it and enjoy! Take good care my friend.
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Thanks! Hope you preorder it and enjoy! Take good care my friend.
Thanks my friend! Hope you’re doing well!
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thanks my friend! Hope you’re doing well!
Right on! I like the story of Angulimala—here’s a short piece I wrote after last years election. Good luck my friend!
What Buddhism can teach in this moment of deep divisions: No person is ‘evil,’ only ‘mistaken’
If we considered people on the other side of a disagreement as not ‘evil’ but ‘mistaken’ or ‘ill-informed,’ it might create more room for dialogue, writes a scholar of mindfulness.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Right on! I like the story of Angulimala—here’s a short piece I wrote after last years election. Good luck my friend!
Followed you my friend, feel free to follow back if you’d like to stay connected. Take good care!
October 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Followed you my friend, feel free to follow back if you’d like to stay connected. Take good care!
Beautiful!
October 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Beautiful!
It has worked in the past—Erica Chenoweth’s research on non-violence at Harvard shows this. It might not move bullies but it might move the people watching whose inaction enables the bullies to bully! I talk about this in my new book, actually. Take good care!
On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World
250 years after the US Declaration of Independence, this incisive Declaration of dependence is a timely, tender, and transformative guide for citizens who care deeply about the world but feel disill...
www.amazon.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It has worked in the past—Erica Chenoweth’s research on non-violence at Harvard shows this. It might not move bullies but it might move the people watching whose inaction enables the bullies to bully! I talk about this in my new book, actually. Take good care!
Take good care my friend!
October 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Take good care my friend!
Hi friends! This is little Vrtti cat. He lives food as much as I love democracy.
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hi friends! This is little Vrtti cat. He lives food as much as I love democracy.
Happy birthday Thay! Thanks for posting this, we can really use his example right now. Take good care!
October 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Happy birthday Thay! Thanks for posting this, we can really use his example right now. Take good care!
They could be brothers! Have a good night my friend.
October 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
They could be brothers! Have a good night my friend.
Indeed. We don’t often get to choose the mud. It’s real muddy right now. As a professor and teacher I’m trying to rise to the occasion!
October 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Indeed. We don’t often get to choose the mud. It’s real muddy right now. As a professor and teacher I’m trying to rise to the occasion!
Here it is on the publisher website—it’s being published by Parallax, the Plum Village press. Take care! www.parallax.org/product/on-m...
On Mindful Democracy – Parallax Press
An antidote to political burnout and civic despair: drawing on mindfulness and modern wisdom to cultivate resilience, healthy engagement, and skillful presence in turbulent times
www.parallax.org
October 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Here it is on the publisher website—it’s being published by Parallax, the Plum Village press. Take care! www.parallax.org/product/on-m...
You’ll like my new book, bringing mindfulness to democracy inspired by the Plum Village tradition and Thich Nhat Hanh. Will be posting a lot more about it in the coming weeks! Take good care!
On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World
On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World [Engels, Jeremy David] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World
www.amazon.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
You’ll like my new book, bringing mindfulness to democracy inspired by the Plum Village tradition and Thich Nhat Hanh. Will be posting a lot more about it in the coming weeks! Take good care!
Indeed! It’s also to reframe the much as an opportunity as much as a crisis.
October 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Indeed! It’s also to reframe the much as an opportunity as much as a crisis.