David Kopacz, MD

On Mindful Democracy with Jeremy David Engels Jeremy David Engels was kind enough to join us on the Becoming a True Human podcast! Listen in for an enlightening discussion of a revised Declaration of Independence – A Declaration of Inter…

Blog post on our interview with
Jeremy David Engels
- On MIndful Democracy -
on the Becoming a True Human podcast
beingfullyhuman.com/2026/03/04/o...
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"Periodically, we forget that we are divine as we live in this world of matter and go through its trials and travails. We, as individuals, as well as we as people, need periodic renewal at the font of spiritual democracy."
Becoming Medicine p. 381

#SpiritualDemocracy #Sacred #Being #Spirituality

"Spiritual democracy is the way we treat others when we learn to see the divine in all things and that we, too, are part of divinity. It is a sacred way of being. It is a sacred way of being."

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#EarthSpirituality #LivingSpirituality #BecomingMedicine

Earth Child of Spiritual Democracy (J Rael)
"Spiritual Democracy is a living connection, allowing the flow of spirituality through our lives, embracing the divinity in all creatures & the divinity of the Earth."
pdf ch 14 shorturl.at/WZa3L
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That one time the Buddha stopped a war Standing up for peace

It’s hard to have a war when we all stand on common ground.

There is no way to peace, peace is the way
-Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh

Becoming Medicine — David R. Kopacz, MD Pathways of Initiation into a Living Spirituality, by David R. Kopacz, MD and Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow).

War directed inward & outward is not democracy
We need to reconnect to Spiritual Democracy
Free pdf Ch 14 Spiritual Democracy - Becoming Medicine
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A beautiful and crucial dialogue between a surgeon and doctor #ManuelPera and a writer and philosopher #RafaelAgullol about the intersection between #medicine and #humanism @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social @drkopacz.bsky.social @david-haslam.bsky.social @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social
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That one time the Buddha stopped a war Standing up for peace

Here’s my newest Substack essay, recounting what we can learn from the time that the Buddha stopped a war. It’s a good time to remember that, as Thich Nhat Hanh said, there is no way to peace, peace is the way.

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#peace
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#democracy

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Got the chance to talk with David and Chris from Becoming a True Human podcast—we had an amazing discussion about mindfulness, connection, and democracy. If you don’t follow these wonderful people look them up! @drkopacz.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social

Thanks Jeremy!
We really enjoyed talking with you, very inspiring!
Your work provides a shift from all the negative happening now to the positive that we can do.
Let's all make a Declaration of Interdependence!
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Happy St David's Day
From a (part) Welsh
David

"there is no way to democracy, democracy is the way,” (103)
"true democracy - “working together to care for each other and the life we share” (4)
Engels - On Mindful Democracy

#MindfulDemocracy #interbeing #TheBelovedCommunity

YouTube video by Becoming a True Human Episode 16: On Mindful Democracy video

Becoming a True Human podcast 16:
On Mindful Democracy
Jeremy David Engels on his book, enemyship, interbeing & the beloved community
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YouTube: shorturl.at/ax0mA
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Jeremy's website: jeremydavidengels.com

M Andrus
Brothers in the Beloved Community: Thich Nhat Hanh & MLK Jr

DR Kopacz
Caring for Self & Others: Transforming Burnout, Compassion Fatigue & Soul Loss (ch 10 Becoming Caring: Caring for All)
Becoming Medicine: Pathways of Initiation into a Living Spirituality (ch 14 Spiritual Democracy)

Readings:
Engels
Living Namaste: A Practical Guide to Mindfulness, Yoga & Building Community

GA Parry
Original Politics: Making American Sacred Again

S Herrmann
Spiritual Democracy
Walt Whitman: Shamanism, Spiritual Democracy & the World Soul

cont...

Hope

Snow melts from a tree branch
Someday soon it will be a cloud
And rain will fall on new leaves

There is spring in winter
And winter in spring
Take heart

p 155

Recommended Readings
Jeremy D Engels
The Ethics of Oneness: Emerson, Whitman & the Bhagavad Gita

cont...

"there is no way to democracy, democracy is the way,” (103)
"true democracy - “working together to care for each other and the life we share” (4)
Engels - On Mindful Democracy

#MindfulDemocracy #interbeing #TheBelovedCommunity

YouTube video by Becoming a True Human Episode 16: On Mindful Democracy video

Becoming a True Human podcast 16:
On Mindful Democracy
Jeremy David Engels on his book, enemyship, interbeing & the beloved community
Spotify: shorturl.at/4jH12
YouTube: shorturl.at/ax0mA
@jeremydavidengels.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social

“In theory, an Upanishad could even be composed in the present day: a spiritual Upanishad that would draw its life from the One source of religions and humanism and apply to the modern world,” (Juan Mascaró, Introduction to the Penguin Classics, The Upanishads, 8)

The Inner Light (song) - Wikipedia

Mascaró had correspondence with another George, George Harrison and this resulted in the Beatles song, “The Inner Light.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inn...

InnerViews The Blessing of Stillness & Silence: Interview with George Kirazian about his literary friendship with Juan Mascaró (2015)

InnerViews
Interview w George Kirazian & his literary friendship w Juan Mascaró (2015)
“George, the power and the beauty…the beauty and the blessing of stillness and silence,” (Juan to George 1972)
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#JuanMascaró #GeorgeKirazian
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"the salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human modesty, and in human responsibility"
Václav Havel
The Art of the Impossible
P. 18
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#HumanHeart #Salvation
#Havel #ArtOfImpossible

"every instance of human suffering concerns every other human being"
Václav Havel
The Art of the Impossible
P. 6
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“we are the microcosm of the macrocosm”
Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow)

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InnerViews Interview with Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) (2020)

InnerViews
Interview w Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) (2020)
“We don’t realize there are two wheels in life: one we are on and below us is the wheel of our ancestors. When you walk it...these two wheels will merge”
#JosephRael #MedicineWheel
@chris6572.bsky.social
shorturl.at/tC65t

Working in healthcare brought and solidified my respect for all people and lives. Primum non nocere.

The most important aspect of health care...is the...personal relationship between doctor and patient. People are... integral beings in whom every part is intimately interrelated, and in whom everything is mysteriously connected to spirit
Havel
Summer Meditations 119-120
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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

My new book is finally out: On Mindful Democracy! It’s published by Thich Nhat Hanh’s Parallax Press.

“A profoundly wise and timely offering…a balm for weary spirits and a guiding light for those longing to heal our fractured world—from the inside out.” -Tara Brach

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