Jeremy David Engels

When a week feels like years,

Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.

As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.

Repeat as needed. And it will be needed repeatedly.

Well said!

When a week feels like years,

Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.

As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.

Repeat as needed. And it will be needed repeatedly.

A Mindfulness Survival Kit For Caring People, Concerned Citizens, and Democratic Resisters

Dear friends, I know that many people are having a tough week. Here's a mindfulness survival kit I put together for feeling a little more centered, connected, and grounded when the world is on fire. Always happy to connect! Thank you for all that you are doing.
#mindfulness #democracy #resist

You too my friend!

A Mindfulness Survival Kit For Caring People, Concerned Citizens, and Democratic Resisters

Dear friends, I know that many people are having a tough week. Here's a mindfulness survival kit I put together for feeling a little more centered, connected, and grounded when the world is on fire. Always happy to connect! Thank you for all that you are doing.
#mindfulness #democracy #resist

Morning my friend!

Thanks for sharing a link to your books! I’m excited to check them out—going to see if my university library has Spiritual Democracy tomorrow. And I’d love to talk more with you about all of this. Hope that you’re doing well!

I'm publishing a book in Feb 2026, On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World with Parallax Press (started by the beloved Thich Nhat Hanh). I have a new Substack exploring interdependence—would love you to join me!

adeclarationofinterdependence.substack.com

In Vietnam, there are myriad little lakes formed from bomb craters—in which lotus flowers grow. That image sticks with me. The Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh taught, no mud, no lotus. Without the mud, the flower cannot grow. What will we grow from the mud we are collectively in?

Hi George!

Congrats George—you’re the best!

How are you doing dear friends?

Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.

As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.

Repeat as needed, till you feel less overwhelmed.

Thanks my friend for including me! Hope you’re doing well.

Hi friends, Here’s a poem I wrote on mindful democracy and interdependence for this holiday. Hope that you are safe and well and surrounded by love today.
#democracy
#poetry
#mindfulness
#independence

A Declaration of Interdependence – The Mindfulness Bell a poem on mindful democracy

Happy 4th of July friends—today let’s celebrate freedom, inclusion, diversity, community, compassion, and justice.

If you’d like some inspiration, here’s a poem I just published that rereads the Declaration of Independence. Be safe friends!

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

It is indeed a sad time my friend. It’s also a good time to think about what we stand for and begin articulating it in a moving way. In that spirit my new book On Mindful Democracy has an Amazon page and is available for preorder! More soon on that. I think it will help. #democracy #mindfulness

It used to be a civic tradition to give Fourth of July orations. If you were asked to give such a speech tomorrow—and it had to be an affirmative speech that outlined what you stand for and an inspirational speech that rallied people together and onward for the good—what would you say?

Thanks for sharing this my friend! Hope everyone is doing well. Thinking today with the upcoming holiday of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh—“there is no way to peace, peace is the way.”

Thanks for sharing, fellow student of Thay! Followed you, feel free to follow back if you’d like to stay connected. Take good care!

War is bad. #peace

Glad to hear! All is well here, other than everything that isn’t in the world.

Hi George! Hope you’re doing well my friend!

Thanks for sharing this my friend! Hope everyone is doing well. Thinking today of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh—“there is no way to peace, peace is the way.”

The Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh’s message is particularly relevant today—

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

#plumvillage

War is bad. #peace

Hi Maureen! Hope that you’re doing well my friend.