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"Benefits of Collapse Acceptance," with Karen Perry, is the 80th video episode in Michael Dowd's "Post-Doom Conversations" series. Karen presented a list of 15 benefits that she herself has experienced, following years of climate activism (with her husband, Jordan Perry). The time-coded list of the 15 benefits is below, and then followed by a text list written by Karen.
• 2017 documentary featuring Karen and her husband, Jordan: "Innocently Violent": youtu.be/8KVybgQ4tdM
• AUDIO of this Conversation: soundcloud.com/michael-dowd-grace-limits/karen-perry-post-doom-benefits-of-collapse-acceptance
00:02 Introduction by Michael Dowd
01:01 "Collapse acceptance" is very different from the earlier "Collapse awareness."
06:12 Previews the final benefit: 15. "Global Hospice Time"
10:44 Benefit 1. Freedom (freedom "from" and freedom "to")
12:10 Benefit 2. Urgency
13:03 Benefit 3. Parameters (adds new parameters to your decision-making)
15:01 Benefit 4. Presence (focus on today, here)
16:12 Benefit 5. Gratitude
18:07 Benefit 6. Calmness / Grounding / Balance
20:00 Benefit 7. Community (localism)
21:44 Benefit 8. Release (from Superhero Savior Complex)
22:54 Benefit 9. Connection (heightened and expanded sense)
23:48 Benefit 10. Empathy
25:03 Benefit 11. Recognizing your Privilege
29:33 Benefit 12. Making Amends
30:51 Benefit 13. Comfortable with Death (Stephen Jenkinson, Caitlyn Doughty)
31:58 Benefit 14. Letting Go of Control
33:19 Benefit 15. Global Hospice Time
35:00 Bonus A. "You get to live a full and complete life now."
36:00 Where effort is welcome: "Normalization of Collapse" and ability to "Speak our Truth"
39:17 "I am so grateful for my collapse — first awareness and then acceptance" (summary)
40:00 Karen Perry and Michael Dowd each lead Post-Doom discussion groups. More information here: postdoom.com/discussions
Text list of 15 BENEFITS OF COLLAPSE ACCEPTANCE, by Karen Perry:
1. FREEDOM - the move away from shoulds to the open doors of coulds. "Get off the hamster wheel to stop building the castle, live where/how desired if possible."
2. URGENCY - 'No time like the present' has never meant more. "Take that trip, quit that job, buy that house, do that thing — now."
3. PARAMETERS - playing the game with a different framework and lens. "Baby or not? Pre-emptive medical procedures? Tax penalty concerns?"
4. PRESENCE - focus on today with heightened awareness of being here now. "Acceptance is the meditation. Be-ing is more important than do-ing."
5. GRATITUDE - impossible to ignore all we’ve been given (and taken). "Make the list: hot showers, full grocery stores, internet, trash pickup, on demand everything…"
6. CALM GROUNDING - not disrupted by catastrophic information. "'Can you believe it? The (fill in the blank) happened/is getting worse!' (Yawn), yes I can."
7. COMMUNITY / LOCALISM - ability to affect those in close proximity. "Restore a nearby land base, push back on development projects, connect with neighbors."
8. RELEASE - good riddance to pressure and guilt. "Don’t have to fix it, solve it, fight it, save it. Hooray!"
9. UNIVERSALISM - heightened connection to the Oneness of everything. "Tap in to the collective coherence, look a non-human in the eyes, feel the force."
10. EMPATHY - towards self and all others. "Give yourself extra grace, love, and compassion. Help, not squish, the spider. Someone flips you off? No worries, mate, I feel ya, collapse sucks."
11. PRIVILEGE PERSPECTIVE - ability to view it and use it in a radical way. "Cash out retirement accounts to set others free; group up to live more affordably."
12. AMENDS - having bags packed and ready to go. "Right wrongs with whomever; feed birds; give back to community of life."
13. DEATH COMFORT - collapse acceptance forces the conversation and preparation. "Work on an exit strategy plan and a balanced spiritually for what comes next."
14. LETTING GO - of control, worry, fear, guilt, blame, shame. "No need to sweat the small stuff. No purity test to pass."
15. ENJOYMENT of Global Hospice Time - have fun with the bucket list! "Honor all that has been sacrificed for and taken by you; do this by enjoying and loving life as much as possible."
"Benefits of Collapse Acceptance," with Karen Perry, is the 80th video episode in Michael Dowd's "Post-Doom Conversations" series. Karen presented a list of 15 benefits that she herself has experienced, following years of climate activism (with her husband, Jordan Perry). The time-coded list of the 15 benefits is below, and then followed by a text list written by Karen.
• 2017 documentary featuring Karen and her husband, Jordan: "Innocently Violent": youtu.be/8KVybgQ4tdM
• AUDIO of this Conversation: soundcloud.com/michael-dowd-grace-limits/karen-perry-post-doom-benefits-of-collapse-acceptance
00:02 Introduction by Michael Dowd
01:01 "Collapse acceptance" is very different from the earlier "Collapse awareness."
06:12 Previews the final benefit: 15. "Global Hospice Time"
10:44 Benefit 1. Freedom (freedom "from" and freedom "to")
12:10 Benefit 2. Urgency
13:03 Benefit 3. Parameters (adds new parameters to your decision-making)
15:01 Benefit 4. Presence (focus on today, here)
16:12 Benefit 5. Gratitude
18:07 Benefit 6. Calmness / Grounding / Balance
20:00 Benefit 7. Community (localism)
21:44 Benefit 8. Release (from Superhero Savior Complex)
22:54 Benefit 9. Connection (heightened and expanded sense)
23:48 Benefit 10. Empathy
25:03 Benefit 11. Recognizing your Privilege
29:33 Benefit 12. Making Amends
30:51 Benefit 13. Comfortable with Death (Stephen Jenkinson, Caitlyn Doughty)
31:58 Benefit 14. Letting Go of Control
33:19 Benefit 15. Global Hospice Time
35:00 Bonus A. "You get to live a full and complete life now."
36:00 Where effort is welcome: "Normalization of Collapse" and ability to "Speak our Truth"
39:17 "I am so grateful for my collapse — first awareness and then acceptance" (summary)
40:00 Karen Perry and Michael Dowd each lead Post-Doom discussion groups. More information here: postdoom.com/discussions
Text list of 15 BENEFITS OF COLLAPSE ACCEPTANCE, by Karen Perry:
1. FREEDOM - the move away from shoulds to the open doors of coulds. "Get off the hamster wheel to stop building the castle, live where/how desired if possible."
2. URGENCY - 'No time like the present' has never meant more. "Take that trip, quit that job, buy that house, do that thing — now."
3. PARAMETERS - playing the game with a different framework and lens. "Baby or not? Pre-emptive medical procedures? Tax penalty concerns?"
4. PRESENCE - focus on today with heightened awareness of being here now. "Acceptance is the meditation. Be-ing is more important than do-ing."
5. GRATITUDE - impossible to ignore all we’ve been given (and taken). "Make the list: hot showers, full grocery stores, internet, trash pickup, on demand everything…"
6. CALM GROUNDING - not disrupted by catastrophic information. "'Can you believe it? The (fill in the blank) happened/is getting worse!' (Yawn), yes I can."
7. COMMUNITY / LOCALISM - ability to affect those in close proximity. "Restore a nearby land base, push back on development projects, connect with neighbors."
8. RELEASE - good riddance to pressure and guilt. "Don’t have to fix it, solve it, fight it, save it. Hooray!"
9. UNIVERSALISM - heightened connection to the Oneness of everything. "Tap in to the collective coherence, look a non-human in the eyes, feel the force."
10. EMPATHY - towards self and all others. "Give yourself extra grace, love, and compassion. Help, not squish, the spider. Someone flips you off? No worries, mate, I feel ya, collapse sucks."
11. PRIVILEGE PERSPECTIVE - ability to view it and use it in a radical way. "Cash out retirement accounts to set others free; group up to live more affordably."
12. AMENDS - having bags packed and ready to go. "Right wrongs with whomever; feed birds; give back to community of life."
13. DEATH COMFORT - collapse acceptance forces the conversation and preparation. "Work on an exit strategy plan and a balanced spiritually for what comes next."
14. LETTING GO - of control, worry, fear, guilt, blame, shame. "No need to sweat the small stuff. No purity test to pass."
15. ENJOYMENT of Global Hospice Time - have fun with the bucket list! "Honor all that has been sacrificed for and taken by you; do this by enjoying and loving life as much as possible."
