Why do we meditate? One answer: to know who we really are.
If you’ve ever tried to meditate, you know that it isn’t easy. The instructions may be simple — sit comfortably, close your eyes, become...
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Devan Reid Musser
- Jun 3
- 3 min
In Defense Of Conventional Relationships
Last September, I wrote an article in defense of open relationships. Speaking from my own experience, I defended a concept of true love...
Devan Reid Musser
- May 23
- 4 min
Why It’s So Hard To Set Healthy Boundaries
This year has been an especially humbling time for me. After I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease - an experience I wrote about...
Devan Reid Musser
- May 6
- 4 min
What I’ve learned from having an autoimmune disease
All last year, I was not feeling like myself. Granted, it was a very stressful year. My nephew was born 10 weeks premature - a miracle...
Devan Reid Musser
- Apr 25
- 3 min
Sustainable Living 10 - A Sustainable Planet is Achievable, But We Must Act Now
Now that we’ve looked at large-scale sustainable economies (aka regenerative), our final installment in the series looks at the entire...
Devan Reid Musser
- Apr 19
- 3 min
Sustainable Living 9 - How to Design a Regenerative Economy
For the last two segments of this series, I want to look at a model of a sustainable economy and finally at global, planetary...
Devan Reid Musser
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Sustainable Living 8 - Building sustainable neighborhoods
Last time I gave an image and theme for thinking about sustainable community: an image of birds flying in V-formation to evoke the idea...
Devan Reid Musser
- Mar 11
- 2 min
Sustainable Living 7: What does a sustainable community look like?
We’ve looked at sustainability from the perspectives of our individual lifestyles, work, and production. It’s time to zoom out and think...
Devan Reid Musser
- Feb 11
- 3 min
Sustainable Living 5: How Much Should We Work?
The first four installments of this series focused on our individual consumption choices (food, clothing, transportation and housing). ...
Devan Reid Musser
- Jan 14
- 4 min
Sustainable Living 3: How Should We Get around?
Now that we’ve looked at what we eat and wear, the next most important piece is how we get from place to place. Transportation accounts...
Devan Reid Musser
- Jan 4
- 3 min
Sustainable Living 2: What We Wear
We looked last time at how making changes in the foods we eat can have a huge impact on how sustainable our lifestyle is. After food,...
Devan Reid Musser
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min
Sustainable Living: How do we consume sustainably? Part 1: Food and Diet
A sustainable lifestyle begins with the things we consume. What we buy determines what is grown, harvested, produced, packaged, shipped...
Devan Reid Musser
- Dec 3, 2021
- 4 min
What does it mean to live sustainably?
“Sustainability” is a super hot buzzword that encapsulates so many aspects that it’s overwhelming to the average person. We know certain...
Devan Reid Musser
- Nov 19, 2021
- 3 min
It’s time to commit to a lifestyle that supports our whole person, once and for all
I’ve just wrapped up another meditation retreat, and I don’t want to become a broken record, so I won’t repeat all the reasons you...
Devan Reid Musser
- Nov 5, 2021
- 4 min
Six years later - Meditation Keeps Getting Better
When this article is published, I’ll be starting my eighth meditation retreat, so I wanted to update you on my meditation journey so far....
Devan Reid Musser
- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
You Don’t Have to Get Married
As promised in my last post on why you don’t need to have children, I’m going to give you my reasons why you don’t need to get married...
Tokisuke
- Oct 12, 2021
- 2 min
Being open-minded
… does not mean that you are giving up on your dreams. During my studies at university, I learned many things, including the fact that I...
Devan Reid Musser
- Oct 11, 2021
- 3 min
You don’t have to have kids
Probably most of you authentically want to have children, and that’s wonderful. It’s a beautiful thing. But I want to speak to the...
Devan Reid Musser
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
I’m a leftist and I’m worried about virtue signaling
‘Virtue signaling’ is a term you typically hear brandished at leftists, accusing them of empty displays of support for a cause without...
Devan Reid Musser
- Sep 3, 2021
- 4 min
In Defense of Open Relationships
Polyamory. Ethical non-monogamy. As more people embrace these labels, the open relationship is enjoying a well-deserved boost in...
About Blue Mango
Blue Mango... bet it's not the mango you were expecting, right?!
Sometimes you have to look at things in a more creative way, from a different perspective – an angle we did not consider or even think of before. It's time to step outside the box and find greatness in the unexpected. With the Blue Mango Blog, we inspire and motivate young people to use the powerful tool of language.
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