“There are always those able to be the calm in the storm. Not only to be the place of grounding, centeredness, love, compassion, generosity, and inclusion, but to also be an inspiration for others.” – Michael Dowd
🌲 FEATURE of the MONTH (with corresponding challenge) now found in CHALLENGES
Doom
1. A normal feeling of disgust or dread upon realizing that technological progress and economic growth and development are the root of our predicament, not our way out.
2. A name for the anxiety and fear called forth when living in a corrupt, dysfunctional civilization causing a mass extinction.
3. The mid-point between denial and regeneration…with or without us.
Post-doom
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1. What opens up when we remember who we are and how we got here, accept the inevitable, honor our grief, and prioritize what is pro-future and soul-nourishing.
2. A fierce and fearless reverence for life and expansive gratitude — even in the midst of abrupt climate mayhem and the runaway collapse of societal harmony, the health of the biosphere, and business as usual.
3. Living meaningfully, compassionately, and courageously no matter what.
REALITY . . .
Global Industrial Civilization is collapsing from overshoot, taking the biosphere that our species and most others depend on for life down with it. Awareness of this predicament brings with it an enormous amount of grief, suffering, and foreboding sense of doom. What lies beyond?
FOUNDATION . . .
Michael Dowd, founder of this website, was an explorer of collapse understanding and acceptance. His mission was to find and share a renewed sense of balance, even peace, through grounded attention to community localism and the non-human web. A shifted focus to wise ‘love-in-action’ responses over false solutions, along with a willingness to walk through the dark tunnel of doom, offers many BENEFITS needed to emerge with fresh vision on the other side.
POPCORN TRAIL . . .
Leading the way, Michael Dowd created educational VIDEOS for understanding the complexities of our predicament, also recording many of his spiritual-naturalist sermons and Post-doom presentations. He expanded his vision through insightful CONVERSATIONS with those on a similar path. Michael used his talented voice to AUDIO record supportive content. Additional RESOURCES of aligning education are also available on this site.
OUTREACH . . .
Finding connection and community to be key Post-doom components, Michael Dowd hosted online discussion and support events. Additional group facilitators emerged and continue to offer a variety of ways to GATHER.
LEGACY . . .
Michael Dowd’s ever-expanding impact is evident via testimonials found in the TRIBUTES area. All relevant Post-doom content can also be accessed on the MICHAEL DOWD page located on The Great Story Website he shared with his mission partner/wife CONNIE BARLOW.
TENDING THE FLAME . . .
As of Fall 2023, keeping watch over Post-doom has been passed to a small TEAM dedicated to stoking the embers.