Mirabai Bush is Director of the Center on Contemplative Mind in Society (http://www.contemplativemind.org), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage contemplative awareness in American life in order to create a more just, compassionate, and reflective society. Mirabai formerly directed the Seva Foundation Guatemala Project, which supported sustainable agriculture and integrated community development. She is co-author, with Ram Dass, of Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service.