Kosmos Journal

Spring/Summer 2004: Reflecting on the Essential Questions

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Who Makes Decisions for Humanity?

Cooperative Global Politics

by Abdul Aziz Said

What a different world we would live in if sovereign nations would cooperate. Learn how international relations can be transformed by an experienced international consultant in the frontlines of global politics.

The Global Players

by Rinaldo Brutoco

Who makes decisions for humanity? Learn about the three major forces that determine humanity's future by the President of the World Business Academy. The President of the World Business Academy tells how you can become a player in the growing shared power of global affairs. Read now

A Fork in the Road with No Signposts

by Richard Falk

The whole world today is waiting to see what countervailing forces will arise to meet the most powerful country in the world. The former honored Professor of International Law at Princeton University offers an expert critique of three different interpretations of American Empire: Jim Garrison, Zbigniew Brezinski and Falk himself.

Transforming our Institutions to Reflect our Highest Values

Eyes Wide Shut: The Media and Business Ethics

by John Defterios

A leading business journalist and media anchor on CNN, John tells us the inside story of how media affects current affairs. We are alerted to the imperative need to monitor the media, especially with the recent exposure of the New York Times role in precipitating the Iraq War.

Spirituality in Higher Education: An Integrative View

by David K. Scott

The former Chancellor of University of Massachusetts has become a leading edge voice for change in higher education through his innovative ideas and integral approach. Learn how we can support the type of higher education that enriches both the inner and outer life. Read now

Nature as Teacher and Transformer

Let the beauty we love be what we do
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground

--Rumi

Can We Transform Ourselves to Meet Global Challenges?

Awakening Global Consciousness

by Ashok Gangadean

Co-Convener of the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality, Ashok shares with us conclusions from his lifetime work in consciousness as the basis for our global conflicts today and how they can be overcome with changes in the way we perceive reality.

Presence, Peter Senge at al Book Reveiw

by Surinder Deol

Surinder captures the spirit and wisdom of the pioneering endeavor by Senge and team to bring mindfulness to a somewhat reluctant community. There is a lot to learn in discovering unused faculties that drive the creative process.

Are We Measuring What is Important?

Spiritual Intelligence: Why it is Important

by Cindy Wigglesworth

Many of us are familiar with the importance of emotional intelligence, but have yet to discover how spiritual intelligence effects everything we do as well as our ability to deal with the outside world. In her groundbreaking research Cindy tells us how spiritual intelligence changes us and the world.

Gross National Happiness

by Rajni Bakshi

Westerners have measured the well being of society by gross national product, whereas Bhutan measures it by basic Buddhist principles of Happiness. Rajni attended the Gross National Happiness Conference from her homeland in India and shares with us her impression of the two ways of approaching well-being.

Gross International Happiness Network

by Sander Tideman

Sander writes from a wealth of experience living in Eastern and Western cultures and co-authoring a book with the Dalai Lama on business ethics and economics. A man of distinction, he is Co-Founder of Spirituality in Business and Founder of the Gross International Happiness Network.

Can We Make A Difference?

Societal Revolutions in the 21st Century

by Nicanor Perlas

As we watch our first worldwide gatherings for peace replacing the sometimes chaotic styles of the past, we wonder if they are having any effect. Nicanor Perlas, an award-winning giant in the world of international civil society, inspires our participation in a new kind of societal revolution that may be the only effective way to change the world for the better.

The Rama Vernon Story

by Rama Vernon

We honor this magnificent woman who has influenced history with her own commitment to inner peace. Traveling to the Soviet Union 57 times during the Cold War and now in Afghanistan to bring cultures together, she has made the kind of global difference that only a heart full of love can offer. Read now

Departments
From the Editor
Why Kosmos?
Photographs

Special photographs by award winning National Geographic Photographer Jim Brandenburg.

Kosmos
Inner Strength
World Leaders
Call to Beauty
Awakening
   to Falling Light
Spirit in Nature
Meditation at the UN
Young Monks
Son of Yak
Afghanistan Today

Book Reviews

American Empire

Jim Garrison
Zbigniew Brezinski
Richard Falk

Presence

Peter Senge et al by Surinder Deol

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