Change Yourself to Change the World

Many of us have discovered that as we participate in solving the world's most challenging problems, inner resistance can block our progress. There is an increasing need to turn inward to master our own emotions and reactions and to tap into available interior resources if we are to serve the collective most effectively.

In addition, our worldviews and values determine our expression in the world. This section will include personal development, collective intelligence, worldviews such as religious, spiritual, integral, and evolutionary along with the fundamental impact of personal and cultural values.

	Another Turn on the Axis: Religious and Spiritual Evolution in the 21st Century by Jim Kenney		Issue Article Type
	In 1798, the German cleric Friedrich Schleiermacher gave in to the urgings of a circle of prominent friends—every one contemptuous of religion—and began to write. Eight months later, he completed the manuscript of On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers, his compelling attempt to reconcile the human religious intuition with the rationality so prized by the philosophers of the Enlightenment (and by his skeptical friends). Read Article		Fall | Winter 2011 Kosmos

	The Universe Story and Planetary Civilization by Multiple Authors		Issue Article Type
	As we see our present interconnected global challenges of widespread environmental degradation, climate change, crippling poverty, social inequities, and unrestrained militarism, we know that the obstacles to the flourishing of life's ecosystems and to genuine sustainable development are considerable. Read Article		Spring | Summer 2011 Kosmos

	Values in the Contemporary World by Nancy B. Roof		Issue Article Type
	At the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Copenhagen in 1995, (UNWSSD), daily experiential workshops and seminars on framing global issues around underlying values were conducted by the Values Caucus on such topics as the new visionary leadership and values—to standing room only crowds. Read Article		Other Articles Other

	Archetypes of Humanity's Collective Future by Duane Elgin		Issue Article Type
	The first step in building a promising future for humanity is to visualize it together. As the bible says, "Where there is no vision, the people perish." Although many people can visualize a future of catastrophe and ruin, far fewer can imagine a future of opportunity and renewal. Read Article		Spring | Summer 2008 Kosmos

	Caring for the Soul of the World by Robert Sardello		Issue Article Type
	Too often, spiritual imagination takes flight from the world and cannot seem to hold together the realm of being with the realm of doing. I once had a dream that showed me this necessity of holding contradictories without seeking resolution. Read Article		Fall | Winter 2010 Kosmos