“In one sense the spiritual commons can be thought of as the accumulated wisdom of the ages – a universal body of teaching about the worlds of soul and spirit that is more available to intelligent seekers today, than at any previous time.” -Steve Nation

Introduction Preface

Synthesis and the Intuitive Mind

By Steve Nation

The widespread accessibility of the spiritual commons today is significant because it prepares us for revelation and sets us on a path towards new understandings of synthesis, and a new awareness of the relation between part and whole; self and other; local national and global.

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Article Identity

The Soul of Nations

By Wolfgang Aurose

What is urgently needed is a unifying and updated understanding of what a nation is today, and what it has to become in order to contribute to what might be a shared and peaceful future world.

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Article Global Ethics

Global Citizenship and Universal Values

By Melton Foundation

Global citizenship is a concept which intertwines our identity with the interconnected, interdependent world of today. It seeks to transcend geographical limitations and expand the definition of our personalities.

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Article Economy

The Value-Renewed Society

By James Quilligan

Instead of going to bed at night dreaming of mining the minerals on Mars or finding some new pool of water on an asteroid, we need to ask ourselves some burning questions about our vision of life on Earth.

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Gallery Climate

The Atlas of Disappearing Places

By Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros

Christina painted these maps on sheets of dried “sea lettuce,” members of the genus Ulva, a group of green macroalgae found in many parts of the world. All of the maps in this book were created from a single piece of Ulva perhaps 150 square feet in size, the largest she has ever found.

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Mixed Media Video

Joanna Macy | Climate Crisis as Spiritual Path

By Old Dog Documentaries

This 20-minute (fully transcribed) video of Joanna Macy is derived from previously unused outtakes for a film released in 2014, titled: 'The Wisdom to Survive'. Upon review of the original interview, we found certain statements even more relevant now.

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Credits

Staff and Advisors

Our Spiritual Commons The Inner Resources We Share

Introduction

Preface
Synthesis and the Intuitive Mind
Steve Nation
Keynote
Our Spiritual Commons
Joni Carley
Editorial
Waters of Spirit
Rhonda Fabian

Articles

Identity
The Soul of Nations
Wolfgang Aurose
Global Ethics
Global Citizenship and Universal Values
Melton Foundation
Economy
The Value-Renewed Society
James Quilligan
Living Earth
Honoring Commons-based Circuits of Value
David Bollier
Education
Transformative SEL & Mindfulness
Meena Srinivasan
Natural Law
The Hermetic Revival
Colton Swabb
Consciousness
Autobiography of a Yogi | 75 Years On
Paramahansa Yogananda

Gallery

Climate
The Atlas of Disappearing Places
Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros
Birds
The World of Itō Jakuchū
Public Domain

Mixed Media

In Brief

Message from Haiti | Inspiration Between Two
Jerrice Baptiste and Roodly Laurore

Poetry

Text | Along the Willamette
Andrea Hollander

Essays

New Paradigm
The Holomovement
Emanuel Kuntzelman and Jill Robinson
Interbeing
All Things Are a Commons
Phila Back
Awareness
The Indwelling Spirit
Eric Hutchins
Happiness
Toward a Global Wellbeing Mindset
Jürgen Nagler
from a Kosmos Reader
Meeting Mugwort
Tracy Wulfers
from a Kosmos Reader
Seeking “Ssshhh”
Laura A. Weber
from a Kosmos Reader
Humble Like the Earth
Melina Bondy