Standing in Paradox | Grief and Action
One of the great joys at Kosmos is the opportunity for deep connection with passionate, engaged lightworkers, those in service to a more-loving world. A question we sometimes ask is, ‘where is the edge for you in your practice at this moment?’ And that edge, it seems, is often somewhere on the border between clear-eyed awareness of the magnitude of converging crises we face, and an almost…
Silence | Shape
These photographic artworks present themselves as natural landscapes in which we see ‘exploded’ and spreading coloured smoke, jarring both thematically and visually with the context and the setting. The noise of the world fades, urging us to consider that while we are immersed in deafening shouts and obsessive information around the clock, a mysterious pink smoke that explodes without sound in a…
Unconditional Love
Beira Central Hospital, Mozambique
Acutely malnourished children are nourished in this malnutrition clinic. In Mozambique, approximately 6% of children under 5 years are chronically malnourished—about 250,000 in absolute numbers. The causes are HIV, diseases such as malaria, pneumonia, or lack of food related to poverty. Treatment of acute malnutrition takes approximately 20 days. Normally,…
Sacred Activism | Movement for Global Healing
The nonviolent resistance of Indigenous water protectors against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock has inspired a movement of “sacred activism,” rooting political action in spiritual reconnection. Sacred activism is a true light of hope in a world facing catastrophe, as it provides the spiritual foundation needed to unify people worldwide around a shared vision for global system change.…
Earth Holding, a Community Practice
A truly revolutionary energy is on the rise, and it resides in community. As Earth Day approaches, we remember that holding the Earth in our hearts and defending her is a sacred duty and a community practice. Earth Holding comes from an ancient Buddhist text, the Lotus Sutra, and means to hold, to protect, to preserve the Earth.
We are so fortunate at Kosmos to be in deep connection with…
Kosmos Classic | Ecovillages: Design at the Edge
Some day, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness the energies of love. - Teilhard de Chardin
Ecovillages are laboratories of human relations, in which we test the
power of new systemic thinking to bring about necessary changes in the
local and global economic, social and ecological environments.
Ecovillages provide conditions for cutting-edge…
Spring and Fresh Beginnings
How wonderful that Spring has arrived at last in our part of the world, a reminder that transformation is not only possible, but inevitable! The freshness and beauty of the tender leaves and flowers uplift us with hope. Out of darkness and turmoil, new life emerges.
So too, a new Planetary Community is arriving and all of us are part of it. In the midst of moral and political decay, climate…
Four Levels of ‘New Story’ Activism
By Marie Goodwin
This is an excerpt from a longer posting at Marie's blog, Personal Mycology
People seek to "change the world" through activism on four different levels, no matter what the activism's focus: the personal, the family, the community, and the world-tribe. What I have noticed about activism is that like so much else in life, what level you are focusing on at the moment changes…
Kosmos Classic | Releasing the Potential of Our Life Force Energy
Our Thought Partners
Our thinking is influenced by a growing family of inspiring organizations working at the glowing edge of positive change. Here is a partial list of those in service to the global transformation 'movement of movements'.
The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) catalyzes communities for a regenerative world. GEN is a growing network of regenerative communities and initiatives that bridge cultures,…