Science and Religion: Toward a Universal Path of Divine Love
The Soul of Humanity and the New Civilization
Nondual Christianity – Seriously?
Elders, Rise Up! a Mountain of Guns Is of No Use to a Culture That Has Taught Its Children How to Love
By Tim Hjersted, via Films for Action
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Information is still coming out about Nikolas Cruz (19), the boy who confessed to killing 17 of his former classmates and wounding 15 more in a Florida High School...
“He was definitely not accepted at our school socially,” 17-year-old Ocean Parodie told The Daily Beast.
Douglas High has a…
Spiritual Activism
By Steve Taylor, PhD, via Psychology Today
One criticism which is often made about spiritual seekers is that they are narcissistic, too concerned with their own well-being and not concerned enough with the well-being of others. In a related way, they are often criticised for being too passive, and disengaged from the world. They become indifferent to worldly affairs and are content for the…
Sacred Activism of the Heart
Dear Reader,
How do we bear the sorrows of the world? I think we touch the eternal within ourselves. Touching the eternal does not require a belief in 'God'. We need only to contemplate our own DNA to understand we are a confluence of events and conditions stretching back millennia. We can touch the mystery of a flower with our heart.
This deeper knowing, this sense of grace, is the light…
Book Excerpt | The New Republic of the Heart: An Ethos for Revolutionaries
By Terry Patten, from Chapter 2 of The New Republic of the Heart
Translating Heartbreak into Action
The work we have to do can be seen as a kind of coming alive. More than mere moral imperative, it's an awakening to our true nature, a releasing of our gifts.
- Joanna Macy
Without inner change there can be no outer change. Without collective change, no change matters.
- Angel Kyodo…
book excerpt | The Soul of Education
By Rachael Kessler
in the new edition of Kosmos Journal
"Educators are beginning to refer to a ‘spiritual problem’ in our culture. Scholars analyzing school violence speak of ‘spiritual emptiness,’ and members of Congress struggling for solutions lament the ‘spiritual darkness’ that afflicts the young. A consensus is emerging that some kind of spiritual void exists for youth—and we must…
Education is the Kindling of a Flame: How to Reinvent the 21st-Century University
By Otto Scharmer, via Huffington Post
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” This quote from Plutarch is as true today as it was two thousand years ago. Still, the misconception of education as a vessel-filling activity remains. In this column, I outline an idea that could reshape our universities while also prototyping new ways of addressing urgent societal…
Preparing Our Youth for an Inclusive and Sustainable World
By QS Asia News Network
Students today live in a dynamic and globalised world, therefore they will need to cultivate a global and intercultural outlook that education can shape. Globally competent individuals can examine local, global and intercultural issues, comprehend and cherish different perspectives and worldviews, connect successfully with others and take responsible actions towards…