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…
New Planetary Learners
Dear Reader,
There is a concern that keeps me awake at night and is almost too tender to talk about. Perhaps it troubles you just as much. Our children. If we, as adults, have trouble making sense of our troubled world, what about our little ones? Most are bombarded daily with toxic messages about greed, sex, conflict, and distrust - and that's just the evening news!
In school, they learn…
VIDEO | Futureproof Education with Peter Merry
Peter Merry on the state of the world and the kind of education needed to respond adequately. He describes Ubiquity University as an example of an institute forged from the future.
At the Dutch congress on personalised education in Utrecht, 23 January 2018.
Statement from Peter Merry, via UbiquityUniversity.org
If there is anything humanity needs now, it is for people, in particular…
Ecology As Erotic Love
By Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., excerpted from Psychology Today
An 'Erotic Ecology' is an art of living, of caring for the biosphere and of creating satisfying relationships inspired by the Eros of life — the power which makes everything in our reality yearn for connection and transformation. - Andreas Weber
A few months ago I read a book called Matter & Desire: An Erotic Ecology by biologist and…
Oasis of White Silence in the Heart of Manhattan
Soul of the Earth: A Manifesto
The Deschooling Dialogues: An Interview with Dr. Dieter Duhm
By Alnoor Ladha, to Kosmos Online
All images courtesy Tamera
This interview is the first in a 17-part series and forthcoming book entitled The Deschooling Dialogues: Wisdom from the Front Lines of the Battle Against the Western Mind edited by Alnoor Ladha (AL). He is an activist, author and the Executive Director of The Rules, a global collective of activists focused on addressing the root…
Divinity and Eros | Alive in a Loving Universe
The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it. - Sri Nisargadatta
Dear Reader,
There's a place in the woods nearby I go to sit and quiet my mind. It's a bit of a climb, but from this high spot there is a wide view up and down the swift-moving creek and no sign of civilization. The peace I seek is often elusive, but this morning I touched it, hyper-aware of the air entering my lungs, my…
We Are Bio-Cosmic Beings Learning to Live in a Living Universe
By Duane Elgin
In the Current Edition of Kosmos Journal
For at least 50,000 years, humanity has been on a journey of separation—pulling back from nature and becoming ever more differentiated, individuated, and empowered. In recent decades, we have become so dominant as a species that we are producing Earth-changing trends—global warming, species extinction, unsustainable population, massive…