Love, Peace, and Harmony in a Turbulent Time

Love, Peace, and Harmony in a Turbulent Time By Master Francisco Quintero During this turbulent time when disagreements and surface differences are exaggerated, there is more need than ever to intensify our spiritual practices and to emphasize our shared humanity and interconnectedness. During the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, Martin Luther King. Jr. always insisted that activism had…

While the World Holds its Breath? (Left, Right or Center?)

By Jude Asphar The day after the inauguration, 2017, flying back across the Atlantic — Edinburgh to Newark, Europe to the USA, British and Irish newspapers were full of it —“From This Moment On, It’s Going To Be America First” , “Trump Offers A Fearful Vision”, “Trump’s New World Order Begins” A clenched fisted “America First”, “Trump is Hired YOU’RE FIRED”, and The (Glasgow) Herald —“The…

Social entrepreneurs involve millions in peace through global art project.

More than ever, peace is pertinent in today’s society. We are in a humanitarian crisis unlike anything we’ve seen since World War II, the environment is in trouble and global political power system is in a state of flux. However, as a small group of social entrepreneurs wanting to invest our efforts into creating change, we’ve decided to turn this energy into something tangible. Instead of…

The Irresistible Resistance

"These are the times that try men's souls," Thomas Paine observed in 1776. He could have written those words this morning. War clouds gather, aggression stalks the halls of Washington, and fear ripples through those of us who can't afford a seat at the table. But if these times try our souls, these times also summon souls. We can no longer pretend that the wisdom or temperance of elected…

Compassion in Action: And the Spiritual Ecology of Translating Sky Dragons into Power Grids

In the time when the nuns sing before the birds, silence is given voice in an ocean of sound lapping in all directions. With the great crash of symbols echoing from inside the temple walls, the nuns are busy ushering in the ritual of dawn. I’m here at the Tilokpur Nunnery for a strange experiment, the meeting of 50 nuns and 11 Spiritual Ecology Fellows. We are the guests of Khoryug, a network…

The Alchemy of We-Leadership

The Alchemy of We-Leadership By Eric Grace Narratives are powerful. Change the narrative of a country and you change the course of its future. Donald Trump has changed the narrative of America; however, a new wave of activism is emerging that has the potential to do the same. Although activism is not new, there are new forms taking shape in the 21st Century. Groups such as Indivisible,…

Silence is Not an Option

“Silence is not an option,” said Martin Luther King while war raged in Vietnam. Now as wars proliferate on every front—political, economic, social, environmental, and in our own psyches, our hearts are breaking. We see the values we cherish and fought for being tossed aside for material gain. We long to create the enlightened society we envision. And we know that action is the way forward.…

Special Preview | Kosmos Journal 2017 Spring/Summer Edition

The 2017 Spring | Summer edition of Kosmos Journal is here and includes features from transformative thinkers Thomas Hübl and Deepak Chopra, emerging voices Nick Joyce and Mark Phillips, and pilgrims for our time, Eleanor O’Hanlon, and partners Gabriele and Sesto Castagnoli, and many others. This is always a joyful time for us. Nancy Roof, along with the Kosmos team, works so diligently to create…

gallery one | Our Shared Humanity with Migrants and Refugees

Daniel Castro Garcia takes a personal and intimate approach to telling the stories of migrants and refugees in his acclaimed book Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015-2016. He travelled across Europe visiting key areas that are most affected by refugees and migration: Italy, where people arrive from North Africa; the Balkans and Greece, arriving via Turkey from the Middle East; and finally to…