The Need for Personal Activism
Our political systems are broken. Many of us have known that for a while now. We didn’t really need proof, but we have it for sure. Thank you Donald.
The “we” I am talking about is progressives, environmentalists, liberals, supporters of minorities and even compassionate libertarians. What we haven’t seen is that we are broken too. Despite some great successes like gay marriage and equal pay…
2017 Kosmos Seed Grant Guidelines
Kosmos is pleased to announce the third year of the Kosmos Seed Grant initiative. Seed Grants of $2,500 will be awarded in Spring 2017 to individuals or organizations working to advance social change using nonviolent activism and experimental approaches that break through cultural barriers.
Guidelines for applicants are as follows:
All Members of Kosmos Community are eligible to apply.…
Raj Sisodia | On Conscious Capitalism
Podcast Excerpt | via YScouts.com
Editor's note: Raj Sisodia, founder of the Conscious Capitalism movement and Distinguished Professor of Global Business at Babson College in Boston.
As we think about capitalism, and as you beat the drum loudly for Conscious Capitalism, what do you sense is the future of capitalism?
Raj Sisodia
I think it’s an interesting moment that we’re in. One on…
Religious Arrogance and the Coming Humility Revolution in Spirituality
By Stephen G. Post, via his website, The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love
Editor's note | Stephen G. Post is one of the primary drafters of the reflection paper, Enhancing Human Flourishing Within the 2030 Development Agenda: The Spirituality of Global Transformation and Director, Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics, Stony Brook University School of Medicine…
Why I marched on Washington for the first time in 25 years
By Ilene Prusher, via haaretz.com
(Washington, D.C.) Jan 22, 2017
In the beginning we stood packed like sardines, with so many eager women (and men) crammed into one space that we could hardly move or lift our signs. We had to hold onto each other in this virtual mosh pit for fear of losing each other. Big groups found it impossible to unfurl their banners because there were people covering…
Transformation and a ‘Thriving Mothers Agenda’
Dear Reader,
It was a great joy this week to escort Nancy Roof, our founder and editor, to the United Nations to speak on the topic of transformation in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Agenda. It is always moving to hear her personal story of transformation and the spiritual foundation of our Journal, as well as her journey as a woman. Nancy is co-founder of the Values Caucus at…
Tulsa Family Enables Kosmos to Give an Extra Seed Grant – One Year Later
Last year at this time, we were so thrilled when the Bailey J & Kellner Siegfried family contacted us with amazing news. They had learned that Kosmos awards Seed Grants of $2500 each year to people and organizations working at the glowing edge of transformation. They wanted to offer an entire Seed Grant on behalf of their family! Their generosity enabled us to give an extra Seed Grant last…
Imago Integralis: The Aesthetics of Integral Life
By Alexander Schieffer
In the Current Edition of Kosmos Journal
This article introduces a new integral perspective on life and provides clues of what it might mean to live life as a contribution to the cultural renewal, aesthetic unfolding, and holistic development of self and society, community and institutions, people and planet.
It is rooted in over a decade of developing,…
Editorial | New Directions for Kosmos
By Nancy B. Roof
Komos Journal, FALL | WINTER 2016
A recent question really got me thinking. Since 2001, Kosmos’ integral, evolutionary approach has informed, inspired, and engaged personal, institutional, and global transformation. How has the direction changed during those 16 years?
As I contemplated this question, I realized that our long-term vision has not changed over all…
Conscious Evolution: A Metaphysical Task
By Joni Carley
Kosmos Journal, FALL | WINTER 2016
"The yin/yang lens offers a conceptual framework for exploring the causality and metaphysics of conscious evolution. Just like positive and negative electrical charges in a wall outlet, yin and yang are distinct poles of unseen forces that, when consciously managed, yield power that is as formidable as it is neutral. We understand a lot…