Renewal from the Ground of Our Being
By Michael N. Nagler
http://www.mettacenter.org
The spectacularly successful freedom struggle Gandhi conducted in India had three phases: (1) personal empowerment (shedding fear, for starters), (2) Constructive Programme (CP), where you break your dependence on the oppressive regime, and then (3) direct nonviolent resistance (satyagraha) where still needed. It was a program for the complete…
Sowing Seeds into the Whirlwind
Story, photos and flowers by Betsey Crawford
www.http://thesouloftheearth.com
Recent political events have reinforced for me once again that not only is progress non-linear, the way is often bewilderingly and heartbreakingly tortuous with far too many backward strides. I am reminded of Wendell Berry’s poem, February 2, 1968. He wrote it three days into the disastrous Tet Offensive of the…
Mark Nepo | Post Election Thoughts 2017
I have felt compelled to speak since the election of Donald Trump but every time I try, my heart sinks and I don’t know what to say. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, six years after World War II, after the defeat of Hitler and fascism, six years after the Holocaust, in which I had family perish. As a child, I saw unfathomable images of how the Atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima. In grade school,…
Our Signature Kosmos Meditation Bracelet, a Gift for the Sacred Season
Our specially commisioned Kosmos Meditation Bracelet is this Sacred Season’s gift from the Earth to you. Each agate, a mineral of the Quartz family, is a blue world unto itself. Forming close to the Earth’s surface, usually in volcanic rock, agates have been used as amulets and ornamentation since Babylonian times. Agate’s slower vibration, compared to other stones was regarded as a stabilizing…
Books We Love for the Sacred Season
Kosmos has selected three exceptional books this year we believe will enhance your sacred season. We arranged to have them signed by the author and delivered to your door when you join Kosmos Community at the 'Jubilant Member' level or higher.
Subtle Activism: The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation, by David Nicol
State University of New York Press…
The New Kosmos Community is Here!
Dear Reader,
Now we need each other more than ever. Some of us are grieving last week’s election outcome. Some are frightened or angry. And some chose this outcome for reasons all of us need to understand. We ache for answers. At Kosmos, we recognize this aching in our hearts as a longing for healing and change. Longing is always the first step toward creating something new.
Today we…
The Election | What Are We Teaching Our Kids?
By Gloria Shepard, via her blog
Post-election, parents are wondering what the Election of Donald Trump will mean to our kids. Kids learn much more from how we are than what we say. Let's look at ourselves.
Are you taking care of your feelings?
I want to be clear, taking care of feelings does not mean fighting, hiding, or ignoring them. It doesn't mean drinking wine or eating chocolate to…
Theatre of Transformation
The newly-minted edition of Kosmos Journal brings stories like these to our Kosmos Community, stories of uplift that challenge us to bring our best gifts to the table of transformation.
By Rama Mani
In the FALL | WINTER 2016 edition of Kosmos Journal
"These new paradigms aren’t imposed on us; they emerge through us. At last, we humans aren’t sidelined to the margins of history as spectators…
The Election | What Are We Teaching Our Kids?
By Gloria Shepard, via her blog
Post-election, parents are wondering what the Election of Donald Trump will mean to our kids. Kids learn much more from how we are than what we say. Let's look at ourselves.
Are you taking care of your feelings?
I want to be clear, taking care of feelings does not mean fighting, hiding, or ignoring them. It doesn't mean drinking wine or eating chocolate to…
Theatre of Transformation
The newly-minted edition of Kosmos Journal brings stories like these to our Kosmos Community, stories of uplift that challenge us to bring our best gifts to the table of transformation.
By Rama Mani
In the FALL | WINTER 2016 edition of Kosmos Journal
"These new paradigms aren’t imposed on us; they emerge through us. At last, we humans aren’t sidelined to the margins of history as…