The Expanding Potential of Aging

“As I age I become more me.” – May Sarton ... More like me, but more unlike anyone else. I am an 86-year-old male. Most 86-year-old men are dead. Not only am I not dead, I have absolutely another 14 years left to live, at least—after all, my tagline for years has been ‘Dare to be 100!’ I cannot shortchange the important things that I must do to fulfill my human potential. I have been…

The Grieving Tree: A Reflection

A day after a dear friend’s memorial, I left for a twelve-day wilderness quest in the Abajo mountains of Utah. Having walked intimately with this friend through her illness and death over a six-month period, the experience was raw and fresh, deeply imprinted into my body and soul. And so, as we set up camp at 9000 feet in a remote wilderness of pines and aspens, I found myself in a strange and…

Joe Brewer

Joe Brewer is a complexity researcher and evangelist for the field of culture design. He is co-founder and editor for Evonomics magazine, research director for TheRules.org, and coordinator for the newly forming Cultural Evolution Society. He lives in Seattle and travels the world helping humanity make the transition to sustainability. He does this by working to integrate complexity research,…

Theatre of Transformation

Time for a Paradigm Change We aren’t here just to make a little noise. We’re here to change the paradigm. – Neema Namadamu, peacemaker, DR Congo Today, the world appears to hurtle towards irreversible manmade disaster on all fronts. However, breakdowns are being accompanied by breakthroughs. Since 2000, as crises have multiplied, decision-makers have persisted in buttressing dysfunctional…

In Harmony with All Life: The Open Source Way

We do not need a new paradigm but rather a return to the original indigenous paradigm that treated the Earth as a sacred Mother and understood that God was all of us, in harmony with one another and the cosmos, living by one principle (do no harm) and one practice (seventh generation thinking). The Industrial Era has been both a blessing and a curse. It has radically altered the quality and…

Polarized America. Polarized Self: A Call for Collaboration

I live in a polarized body. My very being is compromised by competing characteristics. Mexican-American heritage–bilingual, bicultural. College-educated millennial on need-based scholarship. Latina social justice leader in white evangelical conservative communities. Independent voter in hyperpartisan America. I have no tribe that can truly represent me; my identity lacks clarity. I am…

Lifting the Veil: Merging Science and Spirituality

Something miraculous is happening. The invisible is becoming visible. Human consciousness is taking a quantum leap into territory previously unknown as what began with just a few saints, sages, gurus, and a Savior is awakening in the hearts and minds of millions around the globe. Human evolution is undergoing a profound shift; the proof can be seen with the naked eye. This shift is causing…

Enclaves of Firelight

Two years ago, one of my students turned in an assignment splattered with blood. I held the paper by one edge and extended it back to him, explaining that I could not accept it in this condition. His eyes remained cast down; in his culture, it is considered disrespectful to look directly into the eyes of anyone in authority. “It’s just pig’s blood, Miss,” he replied. I teach high school…

Fall | Winter 2016

Designing the Future Together Functional Medicine, Cultural Design, Transpartisan Politics, Integral Living, Collective Healing, Species Reciprocity

gallery one – Monument to Forgiveness

As a Dutch-born immigrant and artist, one of my Spirit-driven endeavors is to acknowledge the perpetration of violence by my forefathers, other Europeans, and non-Native ancestors through the inspired visionary sculpture that I call the Monument to Forgiveness. The image of the Monument and the messages engraved on its base are a gesture and petition for forgiveness. They are intended to bring…