New Spirit, Wise Action
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The times we live in ask much of us. How can we know the best ways to respond to the converging crises we face? How can we live lives of deep meaning and joy in the midst of confusion and pain, and be catalysts for positive change?
If you practice on a spiritual or ethical path, you already see that chasing wealth, power, or egoic pleasure has…
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The Heart of Awakening
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This Editorial precedes Volume 17, Issue 2 of Kosmos. Scroll down to access featured content.
Many of us are confused, angry, fearful, grieving, insecure. We watch in disbelief as our world begins to crumble—torrential rains, tornado winds, mass shootings, threat of nuclear annihilation, breakdown of civil discourse, drug addiction, fake news, economic inequality,…
Conscious Activism
This Editorial precedes Volume 17, Issue 1 of Kosmos. Scroll down to access featured content.
“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…
Designing the Future Together
This Editorial precedes Volume 16, Issue 2 of Kosmos. Scroll down to access featured content.
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…
New Models and Practices
One cannot merely follow the timetable we have set for our influence on the world, we must also honour and respect the infinitely more complex timetable the world has set for itself. That timetable is the sum of the thousands of independent timetables of an infinite number of natural, historical, and human actions.
~ Vaclav Havel
The new normal is transformation, but what does that really mean?…
Activists for the Evolution of Life
As I look out my window I see a vision of natural beauty that takes my breath away. There’s a special tree I have watched grow from a little twig to a mass of green foliage quivering in the wind with squirrels running up and down the trunk. A little chipmunk scurries into the woodpile outside my door every now and then and sometimes a little bunny, too. My beloved temple dogs, Sophia and Willy,…
Engaged Ecology: Seven Practices to Restore Our Harmony with Nature
It has rained steadily through the night, a gentle hushing sound in the thick tree canopy. In the morning light, crickets thrill and every leaf trembles and gleams. Soft mist gently rises as the creek gushes along its deep habitual groove in Rose Valley, a place as beautiful as it sounds: my home.
Amid such grace, one might forget the planet is in chaos. Wars rage… and the trees grow slowly.…
The Gift of Life
Life clothes itself in many forms. These many forms of life are gifts, if we are open to receiving them.
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase ‘Living Earth?’ How do you personally feel when you observe and honor the aliveness around you? Do you feel enveloped and enlivened by a nurturing life force that perhaps even defies words to describe it? How do you cultivate a more vibrant sense…
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Nancy B. Roof, Chairman
Nancy Roof, Ph.D. is the founder of the award-winning Kosmos Journal: Global Transformation in Harmony with All Life, and President of Kosmos Associates, Inc. The mission of Kosmos is to identify and support systemic economic, political, social, environmental and personal transformation leading to the new planetary civilization. She is actively involved in the founding…