Human Kind And Future Science
In an era of social and economic crises, positive thinkers still exist who seek greater light at the end of the tunnel, even through extreme paradigm shifts. Their optimism comes from a higher vision of humanity, as well as new research that can help us move towards a positive future. Technologies from clean energy and self-driving cars to instantaneous travel may seem like far-out notions, but…
Exopolitics Integrative Discipline
As a species we are indeed developing new capacities of understanding and of relating with "reality" along with an integral awareness that orderly/hierarchically integrates our individuality (our partness) to a planetary but kosmically interconnected whole beckoning us (the planetary-kosmocentric civilization). By enough people choosing to develop into this calling the human…
Jane Hughes Gignoux
Jane Hughes Gignoux, a native New Yorker, is the author of Some Folk Say: Stories of Life, Death, and Beyond, a collection of stories, myths and poems from cultures around the world and throughout time, with commentary and original color illustrations. She gives workshops, "Embracing Life, Death and Beyond," and "Visions and Stories for the Afterlife: Remapping the Journey" based on the material…
Spirituality For The Twenty-first Century
One can never be certain of the ultimate effect of current events on civilization’s evolution, but I find it tempting to “read the tealeaves” of current events to discover patterns that may be forming. Every era has its own way of interpreting events and exercising choice. This process could be named spirituality in action or in my preferred vernacular, “creating the…
World Protests 2006-2013 | Executive Summary
September 2013
Initiative for Policy Dialogue
The full paper can be downloaded from IPD at policydialogue.org/programs/taskforces/global_social_justice/ or from FES at fes-globalization.org/new_york/ny-publications/publications-on-global-economic-governance/. We encourage distribution through websites and blogs; the executive summary and paper may be distributed without alteration with an…
Isabel Ortiz, Sara Burke, Mohamed Berrada, Hernán Cortés
Isabel Ortiz
Global Social Justice Program Director
Initiative for Policy Dialogue
Isabel Ortiz is Director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University. Earlier, she was Associate Director of Policy at UNICEF, and senior advisor at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and at the Asian Development Bank. She…
Spirituality For The Twenty-first Century
One can never be certain of the ultimate effect of current events on civilization’s evolution, but I find it tempting to “read the tealeaves” of current events to discover patterns that may be forming. Every era has its own way of interpreting events and exercising choice. This process could be named spirituality in action or in my preferred vernacular, “creating the story.” What are a…
VQ: Tapping The Ultimate Commons
I take both seriously and literally the now well-known quote of Albert Einstein: “We cannot solve the problems we have created with the same level of thinking with which we created them.” I also take seriously his admonition: “We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.”
Many, many people who agree with the aforementioned…
Culture of Peace
AN INVITATION TO HIGH LEVEL FORUM ON THE CULTURE OF PEACE
Take a look at the sterling line-up of peace-makers participating in the Forum. I am honored to be a part of this group—holding up a higher turn of the spiral for the UN and Civil Society as we redefine peace as an active process that begins with prevention rather than war.
See the Program here.
Embodied Warriorship
Comprehension in a state of quiescence, accomplishment without striving, knowing without seeing- this is the sense and response of the Transformative Tao. Comprehension in a state of quiescence can comprehend anything, accomplishment without striving can accomplish anything, knowing without seeing can know anything.
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