Connecting Our Conversations | Becoming Wiser Together

Wisdom Society or Extinct Society Connecting our conversations is the best way to discover that the future is already here, but that the awareness of it is not evenly distributed. Why is this important? Because, the choice is between joining together to create a wisdom society or regressing into an extinct society. The complex, intertwining local and global crises will outpace our…

Ecovillages | Design at the Edge

Some day, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness the energies of love. - Teilhard de Chardin Ecovillages are laboratories of human relations, in which we test the power of new systemic thinking to bring about necessary changes in the local and global economic, social and ecological environments. Ecovillages provide conditions for cutting-edge…

The Great Transition

It seems that ordinary people must now do extraordinary things—simply because the time has come. The conscience of the world is awakening as a deeper meaning of existence and wider purpose is revealed. It is not by accident that we are born on the cusp of a new era. There is a planetary job to fulfill as we experience the turbulence and change of what some are calling the Great Transition.…

The New Global Era

Dear Kosmos Reader, The new global era that is emerging offers exciting promise that some of the regrettable legacies of the dying Industrial Age will be overcome by the powers and possibilities of the vibrant new Information Age, the Age of Networking. Already the effects of worldwide networks are radically changing our personal and collective lives in every dimension: political,…

The Resonance We Share

Dear Kosmos Reader, I have just returned from a remarkable weekend. Were people of wisdom there? Oh yes, many. Was the program filled with leading edge insights on the latest value-driven, integral evolutionary wisdom? Yes. That too. Amazing as this is, imagine that there was something more, something new, something so life enhancing that it expanded your soul into our soul. We are not…

Transforming Institutions

A letter to you, Twice a year I have the opportunity to connect with you and to express my gratitude to those who have inspired and uplifted me on this long journey toward planetary harmony and wholeness. Although I have not met many of you in person, I think of you often, knowing we are resonating to the same note. Many of you are designing and crafting exciting projects and exploding…

Role of the Commons

The first draft of my letter to you was almost written when the stunning news hit my desk. We, at Kosmos, are committed to introducing the ideas and principles of the commons, the first to publish the groundbreaking ideas of James B. Quilligan and to expand the field to the global scale. Now the Nobel Prize for new economics has made the ‘commons’ a household word overnight. With the…

Global Synergy

To our Readers, I recently returned from an inspiring event where I could connect to the many faces I had only previously known online. Theory and exchanging ideas can be illuminating, but there is nothing that can replace the human face-to-face contact with our colleagues and friends, many of whom we’ve met through the Internet. The body language and gestures, the tone of voice, the…

Oneness Is

The editorial policy of Kosmos is somewhat different from those of other journals. We invite our contributors because of the quality of their being and their authentic passion for a relevant topic. I am so excited when the articles arrive. I feel life in them and they compel me to expand my circle of concern and to search more deeply. As I read the articles the theme of the Issue emerges on…

A Movement of Momentous Proportions

A movement of momentous proportions is emerging at the margins of societies all over the world. There is a new story about our natural place within the vast intelligence of nature and the Kosmos.  A new story that tells us that we are not imperfect and flawed, but that we are gradually evolving towards a wider and more complex worldview with expanded care and concern. Generative dialogues…