The Emergence of Values-Driven Leadership: An Interview with Nicanor Perlas

Nicanor Perlas, 2010 Presidential Candidate for the Philippines Nicanor Perlas, a dynamic advocate and activist, has altered the course of national and global events over the past 30 years and has influenced the lives of millions. He has organized numerous civil society movements to challenge oppressive structures in the Philippines and to create a more just, sustainable and nuclear-free…

The Emerging New Story

It is time to ask the great questions: How can we make a better world? What must we do to serve the emerging New Story? These questions help us clarify and define. They prompt us to articulate goals lofty enough to lift us out of petty preoccupations and unite us in pursuit of objectives worthy of our best efforts. The world is hungry for vision. At a time when whole systems are in transition and…

The Evolutionary Context of an Emerging Planetary Civilization

The Great Transition As we see our present interconnected global challenges of widespread environmental degradation, crippling poverty, social inequities, and unrestrained militarism, we know that the obstacles to the flourishing of life's ecosystems and to genuine sustainable development are considerable. In the midst of these formidable challenges we are being called to the next stage of…

The Integral Creative Cycle: A Participatory Model of Integral Education

by Jorge N. Ferrer, Marina T. Romero, Ramon V. Albareda Whether in nature or in human reality, a creative process usually unfolds through several general stages that correspond roughly the seasonal cycle of nature: action (Autumn, preparing the terrain and planting the seeds; the body, studying what is already known about a subject matter, i.e., the body of literature); germination/gestation…

The Social Artist – Leadership for the 21st century

Note: This is an excerpt from the article. The complete article is available in the Fall/Winter 2004 issue. Introduction to Social Artistry Let us explore the nature and development of our call to service in ways that link inner and outer realities, universal plans and passionate commitment. Let us ask what to do, where to go, how to take initiative and how to understand our role as leader and…

What is a Global Citizen?

Gillian Sorensen was interviewed by Nancy Roof. NR: Thank you so much for making time to contribute to Kosmos Journal. We would like to begin by asking, how would you describe a citizen of the world? GS: To be a citizen of the world means expanding your circle of concern beyond family and friends. It means thinking across borders. It means identifying closely with others as one human family…

Windmills, Tulips, and Fundamentalism

Have you ever been in a turbulent thunderstorm on a dark, rainy night when suddenly a bolt of lightning illuminated the hidden landforms and human-made structures? In a flash, for a microsecond, you experienced what had been invisible. You were made aware of the realities that surrounded you, some friendly, others hostile. The first lightning flash for the Dutch came in 2002 with the killing of…

The 20th of May, 2007: The First Global Peace/Meditation/Prayer Day

On the Initiative of The Club of Budapest, a Million People Meditated and Prayer for Peace on the Five Continents On Sunday, the 20th of May an estimated one million people participated in the first Global Peace Meditation-Prayer Day in 64 countries on the five continents. This was a historic first.  Never before have so many people in so many countries and from so many faiths and cultures…

Dark Lord, Dark Victory | America’s Dark Passage

  The fall of the Soviet Union initiated a new passage of American identity. Then the 9/11 War took us a long way down the road to journey’s end. This passage is also a migration. America has not simply abandoned one collective identity for another; we have become a different people, a different idea. Our sacrosanct national narrative of ‘redeemer nation’ has been rewritten into a…

Alfredo Sfeir-Younis (Dzambling Cho Tab Khen)

Alfredo Sfeir-Younis, candidate for President of Chile, 2014, is a Chilean economist, spiritual leader and healer, Founder and President of the Zambuling Institute for Human Transformation. He retired after 29 years of service from the World Bank where he was the focal point for human rights. His last position was Senior Advisor to the managing directors, and the Institutional Focal Point on…