Healing Sound with Jesse Paris Smith
Sound and music are very powerful, and we as emotional beings are sensitive to what we hear. We do not only hear with our ears but with our whole bodies.
un-pick-apart-able
By Nora Bateson
Bringing a morsel of food to your lips or to the lips of another is an act of intimacy. It is a personal contact point with the seasons and the generations...It is in this intimacy that I suggest a possibility for system change lies.
Making Politics Sacred Again
The founding fathers warned us of times like these. Intent on presenting a unified front to the world, they discouraged factions and political parties. I, therefore, characterize the birth of the nation as a form of Unitive Consciousness, even if it was not the most evolved nor long-lasting form.
Do We Really Want to Be Happy?
Joy doesn’t compute for most of us! We simply are not at all familiar with the energetic state of being consumed by sustained joy, or what it takes to intentionally summon the thoughts that generate it.
World Goodwill
Goodwill is one of the most basic spiritual qualities of the human being and the great untapped resource at the heart of every human community. This energy is potentially a powerful force for social change – yet its power remains largely unrecognized and underutilized. World Goodwill fosters understanding of this energy and the role it is playing in the development of a new humanity.…
Climate Reports
The power and abundance of our Earth can never be overstated; what is commonly overlooked is humanity's exploitation and neglect of its own life source.
Ecosystem Restoration Camps
By John D. Liu, via Permaculture
International filmmaker John D. Liu describes a vision of how Ecosystem Restoration Camps can train people to regenerate land degraded by humans anywhere in the world.
Editor’s note | Kosmos endorses the critical work of John Liu and the Ecosystem Restoration Camps. In this article John uses an 'envisioning' technique to create a picture of what is…
The Deschooling Dialogues: Grief, Collapse, and Mysticism
Alnoor: ...There is no doubt that we are in the midst of unprecedented moment where there is no return to old certainties. Part of this pain that we are facing in the world is a pathway toward transformation. Or will we perish in the horror of the onslaught that we are facing?
The Wanderer’s Preparation in the Death Lodge
By Bill Plotkin
A candidate for soul initiation knows what she has taken on. She’s preparing to die in order to be reborn. She must abandon her old home to set out for her new home. She longs for the journey but is understandably terrified by the prospect.
Week One
KOSMOS SUMMER 2018 > COURSE VIEW > WEEK ONE
Week OneUnlearning Together
WEEK 1 | Unlearning
Welcome! We are excited to have you with us on this learning journey. By exploring the resources in the Summer 2018 edition of Kosmos Journal together, we have an opportunity to deepen our collective understanding and advance our personal practices.
This is a self-guided learning experience, and…