The Paradox of Wise Activism
Somewhat paradoxically, to be effective change agents on the planet, the best thing we can do—for ourselves and for our beloved world—is to keep our spirits high.
Including the Earth in Our Prayers
We need to reclaim the simple truth that spiritual life is not solely about ourselves, and open to a larger, all-embracing vision. If spiritual life is not about the whole, it has lost its true nature.
Memes, Mantras, and Modern Illusions of the Eternal
Motivational cats and faux-Einsteinian quotes clog our timelines and manage to give us a short burst of endorphins before they peter out into renewed (and often deepened) frustration.
Holacracy | An Emergent Order System
BR | Instead of asking how do we get better top-down control, I think a more interesting question is how can we change the fundamental frame to not need top-down control?
Burning Man | What We’ve Learned
"We don’t need a blueprint, we don’t want a master plan, we just need to practice the skills and create the kind of spaces we want to live in, and share them."
The Sun of Darkness
The center and the periphery are changing places. This is part of a larger epochal shift that we can best understand through a mythological and cosmological lens.
White Men and Native America
By Lev Natan
I feel a personal desire to take responsibility to acknowledge and transform our heritage of systemic racism in the United States because of the deeply personal benefits that I have received from the native cultures of North and South America, Africa and Asia.
Every Act a Ceremony
The ceremony, which only makes sense if holy beings are watching, draws us into an experiential reality in which holy beings are indeed present.
Inner Work Makes Our Outer Work Massively More Effective
If you are already on the path of your own inner work, you will know how a regular practice of self-reflection can be incredibly useful—not just to you, but to the communities around you, as well as to the wider world.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Code of Global Ethics
By Gary Gach
At the turning of the Millennium, the United Nations chose Thich Nhat Hanh's code of global ethics, the Five Mindfulness Trainings, as the foundation for a non-sectarian ethical path for humanity.