Silence is Not an Option
“Silence is not an option,” said Martin Luther King while war raged in Vietnam. Now as wars proliferate on every front—political, economic, social, environmental, and in our own psyches, our hearts are breaking. We see the values we cherish and fought for being tossed aside for material gain. We long to create the enlightened society we envision. And we know that action is the way forward.…
Conscious Activism
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“Silence is not an option,” said Martin Luther King while war raged in Vietnam. Now as wars proliferate on every front—political, economic, social, environmental, and in our own psyches, our hearts are breaking. We see the values we cherish and fought for being tossed aside for material gain. We long to…
Returning Home to Our Place in the Cosmos
The first time I wept for the Earth I was alone in the woods in late summer after a long run. It was, I believe, the combination of runner’s high, a sense of connection to the beautiful natural setting, and the culmination of several months’ personal awakening to the gravity of our ecological crises. I just stood there with my hands on my knees, crying in shock. It was a rare and surprising…
An Interview with Sister Miriam Therese MacGillis at Genesis Farm
If the dynamics of the universe from the beginning shaped the course of the heavens, lighted the sun, and formed the earth, if this same dynamism brought forth the continents and seas and atmosphere, if it awakened life in the primordial cell and then brought into being the unnumbered variety of living beings, and finally brought us into being and guided us safely through the turbulent centuries,…
Subtle Activism: A Way Forward through Chaotic Times
Subtle Activism
One of the characteristics of our strange new post-US election world is that things are in such flux that it is difficult to orient ourselves to the new environment and know what actions to take. It is as though many of the established pathways of thought have been blown open, leaving us scrambling to make sense of our new reality. We are being required to re-evaluate our most…
New Approaches to Healing Collective Conflict and Trauma: Our Responsibility as Global Citizens*
Thomas Hübl: William, in all your work in conflict areas, what do you see as the symptoms of trauma? And do you see that there’s a kind of recycling of trauma as a part of the conflict you work with?
William Ury: Thomas, it’s a pleasure to be speaking with you. I was trained originally as an anthropologist and was always keen to study human beings and how we related. The passionate question…
The Future of Activism
“The Kingdom of Brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of Communism nor the antithesis of capitalism but… in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both. ~ Martin Luther King (Wikimedia)
The times certainly are a-changing.
In this essay, we intend to make some sense of what’s really going on and what it means for activism. We reflect first on the global context within which all…
Thomas Hübl’s The Pocket Project: Facilitating the Integration of Collective Trauma
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation…
~ Exodus 20:5
They transmitted only the wound to their children, to whom the memory had been refused.
~ Nadine Fresco
Imagine for a moment a couple, perhaps one you once knew intimately. They’re just…
An Interview with Deepak Chopra: You Are the Universe
Claudia Welss: Welcome, Dr. Chopra. As you know, I’m with the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and we have for many years been investigating the idea that consciousness is primary and causal in the universe, as well as in our personal and shared realities.
That’s had us a bit on the scientific fringe because so much of mainstream science still excludes consciousness. Your new book is pivotal…
William Ury
William Ury, co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, is one of the world’s leading experts on negotiation and mediation. He is currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Project.
He is the author of Getting to Yes with Yourself (HarperOne, January 2015), The Power of a Positive No, Getting Past No, and The Third Side, and co-author (with Roger Fisher and Bruce…