Gabriel's essay explores alienation as a loss not only of home, but of the embodied, interbeing relationship with all of Life. Drawing from indigenous wisdom, language theory, mystical teachings, and early Christian texts, it calls for a return—not to dogma, but to the felt sense of unity and sacred relatedness that predates religion.

In his personal report from Deep Tech Week, Daniel Pinchbeck outlines emerging theories at the intersection of consciousness and technology—from quantum microtubules to cyber-animism. Engaging thinkers like Hameroff, Bach, and Theise, he traces a shifting paradigm where spirituality and science begin to speak a common, if uncanny, language.

Beloved Community Circles is a network of small groups of 5-12 people, geographically local to each other, who make three commitments: to engage in spiritual practice and healing together so that healing and development are core; to come to care deeply for each other’s well-being; and to participate in mindful action of the group’s choosing.

Mother’s Day 1972: It was my First Communion and, like all good Catholic girls, I was decked out in my white dress and veil, hands folded in prayer, and head bowed as a sign of my unworthiness. I stepped forward to receive my first taste of the consecrated host, and I was forever changed.

...The car is now standing still. I smell the disaster before I see it. A smell of fuel and burnt steel. Where are the kids? Not in the car. I look for them on the highway. I find their bodies. I take care of them until ambulances arrive. While running from one child to another, I discover strength in me.