Spirituality
The Deschooling Dialogues: Grief, Collapse, and Mysticism
Conversation
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?
Healing Into Consciousness
Essay
...What are your beliefs and conditionings; how were they formed; and how can you transform them into consciousness so you can fully live your life and contribute your unique gifts to the world?
Presence at the Edge of Our Practice
Article
Humanity is in a time of transition, one that we can navigate successfully only with a shift in consciousness. How can we wake up from the collective neuroses that have driven our civilization into decadence and decline?
Vessels
Mixed Media
We can practice 'unlearning' grasping and clinging by using the beauty of 'Colors In Motion' to entrain our minds and our nervous systems to accept flow. Flow is a healthy approach to the rapid changes humans are experiencing, and can expand our capacity to be present in every precious moment.
Resilience
Essay
...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.
Oasis of White Silence in the Heart of Manhattan
Article
“Art is God’s way of clearing the path to our hearts.” These are the words of Dominique de Menil, who […]
The Soul of Humanity and the New Civilization
Article
The things we now esteem fixed shall, one by one, detach themselves like ripe fruit from our experience and fall… […]
Nondual Christianity – Seriously?
Article
In fall 2009, I was on a homebound flight from San Francisco that happened also to be carrying several returning […]
Kali Takes the World: Dark Night of the World Soul
Article
By Vera de Chalambert These dark nights strip the soul of old spiritual ideas and attachments, and through radical spiritual disorientation, abandonment, and finally annihilation, they bring the soul into ultimate union.