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.…
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…
Sesto Castagnoli
Sesto Giovanni Castagnoli, Evolutant, World Citizen
Sesto Castagnoli has wide experience as an international entrepreneur, development consultant and spiritual bridge builder. He advises companies and individuals and gives lectures and workshops on issues of Spirituality in Business Life, Natural Economic and Financial Systems, Mutual Understanding of Cultures and Religions, Noosphere and…
David Nicol
David T. Nicol, PhD, is co-founder and Director of the Gaiafield Project (http://gaiafield.net) and the Institute for Subtle Activism. His recent book Subtle Activism: The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation is the first comprehensive study of the idea that our focused collective intention can powerfully contribute to social change. He is also co-founder of BeThePeace, one of…
Julie Jordan Avritt
Julie Jordan Avritt is a writer, editor, and advisor, serving high-caliber, high-integrity cultural change agents on a mission to heal our world. With visionary thinker Seth Kahan, founder of Visionary Leadership in Washington, D.C., she is co-authoring the forthcoming graphic book: Grand Challenge: How Leaders Grow their Businesses by Addressing the World’s Most Intractable Problems.
Evolution of Kosmos
A recent question really got me thinking. Since 2001, Kosmos’ integral, evolutionary approach has informed, inspired, and engaged personal, institutional, and global transformation. How has the direction changed during those 16 years?
As I contemplated this question, I realized that our long-term vision has not changed over all these years. What has changed is how different aspects of the…
Francis Jansen
Francis Jansen was born in 1946 in a small fishing village in the North of Holland. Her father, who was part of the Resistance Movement in war torn Europe, chose to emigrate with his family to Australia when she was 6 years old, settling in Wollongong, N.S.W. Francis completed her formal education in Australia and then, as an adult, moved back to Europe with her family in 1964.
After working…
Susan Eirich
Susan B. Eirich, Ph.D. is Founder and Executive Director of Earthfire Institute, a wildlife sanctuary with a mission to change how humans see and therefore treat wildlife, for all our sakes. The sanctuary lies just west of Grand Teton National Park, where she lives with rescued bears, wolves, bison and other animals native to the Rocky Mountains. She uses her background as a biologist and…