“The trinity of Soil, Soul, Society is a distillation of much learning and living. Born and brought up in India for the first half of my life and then living in the West for the second half, I have gained much from both worlds, for which I am grateful. While reading Talks on the Gita…
We can choose to go towards clarity and happiness or towards confusion and pain. Pema Chödrön writes, “Many of us feel deeply concerned about the state of the world. I know how sincerely people wish for things to change and for beings everywhere to be free of suffering. But if we’re honest with ourselves, do…
Christopher Chase writes, “We are living now during one of the most important time periods in human history. Our global species is at a turning point, the actions and decisions we take collectively over the next few decades will determine the path humanity (and all life on our planet) takes far into the future ―…
“It is time for the spiritual people to get active and the activist people to get spiritual so that we can have a total revolution of the human spirit.” — Pancho Ramos-Stierle
Bringing together the inner and outer aspects of transformation may be the revolution of our times Kavita Byrd writes, “These days we often hear that if we are to change our world to a loving, just and sustainable one, all we need is to change consciousness. At first glance, this seems to imply that action is not…
We don’t set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people’s hearts. — Pema Chödrön
CHARLES EISENSTEIN, author and speaker, on the theme of “the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible“.
SOPHY BANKS, co-founder of the TRANSITION TOWN TOTNES Inner Transition group.
“Sometimes the most radical thing to do in a polluted violence-based system, is to be still. The mud settles to the bottom and we have a clearer vision about our next steps — for example, facilitating the growth of the communities we want to live in, or realizing that the most efficient tools against a…
“Active Hope is a practice. Like tai chi or gardening, it is something we do rather than have. It is a process we can apply to any situation, and it involves three key steps. First, we take a clear view of reality; second, we identify what we hope for in terms of the direction we’d…
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