Motherhood and Spirituality: A New Kind of Enlightenment
Motherhood and spirituality, including enlightenment-seeking, are usually seen as being unrelated. And the search for spiritual enlightenment is usually something people do on their own or with other seekers, and is usually done separately from family life. So when a woman becomes a mother, she usually gives up or puts on hold any spiritual and/or enlightenment ...
Does Climate Change Really Matter?
Ten years ago I wrote that whether or not you believed in climate change, it would benefit everyone if we acted as if it were real because developing renewable and cleaner energy sources would lead to less pollution and a cleaner environment, thus leading to a host of other benefits for humans ...
A New Approach to Activism – by Charles Eisenstein
An inspiring story from Charles Eisenstein's blog about how conflict was resolved in a massive protest against fracking, near Byron Bay, Australia. The outcome was positive but how it happened unforseeable, and it required a new kind of approach to conflict. Activism in the New Story - by Charles Eisenstein Please ...
Climate Change and Gender Inequality: Can We Fight for the Environment Without also Fighting for the Feminine?
The issues of gender relations and climate change (for me climate change includes environmental destruction in general) are debated almost daily in the media, and little progress has been made with either. The thing is, these two issues are so closely related but so few of us seem aware of ...
Conflict Resolution in Africa uses the Aware Ego Process?
The film Soldiers of Peace, narrated by actor Michael Douglas, is about individuals in some of the world's hot spots who are creating peace in their local area. It was interesting because the conflict resolution techniques which led to improved relations between previously warring parties were remarkably similar to those one ...
Probability Waves, the Observer, and Personal Transformation
This 5-minute cartoon (you don't have to watch it to read this post) illustrates how the behaviour of matter changes when it is observed/measured. This has implications for how we see truth, how we make decisions and choices, and how we respond in our relationships. T he experiment in the video shows that electrons ...
The Inner Patriarch – The Hidden Force that Holds Women Back
The Inner Patriarch is the part of us all that holds the rules and values of the long-standing patriarchal system in which we all live. Dr Sidra Stone says in her book The Shadow King that the Inner Patriarch is passed on to children through their mother, and that even if you identify with ...