Articles
by Clare Dubois
My mind has sprung a leak.I'm on a long media fast - trying to stay off and away from anything that removes me from the present moment as I try to heal from burn out, but bits show up when I pick up my phone.Pakistan. Oh my God. I'm so so sorry....overwhelmed actually and thinking in circles.What to do? The scale, the scale, the scale...the likelihood that this could become a new norm as our beloved planet's ability to regulate where rainfall is...
by Lynne McTaggart
Image from www.lynnemctaggart.comI was at a gala evening not long ago, seated next to a prominent scientist, a lovely woman who is working on a breakthrough treatment. She’d heard my talk earlier that day about my Power of Eight® work, and was very accepting and open-minded, but admitted, in her own words, that she was ‘spiritually autistic.’Try as she might, she just couldn’t embrace a belief in a higher power.That admission saddened me no end...
by Deepak Chopra
The question of evil can crop up almost anytime, but it becomes pressing when war, with its mass violence and atrocities fills the news. Violence comes in many other forms, as we all know, so settling the questions about evil needs to be addressed.Evil manifests in the world through actions, and although an evil act almost always is associated with violence, there are other aspects, such as destructiveness, oppression, and victimization. Yet to...
by Anneloes Smitsman
"How to make complexity work" is the focus of my new book that I am currently writing, based on my Ph.D. dissertation "Into the Heart of Systems Change" from 2019.The archetypal dynamics of crisis after crisis all boil down to the same starting point - archetypes of domination that compete for resources, control, and influence.Although one may say that this archetypal pattern is part of nature and we are nature too, the way humans have played it...
by David Korten
"The future most of us seek will be an ecological civilization: peaceful, democratic, equitable, sustainable, and dedicated to securing the wellbeing of people and Earth. Getting there requires a civilizational change."ILLUSTRATION BY GOOD STUDIO/ADOBE STOCKOur current society cannot be considered civilized by any objective standard. We grow the fortunes of billionaires, even as we increase the numbers of homeless refugees and destroy Earth’s...
by Deepak Chopra
By Deepak Chopra MD, Brian J. Fertig, MD and Jack A. Tuszynski, Ph.D., D.Sc., Special to SFGateSince no one wants to age, there is a tremendous incentive to prevent, slow down or even reverse it. But all these efforts run into the same obstacle. No one actually knows what aging is or precisely what causes it. On its face, this riddle shouldn’t exist. The universe is subject to entropy, which causes everything, including the universe...
by Patricia Albere
While driving across the Richmond Bridge from Berkeley to Marin County in California I had a random 70’s song list playing on iTunes. (I know… I can hear my DJ son rolling his eyes). Anyway, Carly Simon came on singing an old favorite…‘Cause I haven’t got time for the painI haven’t got room for the painI haven’t the need for the painNot since I’ve known youYou showed me how, how to leave myself behindHow to turn down the noise in my...
by David Nicol
When Covid swept around the world early last year, Kate and I saw it as the long-awaited trigger event that would mark the start of the great unraveling of the current world system, and the beginning in earnest of our transition to a fundamentally new era. We felt well placed with our work in collective healing to offer support during this transitional period. Indeed, like many others, we felt we had been preparing for such a moment for a long...
by David Nicol
When Covid swept around the world early last year, Kate and I saw it as the long-awaited trigger event that would mark the start of the great unraveling of the current world system, and the beginning in earnest of our transition to a fundamentally new era. We felt well placed with our work in collective healing to offer support during this transitional period. Indeed, like many others, we felt we had been preparing for such a moment for a long...
by Karen Noé
Summer is here and a variety of gorgeous colorful flowers continue to bloom; birds are singing their glorious songs throughout the day. Despite all of this, I have been focusing on my many projects and on the knots I’ve had in my stomach worrying about finishing all these assignments on time. Yes, I should have learned by now to focus on the love and beauty all around me, but once again, I fell into my old ways. Two weeks ago, I was having...