A Parable by Daniel Quinn Uru, who in the rest of the world is known as the Awakener, has a different name in the Valley of Sleepers, and this is […]
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Nonviolence: A Way of Life
Marcel M. Baumann Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.´s philosophy and methods of nonviolence are some of the most powerful tools we have for creating social change in America and around the […]
Continue readingTen Questions and No Answers
Leo Daniele Ten questions. It seemed so simple. In an academic atmosphere like George Washington University, ten questions should have had all the makings of a grand debate. It all […]
Continue readingThe Subtle Texture of Cooperation
Jivan Vatayan first introduced me to Alfie Kohn’s work on cooperation in his article The Primacy of Cooperation. This morning a google search for essay and cooperation unearthed another gem by an educator in Texas. […]
Continue readingA True Story – What It Means To Exceed Carrying Capacity
Daniel Quinn It sometimes happens that a person in the midst of an LSD trip becomes convinced that human flight can be willed by one who knows how. More than […]
Continue readingWhich statement is true?
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” —Pogo “We are the people we have been waiting for.” —Hopi Elders
Continue readingThe Prophecy of the Seven Fires
Contributing editor Barry Carter writes: At this point I know that the Native American path is part of the answer that we seek. Our efforts have not and will not […]
Continue readingBelief Divides People
J.Krishnamurti Through lack of intelligence we accept the idea of a super-intelligence which we call “God” ; but this ‘God’, this super intelligence, is not going to give us a […]
Continue readingHumanity is in CRISIS
Timothy Wilken I am a afraid for us. The times are very dangerous. Today, we are all in danger of the judgement, a judgement not of God’s making, but of […]
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Timothy Wilken “Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the earth.” —Archimedes (287-212 BC) There are three types of humans to be found in our present […]
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