We are now in the last month of 2012 the year when the big transition is supposed to happened. It has certainly been a powerful year of awakening. But I believe that the extreme weather is what has actually turned the tide in the direction of real change. The public is finally waking up to …
Yesterday was Thanksgiving, I felt especially thankful for the cease-fire between Israel and Palestine. Yet I know deep in my heart that it probably won’t hold and is really only a tiny step forward, not a breakthrough. I have been thinking a lot about how polarization of views has such a hold on human nature …
I like to read my old journals, looking back a year ago at today’s date. This morning I discovered that I published the HOPE website on 17th November although it seems that my first blog was released on the 21st. A first anniversary this week! Time to stop up a bit, to review and perhaps …
My family and friends live on the East Coast. Last week as the whole world was mesmerized by the monster storm “Sandy”, I found myself reacting differently than I had to other climate dramas when I realized my own family and friends were in danger. At first I thought all the media noise was just …
It has been well over a month since I last wrote a blog post – the longest break yet! During this time I have been on my bi-yearly retreat in Wales, then on a two week vacation in Sicily with family. It is easy to get distracted from the world situation during such enjoyable times. …
Norway is the often slow to catch up with the rest of the world. So when a “new movement” started at the end of August here, I knew I should check on the progress of this in other parts of the world. But first, the name of this Norwegian movement is MOJOBO – an acronym …
“We are moving!” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Future of Man This is the introductory quote in Carter Phipps‘ recently released book called “Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science’s Greatest Idea”. As you may be able to guess – the idea is Evolution. “Evolutionaries” came recommended by every New Thought luminary I …
“Hope is not something subjective due to an optimistic or sanguine temperament. . . It is a light-force which radiates objectively and which directs creative evolution toward the word’s future… In other words, hope is what moves and directs spiritual evolution in the world.” Valentin Tomberg quoted in Mystical Hope. I have been discovering …
Story creates context…Context highlights relationship…Context and relationship change behavior and lead to holistic and connected action…Connected action becomes a force for restoring /re-storying the world. – Christina Baldwin, “Storycatcher”. One of the highlights of my summer was a gathering of eight highly engaged women for two short days of dialog at the sea in Little …
This world, in which we are born and take our being, is alive. It is not our supply house and sewer; it is our larger body. The intelligence that evolved us from star dust and interconnects us with all beings is sufficient for the healing of our Earth community, if we but align with that …
