Article: Toward a Mature Global Civilization - Although human societies have confronted major hurdles throughout history, the challenges of our times are unique in one crucial respect: they are planetary in scope.
Article: Seeds of the New: Species Forerunners -Tom Yeomans and an Application of Spiritual Psychology - Everyone on earth shares the fate of the earth, and everyone has a contribution to make. To do this we need to learn to work deliberately on the process of inner transformation and the development of spiritual strength and vision in each person, young and old. We need to learn to support the spiritual maturation of individual, group, and species, so that we can. deal with the great challenges that face us today. T.Y.
Article: Species Forerunners: Can Humanity Grow Up in Time? - The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained. Individual thought is mostly the result of collective thought and of interaction with other people. The language is entirely collective, and most of the thoughts in it are. Everybody does his own thing to those thoughts - he makes a contribution. But very few change them very much. David Bohm, Physicist, On Dialogue
From the column: "Since I moved to Duluth in early November 2017, there's been the discovery of microplastics in Lake Superior, major losses to various bird and insect populations, debates over climate migrants coming to this region, and now quality air alerts triggered by wildfires in Canada."
Article: Paradigms, Domination, and Trance - Bringing It All Back Home - Part 13 - 1 (Summary: Transcending Paradigms) - It is possible, as we face the fearful complexity of life-destroying problems, to experience recurring moments of grace and joy.if we choose not to flee or withdraw from reality. It is possible to use our influence and power to create islands of sanity in the midst of a raging destructive sea. A path to engage well and sanely with the destructive dynamics of this time.
Meg Wheatley