Dear Changemaker, Please keep the following in mind: 1) All the problems in the world are interconnected. Civil rights, income inequality, destruction of habitat, dysfunctional politics, the Pacific Ocean garbage patch, narco-terrorism, child abuse, etc… They’re all interconnected and interrelated. 2) It’s OK to specialize, to focus on what draws you. In fact, I want […]
I tried an experiment recently. Rather than just create a blog post as a statement, I decided to post it as a question on Facebook. What I found fascinated me! I got 28 comments and started a fun conversation. Well – here is the original post I was going to write: The consciousness revolution is […]
Year after year, decade after decade, the idea of living cooperatively with others in some form of intentional community has garnered increasing interest. Whether it’s a co-housing community or a full-blown ecovillage, people want to live more lightly on the Earth, share resources, and have a deeper, richer sense of community in their lives. Whatever […]
Being selfish versus being selfless is a good hamster-wheel-of-the-mind for spinning off confusion and guilt. If you’re selfish, all you care about is your own needs. If you’re selfless, your needs don’t enter the picture; you’re only here for others. What if serving others meets your needs? What if being only selfish ultimately results in […]
There’s a difference between being intelligent and being conscious. It’s possible to be extremely smart, yet relatively unconscious. I don’t care how smart you are. Strive to be increasingly conscious. Here is my top seven list of things to develop greater consciousness around: 1) Yourself. What makes you tick. Your needs and desires. Your unconscious […]