Yes, I too notice the cynical tone I adopted in these Pointings. Please indulge me. And BTW: At the end, I list a post that might, hopefully, right the balance: Ten Ways to Stop . . . SKULLDUGGERY I’ve heard rumors about this for years. True? I wouldn’t be surprised. What an absurdly easy way […]
Read More. . . we can all know everything, without ever knowing why . . . This reminds me of the extraordinary opening that occurs during long Dances of Universal Peace. Passing partner after partner, hands on each other’s hearts, peering openly into each others’ eyes, over and over again, vulnerable and kind eyes, smiling eyes, […]
Read MoreSince I’m one of those social futurist Sara Robinson calls “romantics” who push relocalization at every opportunity, I appreciate her hard questions about possible limits of the “small is beautiful” mantra as we learn how to “scale up” to the global level. This is another wonderfully comprehensive article in alternet.org’s series on New Economic Visions. […]
Read MoreThis post resonates with today’s Krugman column. Skyscrapers (hey, what about ICBMs?), as monuments to overweening, unsustainable ego that invite collapse. Thanks to Ran Prieur for the pointer. The mythologist Joseph Campbell used to point out that, as cathedrals symbolized the strivings of medieval culture, so do skyscrapers (usually? often? housing banks!) today. Yuck! Which […]
Read MoreAt first I thought the title of Paul Krugman’s latest op-ed for the NYT said “Egos and Immortality.” And I wish it had said that, because it seems to me that’s what ego is for, to construct an illusion of immortality, as a way to avoid the fear of and fascination with the illusion of […]
Read MoreAn excruciatingly beautiful story of transformation from hatred and conflict to compassion and reconciliation. Thanks, Zen! The Way of Social Action May 25, 2012 beforeitsnews.com “The train clanked and rattled through the suburbs of Tokyo on a drowsy spring afternoon. Our car was comparatively empty – a few housewives with their kids in tow, […]
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