ee in me you are. And we have both been made the
same way in the same beauty. To show the same
beauty for it is what we are. As we are the very same
consciousness. And we both show from where we
come and what we come from. LIVE [IT] for [IT]•[IS] what we are.
Love Christopher.
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hange. Humanity is waging many wars – the literal ones that cause agonizing pain lasting generations, and figurative ones. We are ‘at war’ with our politicians, with neighbors who do not believe as we do, with the people we fear, with the planet, and even with our own thoughts. Much of the conflict in our lives stems from views and habits we have inherited. Our cultural assumptions are embedded not only in our deeply held opinions, or mindset, but literally in our bodies and our language.
For example, driving home from work I passed familiar homes on the circle of split-level colonials and ranch houses where I live. It occurred to me that the words ‘colonial’ and ‘ranch’ and the physical structures themselves carry collective assumptions related to our history of colonization and notions of westward expansion and ‘manifest destiny’. This never occurred to me before, so ingrained is my mindset about ‘housing’.
In this edition of Kosmos Online, Thomas Hübl and William Ury talk about historic trauma and conflict mediation that must occur at this deeper level and how we can all play a part. I’m looking forward to our podcast with Mr. Ury later this month.…
cognized the dangerous trajectory humankind was hurling toward. In short, we have developed systems incoherent with life-systems. We have energy, finance, production, and many other systems foundational to our civilization that do not result in the regeneration of life. We have mutated dis-harmonically from the precious aspect of Spaceship Earth's Life Support Systems. Ironically, we haven't found another inter-galactic habitat that offers the same kind of support as our own. However, an awareness of this dilemma has spread globally among the commons in a variety of manners from nuclear power-plant disasters, toxic plastic in our water, lack of dignity for all forms of life, and a myriad of other situations. My realization to this dynamic occurred a couple of decades ago when I realized and witnessed the influence the communications network had on human behavior; and that it wasn't oriented toward the benefit of life, but the short-sightedness of manipulation and control. Since then, I have been on a quest for what Buckminster Fuller described as a fulcrum point. A dynamic point that if you apply some energy toward it, it would catalyze a significant shift in the direction of a system - similar to the rudder of a ship. This took me on a journey across many disciplines spanning anthropology to virtual reality in search of that fulcrum. The journey was extremely humbling because of the wisdom we have available to us from our history and present day. It also frequently caused despair because of the magnitude of corruption that permeates so many of our systems. It made me question whether we were worth the effort of trying to help. But continuously I would encounter amazing people and fellow earthlings to inspire and fuel my pursuit. Paul Quaiser - Human Sustainability Institute
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