"Climate change can feel so immense that it hurts just to think about. Lama Willa Miller offers five meditations to help bring the truth of climate change into your awareness and lay the ground for a skillful response. "Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria have come and gone, leaving hundreds dead. We’re left facing a dire reality: we live on a warming planet. Homes blown apart. Lives lost. Ecosystems flattened. This is how climate change arrives at our doorstep. "With the destruction comes a … Continue reading
Practice: Not Knowing
We get so firm in our positions on issues of all kinds that we assume we know best. Adopting an attitude of "not knowing" supports an attitude of openness and awareness of complexity. We invite you to join us as we shed our certainty and practise not knowing. Begin by making yourself a special diploma saying that you have been granted a Doctorate of Philosophy in Not Knowing. As you prepare yourself to make this diploma, remind yourself again that the spiritual elders and revered teachers … Continue reading
First Ceremony with Pat McCabe, Woman Stands Shining | Kosmos Journal
How can we begin a ceremonial journey that connects us to our ancestors and helps align our work in the world with our highest ideals? Pat McCabe, also known as 'Woman Stands Shining' offers a simple morning ritual that has the power to transform our daily lives. Pat McCabe is a Diné (Navajo) mother, grandmother, activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader and international speaker. She is a voice for global peace and healing. Her words are an excerpt from a longer conversation with writer and … Watch video
One World Bearing Witness: a worldwide online global ritual 2-3 December 2017
Our intention is to stir the hope and courage of humanity and create a space between us in which our painful and often long-standing divisions can be held and seen from the depth of our nonseparation and interconnectedness. This is a small but essential step toward developing a ground together from which a new will toward cooperation and action can arise. From December 2nd to 3rd, using the latest interactive video technology, we will go on a profound journey with thousands of concerned, caring … Watch video
Thich Nhat Hanh – Being Love
"Weaving together traditional stories, personal experiences and core concepts, Thich Nhat Hanh offers step-by-step practices that foster understanding and intimacy in any kind of relationship: between lovers, parents and children, even those who have done us harm. "According to the practice of mindfulness, our complete awareness in the present moment is the key to lasting transformation in all areas of our lives-especially in our most intimate relationships. On Being Love, Zen master Thich Nhat … Watch video
The mysticism of wide open eyes: How does spirituality connect to social change?
"Unlike the received dogmas and hierarchies of religious and secular ideologies, spirituality can give us an actual experience of the unity of all things. This experience, when nurtured as a constant practice, roots equality-consciousness, non-discrimination, non-violence and reverence for all people and the earth deep into our core. "All spiritual paths involve the destruction or sublimation of the ego, and a surrendering to something greater than oneself—whether that’s defined in terms of the … Continue reading
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The Spiritual Path Means that I Commit Forever | Thomas Hübl
"The moment I say, 'My meditation is forever,' I drop the question of an aim. It means I commit to something that’s bigger than my finite self." Watch video
Compassionate listening | Thich Nhat Hanh
"Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh says listening can help end the suffering of an individual, put an end to war and change the world for the better. Watch as he explains how to practice compassionate listening in this 3-minute video clip." Watch video
Every Moment Is The Moment – Thomas Hübl
"There is great beauty when we realize that all the difficulties we go through and all the beautiful moments that we go through are all part of our spiritual path." Watch video