Charles humbly reflects on his recent interview with Oprah which airs 16 July on SuperSoul Sunday.... "Every day we are asked, “What will you serve?” I had not the strength on my own to say yes to a life of service. Nor do I now, save for the help I receive from others who hold the field, the people who humble me every day with their generosity, sincerity, and selflessness. To the extent I am effective at what I do, it is because of you. "If I am right that my Oprah appearance is a marker … Continue reading
Joanna Macy: The Prison Cell of the Separate Self
"If we want to survive on a planet that is finite and delicately interwoven, in terms of relationships, we have got to break free of that prison cell of the separate self." View the 2-minute excerpt here or view the whole talk.... Watch video
Ways of knowing: separation and participation
"...the essential reality of nature is not separate, self-contained, and complete in itself, so that the human mind can examine it “objectively” and register it from without. Rather, nature’s unfolding truth emerges only with the active participation of the human mind. Nature’s reality is not merely phenomenal, nor is it independent and objective; rather, it is something that comes into being through the very act of human cognition. Nature becomes intelligible to itself through the human mind. … Continue reading
