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The Most Subversive Invitation by John O’Donohue

24 December 2016 1 Comment

"Humans have an uncanny ability to domesticate everything they touch. Eventually, even the strangest things become absorbed into the routine of the daily mind with its steady geographies of endurance, anxiety and contentment. Only seldom does the haze lift, and we glimpse for a second, the amazing plenitude of being here. Sometimes, unfortunately, it is suffering or threat that awakens us. It could happen that one evening, you are busy with many things, netted into your role and the phone rings. … Continue reading

Transforming the Human Narrative: The Rise of Regenerative Development & Design

13 September 2016 Leave a Comment

"The novelist Terry Pratchett once wrote, “people think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around.” However it seems these types of dichotomies are often both/and more than they are either/or. It is true that we are shaped by the stories that we inherit, but we are also co-creating these stories through the actions that we consciously — or unconsciously — take. It might be closer to the truth to see as us and our stories as co-emerging and co-evolving. "All stories … Continue reading

The secret to changing the story is slow listening

27 May 2016 Leave a Comment

"Good listening, just like good cooking, takes time. There is a Slow Food movement, why not a Slow Listening movement? It is a good analogy and a great way to help people think about it. "At the core of this initiative idea is invitation and the creation of places and spaces for people to listen to each other's stories. Invitation is the beginning of co-creation. Imagine what this capacity to listen could create... What if we listen to our children like that? What if we listened to each other … Continue reading

Barbara Marx Hubbard: Living in The Greatest Story That’s Ever Been Told

9 May 2016 Leave a Comment

"We're living in the greatest story that's ever been told. We're in the story, as the story, acting out our part." Barbara Marx Hubbard, Findhorn Fellow, futurist and evolutionary biologist. Watch video

Write your New Story using only 4 words

9 April 2016 3 Comments

What'cha got New Story Community? Mine is: We're one with everything. Continue reading

Summit Stories One Year On

1 January 2016 Leave a Comment

As 2015 draws to a close, we bring you the final instalments in the 'Summit Stories One Year On' series. You may read all the stories here. Deep appreciation to those of you who contributed your insightful stories of the joys, challenges, and inspirations that unfolded this past year, in your personal journey, and in your work in the world. With abundant blessings, both personal and planetary, as we continue in service to co-create a new story of conscious awareness, love, peace and oneness in … Continue reading

Capitalism Is Just a Story – Rise Up and Create a New One

23 April 2015 Leave a Comment

"How many of us have a sneaking suspicion that something pretty fundamental is going wrong in the world? We keep hearing about the potentially devastating consequences of climate change but we are pumping more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every single year. We are forced into economic crisis after economic crisis and the only people who aren’t brought to their knees are those that cause it. In fact, they often just get richer and more powerful while the rest of us work harder and harder … Watch video

Replace the Gospel of Money: An Interview With David Korten

8 April 2015

What if we measured wealth in terms of life, and how well we serve it? "You really can’t grasp the new story — as a society — and continue to live the way we live. First you begin to move toward more voluntary simplicity, which is, literally, reducing your dependence on money. You start doing more things yourself. You pay much more attention to your relationships, to the gift economy. You perhaps get a deeper sense of being part of and a contributor to a living universe evolving toward ever … Continue reading