Pathways to a Better Future – Espe part 11: Global Transformation – Overview  – part 1

I am but a single drop in a limitless ocean, but what is an ocean but a multitude of drops?  David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas  A continuation of a fictional reflection by a hundred-year-old Espe from 2112 about the start and on-going movement of transformation to Sustainable Living.  I add clarification links Read more…

Spirituality, Service, and Connectedness – Part 17 – Using Discernment to Connect People

“The practice of discernment is part of a higher consciousness.  Discernment is not just a step up from judgment.  In life’s curriculum, it is the opposite of judgment.  Though judgment a {person} reveals what {she or he} needs to confront and learn.  Through discernment, one reveals what has been mastered” Read more…

Spirituality, Service, and Connectedness – Part 6 – Mass Extinctions, Humanity, and Meaning.

Throughout the Earth’s long history of life, there have been 5 mass extinctions due to cataclysmic conditions.  (A mass extinction is usually defined as a loss of about three quarters of all species in existence across the entire Earth over a “short” geological period of time. Given the vast amount Read more…

Coming Back Into Our Sovereignty – Part 2: Mindfulness and Personal Truth.

So, what is personal sovereignty?  Plain and simple, just being you, or more the you would want to be if you were not busy running in the proverbial rat race.  Being you is being part of something beyond yourself without losing your individualism and being mindful of all life.  The Read more…

Coming Back Into Our Sovereignty: part 1 – Waking Up

“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.”  Janis Joplin – You got nothing left to lose…you can leave it all behind for its the anchor that holds you down…from being free. For many decades the consumer dream, driven by a deeply flawed economic system, has been captivating.  But Read more…

Scientism: A Barrier to Progress – The Scourge of Censorship

“The truth is like a lion.  You don’t need to defend it.  Let it loose.  It will defend itself.” St Augustine. A quick diversion from empathy to talk more about scientism, but pertinent to it as I will show in the next post. I have talked about scientism a bit Read more…