While panic grips the global population over the spread of the coronavirus, there is a deeper power here that is an evolutionary game-changer. I am not calloused to the tremendous suffering this is causing, but there is a great teaching to this crisis. Systems theory tells...
The moral fiber of American democracy itself is being tested. How we decide this matter determines whether we choose a world of greed and lawlessness, with increasing climate disaster, gun violence, racism, and economic inequality, or whether we maintain respect for the rule of law,...
It’s that time of year again, when everybody’s out shopping, going to Christmas parties, and eating too much sugar. Season’s Greetings, everyone! But my favorite holiday has always been the Winter Solstice—the pivot point when everything turns around. As we pass through this darkest time of the...
I write this blog from the Hinterlands of Byron Bay, Australia, where I am blessedly basking in a remote AirBnB for a few days between workshops. I take a deep breath in and I’m filled with gratitude, appreciating the privilege that allows me to be here...
While the media debates the legal justification for impeaching Donald Trump, we are ignoring a much larger moral question that will determine humanity’s future. At stake is not only our democracy and our national security, but our entire species (among countless others), and our planet. At...
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs Last night I had the good fortune to attend a small fundraising event for Presidential candidate, Marianne Williamson. I arrived at the lovely home in the Castro district of San Francisco, early enough to have some amazing...
Marianne Williamson, at the end of the last Democratic debate, made the bold statement that love will triumph over fear. I firmly believe this to be true, but how do we demonstrate that? I’ve always seen the heart chakra as the great integrator. Being in the...
“We can't solve problems by using the samekind of thinking we used when we created them.”-Albert Einstein The recent Democratic debates are a typical example of why our problems don’t get solved. Sure enough, the questions addressed important issues, such as health care, immigration, climate change,...
In the era of Fake News, our most important facet of consciousness — attention — is being hijacked. This is what happens when you combine the perfect storm of Russia, Photoshop, Facebook, Twitter, and Donald Trump. Now they’re even talking about Deepfakes, such as the...
If you study the long arc of history, you can see its cyclic nature. Beginnings strike out in a new direction, leading to new awakenings as they develop. Fruits are harvested from those awakenings, and then, the inevitable decline. Just like the seasons or the stages...