“21st Century Enlightenment

September 14th, 2010 | Posted by Mushin in general - (0 Comments)

They’ve done it again: produced an animation to elucidate some great thoughts of wehre we want to go… enjoy.

In my second posting (1st here) on this beginning exploration and reassessment of what I’ve come to see as true, beautiful and good I’m going to look more into what Soul is and does. And again, I’m just going to go with my meanderings and contemplations; I’m not trying to be comprehensive and go through … Read more

This is the very first installment of what I hope will become a Body, Soul and Spirit series of posts that will meander around most of the topics that keep fascinating me since a while. Starting with a meeting with a great and lovely man in Basel, Switzerland who remembers a long line of incarnations … Read more

The Painful Labor of Emergence

October 6th, 2009 | Posted by Mushin in acceptance | apocalypse - (9 Comments)

I’ve been having fierce debates with neo-liberal conservatives recently, people that keep up the faith that the climate catastrophe is just ‘leftist propaganda’, that the recent and still going financial-turned-economic disaster is caused by big government, or by Marxists or similar. At the same time a report was published by the United Nations Environment Programme … Read more

My twitter-stream has many tweets like these: ColinUdeLewis “Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.” James Allen WilliamHarryman “95% of your emotions are determined by the way you talk to yourself.” — Brian Tracy bfederman A man’s own self is his friend. A man’s own self is his foe. Gita Good advise, … Read more

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them. — Anne-Sophie Swetchine; The Writings of Madame Swetchine The day has only just begun and Madam J. dropped by much more forcefully than she did yesterday. Only now, given the right circumstance for this investigation, … Read more

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how … Read more

The last trialogue The We of Us [alas, link no longer functioning] was published here on May 21st. Since then there has been two posts by Michel Bauwens of the P2P-Foundation on his blog; one in which he talks about my post “We are the Next Buddha” and one where he looks at Helen’s post … Read more

An archetype is emerging – the archetype of a participatory, integral and pluralistic spiritual culture. People all over the world — caring about the life on and of this planet, and experiencing themselves as embedded in continually expanding networks and environments — are seeking genuine, open and constructive dialogue and mutual support in their work … Read more