by John C. Robinson This is a story of metanoia, of a profound shift of mind, heart and soul long overdue in my life, and of the deep psychological, spiritual and mystical work Spirit asks us to do in the New Aging. In 2000, I was a clinical psychologist in a busy private practice in… Read more
by Lynne Iser With the birth of my son, 35 years ago, I felt a new sense of responsibility. Not just to keep him safe, clean and well fed—but to insure that he had a decent and kind world in which to live. That insight gave me a wider perspective in which to view my… Read more
Spirituality cannot exist in a vacuum, ignoring social conditions or the plight of humanity; and activism cannot hope to transform the social order in the absence of mature spiritual development. Both must grow beyond any form of privileged exclusivity… The emergence of a spiritually engaged conscious activism is one of the critical assignments of our… Read more
By Rich Silver The concept of sacred activism has captured the imagination of the Conscious Elders Network and many of us are exploring its multiple facets. I write here with a twofold purpose about a certain facet called “subtle activism,” a term recently coined by David Nicol, author of a book by the same name…. Read more
by David “Lucky” Goff As I have grown older I have noticed that my consciousness has been altered by the accumulation of years, experiences, hardships, and the proximity of death. Losses and gains have piled up and rebalanced the scale of my awareness. This has caused me to rethink many things, and to make choices… Read more
by Will Wilkinson It’s surprising and immensely encouraging to learn that Rumi, the ecstatic poet, has become a modern rock star. According to Jane Ciabattari, writing for BBC.com, “The ecstatic poems of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi master born 807 years ago in 1207, have sold millions of copies in recent… Read more
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