“You Are Not Here To Stay” – a neuro-surgeon’s near-death experience
Neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander is interviewed about his near-death experience: Alex Tsakiris: Well, your story is really quite amazing. For those who haven’t heard of it and aren’t aware of what you went through, do you want to tell us a little bit about your experience? Dr. Eben Alexander: Yes. It really struck out of [...]
The Right Invitation
Remember the old saying, “Hope for the best, expect the worst” -? I just realized the reason why that is counter productive, and why positively affirming a change I want in my life is actually more realistic. If I think about wanting a new job/friend/income/business opportunity/etc as throwing a party and opening my door calling [...]
The Walls Could Start Crumbling In and They Wouldn’t Freak Out
As I look out of my eyes at the world, I see that a lot of us are just running around in circles pretending that there’s ground where there actually isn’t any ground. And that somehow, if we could learn to not be afraid of groundlessness, not be afraid of insecurity and uncertainty, it would [...]
Do Not Make The Mistake Of Thinking You Are Powerless
At Care2.com Ed and Deb Shapiro writes: Everything we think, say, and do has an immediate effect on everyone and everything else. This means that our thoughts and actions can lead to chaos and destruction as easily as they can lead to creativity and transformation. It also means that we have enormous resources available to [...]
Tired Of Bad News? Here’s Solutions Journalism!
This week’s profile: Charlotte Squire, Editor of Happyzine. From the About page: “Founded in 2007 by Charlotte Squire, Happyzine’s purpose is to inspire positive social and environmental change via good news. Happyzine is ‘solutions journalism’ – showcasing inspiring action and developments within fields that have generally been portrayed as beyond hope. There’s always hope. Happyzine [...]
If We Can Design Our Way Into Difficulty – We Can Design Our Way Out
From director and designer John Thackara’s new book, “In the Bubble”: Things may seem out of control—but they are not out of our hands. Many of the troubling situations in our world are the result of design decisions. Too many of them were bad design decisions, it is true—but we are not the victims of [...]
Unlimited Possibility
Otis Funkmeyer writes on Appropedia.org: I see a future of unlimited possibility. Wait, that sounds lame. I see fruit-tree-lined boulevards–where all is free for the picking, making the abundant nature of the Gaian Matrix too obvious to even be questioned. And that one sounds all hippieish… hrmm. OK. I see a future of nanobots who [...]