Cosmos, Consciousness, and the Mess We’re In

Dear Friends, I’ve been asked to write something about the global polycrisis. Since I have spent my life taking views orthogonal to the collective consensus, this is another such venture. Basically I will argue that a panpsychic or cosmic consciousness may be a...

Healing and the Mind

In this article, Michael outlines his philosophy, evolution of thought, and history of healing at Commonweal.

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A New Paradigm of Physics and Cosmology

Dear TNS Friends, I hope this finds you as well as possible. From the very inception of The New School (TNS), I sensed that the program would become Commonweal's best medium for communicating with the rest of the world. And so it has proven to be. And what a...

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Dec 01 2023

Fall Letter from Michael Lerner

November 2023 Dear Commonweal Friends: I hope this finds you well in these difficult times. We cannot know what will be happening happening in the Middle East, Ukraine,...
Jul 11 2023

The Commonweal Way: Summer Letter from Michael Lerner

Dear Commonweal Friends, I hope this finds you well. This is my summer letter to the Commonweal community. It comes at a special point in our history. This year I turn...
Apr 19 2023

Navigating the Polycrisis–Life in Turbulent Times

Dear Friends: How can we explain the explosive emergence of global awareness of the polycrisis over the past year, 2022-2023? Three years ago, almost no one had heard...

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