Reflections on nature, culture & the inner life
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...
We founded Commonweal 44 years ago. Our vision was to support healing ourselves and healing the earth. We have worked toward that end ever since. Healing differs from curing. A cure ends a disease. Healing is a movement toward wholeness. Healing can take place when we...
Dear Friends, The first thing to overcome with the coronavirus is fear. The virus is certainly dangerous. The likelihood is we will need to learn to live with it. A "new normal" will emerge with its own protocols for traveling, meeting, caring for each other, grieving...
Dear TNS Friends: The chatter of politicians and commentators continues about all manner of things. But nature bats last. The "Polar Vortex" descends on the Midwest. Here is a beautiful piece from WIRED: "And now the weather: Mars-like, with a chance of apocalypse."...
Some preliminary notes A friend suggested to me the other day that reverence might be at the heart of our work. She proposed that there is a relationship between reverence and resilience. I asked what she meant by reverence. She said that she meant reverence for life....