new moon, may 2025
In the face of unjust systems, multiple crises, and deep despair, what can we actually do? What am I going to do? “If there aren’t large-scale solutions to large-scale problems, it’s all about the small scale.”
Pablo F. del Real
empire • freedom • imagination
To renounce anything (besides addiction) is not common in our society. Yet, renunciation is central to loving god. It is at the heart of every major wisdom tradition, the second step on the Path of Love. Until we renounce empire, we serve it instead of god or the common good.
mother power
Note: Today is Mothers Day in the U.S. But this place has another, older name – Turtle Island – given to it by its first peoples. Today I cede this time and space to mothers of Turtle Island. Their message is so very relevant to the climate emergency, and their words are more eloquent than mine.
changing our words to change the climate
Wisdom traditions have different rules for different kinds of members. Universal rules apply to all members. Changing behavior around air travel may not be for everybody. Talking about climate crisis should be.
new moon, april 2025
Wisdom communities make choices about what to embrace and what to renounce, including modes of transportation. Is renouncing air travel wise? Necessary? Delusional?
which story are we living?
“I will tell you something about stories. They aren’t just entertainment. Don’t be fooled. They are all we have to fight off illness and death. You don’t have anything if you don’t have the stories. The evil of the world is mighty, but it can’t stand up to our stories.” (Leslie Marmon Silko)
the four spheres of awareness
The foundation of future wisdom traditions rests on harmony among four roles: poet, prophet, scientist, and god. They have to agree, beginning with the simplest of things: how human beings experience reality. And they must convince us of the same thing. The Four Spheres of Awareness are a beginning.