“Conspiracy theories are the extreme resort of the powerless, imagining what it would be like to be powerful…as the technologically augmented and accelerated world trends toward the opposite of simplicity, as it becomes more – and more visibly –...
Philosopher and scholar Paul Tillich determined that humanity was thrust out of the dark ages and into the Renaissance due to the efforts and awakening of only 1,000 people. 1,000 people unlocked new capacity in their brains that let them enact a higher consciousness,...
Last week a story broke in the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/nyregion/shambhala-sexual-misconduct.html). The leader of one of the largest meditation movements in the west was alleged of sexually abusing women. Mipham Rinpoche—the head of Shambala...
I have noticed with greater frequency that people are giving up on the idea of transformation. Most don’t even believe it’s possible anymore. For a few years now I have given talks across the USA and made my intentions very clear. I want to play a role in creating the...
I spent the weekend doing one of my favorite activities in Chicago: roaming the city with my wife Laura, book and computer tucked in my backpack, no particular agenda. A perfect summer weekend of exploring, discovering, reading, and for me, the thing that brings the...
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