- To live in radical joyous shared servanthood to unify humanity. The Earth is but ONE country and all the living beings its citizens.
Category Archives: nonviolence
Love Your Opponents: You Don’t Need to Like Them
by Martin Luther King Jr. (Jan 18, 2013) There will come a time, in many instances, when the person who hates you most, the person who has misused you most, the person who has gossiped about you most, the person who … Continue reading
Giving Somebody Your Heart
by Christopher Lowman (Jan 11, 2013) In every interaction you have with another human being—doesn’t matter who—you always have two main choices. (The keyword is choice.) One choice usually leads to logical (boring) interaction, politeness, formalities. And, more importantly, a lack of … Continue reading
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Intergenerational Justice & Responsible Caring
by Kathleen Dean Moore (Dec 28, 2012) Our generation is witnessing the end of the old era and the start of a new one, when human culture will determine the future of the Earth. Theologian Thomas Berry said, “My generation has … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Safina, Cenozoic, Climate Change, injustice, intergenerational, justice, Kathleen Dean Moore, Moral Ground, The Great Turning, Thomas Berry
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Our Ecological Self: A Great Source Of Strength
by Joanna Macy (Dec 21, 2012) Rather than viewing our self as a fixed thing with characteristics that can’t be changed, we can think of ourselves as a flow of becoming. This perspective invites a greater sense of possibility. We participate … Continue reading
The Fire Of Creativity & Falling In Love Again
by Matthew Fox (Dec 14, 2012) The choir sang this morning about fire and water, so I’d like to speak a few words about the fire of creativity and the water of community. I wrote a book a couple of years ago called Creativity: … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, falling in love again, fire, fire of creativity, Liberation Theology, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Oakland, Occupy Oakland, Oscar Romero, sermon, St. Thomas Aquinas
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What Did You Do Once You Knew?
by Drew Dellinger (Nov 30, 2012) It’s 3:23 in the morning and I’m awake because my great great grandchildren won’t let me sleep my great great grandchildren ask me in dreams what did you do while the Planet was plundered? what … Continue reading
A Declaration of Dependence
–by Satish Kumar (Oct 26, 2012) The Declaration of Independence in 1776 [of the part of the Planet we call the U.S.] may have been right in its time and context. At times of slavery, colonialism and imperialism, it is right and … Continue reading
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Everything Is A Miracle
–by Albert Einstein (Oct 19, 2012) There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that … Continue reading
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Towards Wholeness: Truth Is A Pathless Land
-by Jiddu Krishnamurti (Sep 13, 2012) I maintain that Truth is a pathless land. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. If … Continue reading
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Tagged Jiddu Krishnamurti, Krishnamurti, meditation
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