Once upon a time, humans roamed the Earth, plucking all their sustenance from her ever-fertile fields and forests and waters. As they foraged for their food, their shelter and their clothing among the living beings of the Earth, her plants, animals, birds and water creatures, they noticed that there was more to Earth than just her physical forms. It started … Continue reading →
In the Western world, and in fact in most of the world today, our economic system is based on the ideas and ideals of capitalism. It’s the economic water we swim in, so close to our living breathing bodies that we can barely pull back far enough to look objectively at what it actually is. And it doesn’t help that … Continue reading →
There are two very important areas of human bonding that so far have not been addressed by attachment theory, at least as far as I know. Traditionally, attachment theory has focused on the physical and emotional aspects of bonding, but not the mental and spiritual aspects. This blog is a beginning exploration of these additional realms of human attachment. My … Continue reading →
A recent study found that almost 20% of California’s forests are now ‘zombie forests’. What’s a zombie forest? It’s a forest growing in a climate that has become too warm and dry for new saplings to establish themselves. Mature trees, with their deep roots, can hold on for a time, but when they die, they are not replaced. Regeneration of … Continue reading →
As we all know, there are fundamental instincts that provide the drives necessary for physical survival. These are strong forces that make us seek out sustenance, shelter and warmth. They also propel us towards emotional attachment, sexual connection and social bonding. These three instincts – the survival instinct, the attachment/sexual instinct and the social instinct – are an integral part … Continue reading →
Various prophecies predict the collapse of the world financial system in the foreseeable future. How would such a collapse come about? I’m no economist, and only moderately versed in financial matters, but here is a possible future scenario that I see. As we all know, the climate is changing, driven by increasing CO2 emissions and a steadily rising average global … Continue reading →
In my travels through the more esoteric spiritual writings, I have come across two authors who delineate various levels of human consciousness. Both describe a hierarchy of ever-expanding awareness from the most basic animal level to the most enlightened. Ultimately of course, there are no hierarchies. All states of consciousness simply are what they are, and all humans simply inhabit … Continue reading →
I’m going to start this blog with a provocative statement. The climate crisis has not been created by the burning of fossils fuels, but by the level of consciousness that continues to burn them. So what is this ‘level of consciousness’ that I am talking about? From antiquity until today, the understanding of most spiritual traditions has been that there … Continue reading →
Forty years ago, the basics of atmospheric CO2, global warming and climate change were pretty much settled, even if the details were still to be refined. Since then, thousands of suggestions, ideas, plans, research papers and petitions have been created presenting methods for addressing the eventual climate chaos. These smart, reasonable and scientifically-verified ideas have been praised, circulated, approved, accepted … Continue reading →
How did we get here? How have we orchestrated our own possible extinction on a climate-wrecked planet? Why have we not acted on decades of sober advice about where we were heading? And why, now that we’re on the brink of climate collapse and the collapse of life on earth, are we not taking every conceivable step to ward off … Continue reading →