It’s been a while since I recorded an episode of Toward a New World. I am standing at a threshold – starting a new podcast in January. Before moving on, I want to honor where I’ve been and share what is emerging now. Honoring Where I’ve Been When I paused the podcast, I didn’t know […]
I had a realization this morning that arrived very quietly and softly, yet captivating me.The kind of insight that rearranges something deep inside without fanfare. It began with healing. I suddenly saw that one of the reasons we humans struggle to heal—physically, emotionally, spiritually—is because we assume that today is going to be the same […]
I just moved – again after 4 years in the same place. I had not even had unpcked everything, many boxes just stored in the garage. Knowing I would downsize, I had been busy for months going through my belongings, deciding what to keep and what to let go of. That was of the things […]
Fifteen minutes passed. No one came. The Zoom room was quiet, still. And to my surprise, I wasn’t disappointed. There was no tightness in my chest, no voice whispering that I had failed. Something had shifted. The story that used to run—”if no one responds, you don’t matter”—was simply… absent. And in that absence, I […]
There’s a kind of wildness in the air again. Unrest, protest, outrage—each side blaming the other, convinced that if only they would change, peace would return. But beneath the surface narratives, something older is stirring. Something archetypal. Something that doesn’t belong to left or right, but to the human soul. Reading Charles Eisenstein’s essay on […]
The flash-flooding in Texas and New Mexico had me contemplate what si going on. Is it an event influenced by climate change? Is it one as a result of geo-engineering? Geo-engineering with malicious intent? Here are some of the thoughts that came up: We once danced with the seasons, planted by the moon, and listened […]
A Contemplation on Indra’s Net, Quantum Physics, and the Web of Becoming What if the world isn’t something happening to us—but something happening through us?What if our thoughts, our presence, our very way of being are shaping the fabric of reality right now? In quantum physics, we learn that observation changes the observed. The act […]
At the end of this reflection, we circle back to the beginning: surrender and belonging. Humanity’s great mistake was thinking ourselves apart from nature, above it, in control of it. That illusion of dominance has led us into loneliness and peril. The antidote is not a new technology or escape to another planet – it […]
Humans have a peculiar gift among creatures: by being aware of the beauty around us, we can experience profound awe. A bird likely doesn’t stop to admire a sunset for its own sake – but we do. Our very sense of separateness, of being an “I” observing a world out there, allows us to witness […]
I am halfway through the series of 6 posts. If you desire to read the full version, you can find it on my Substack account No amount of logical reasoning can truly convince a person that the universe is alive and ensouled – that knowledge blooms from a deeper soil of feeling. Think about the […]
