Rudolph Steiner: One of the World’s Greatest Thinkers
I was watching a film on biodynamic agriculture which was taken to India by Peter Procter, a New Zealand expert on soils. This process of organic agriculture is having a profound impact on India (refer http://www.i-sis.org.uk/biodynamicFarming.php). Many farmers are seeking organic alternatives to the chemical induced farming practices of the Green Revolution which has destroyed… Continue reading
Clowns: The Mirrors of Humanity
I was sent this article about a clown who I could relate to. I felt inspired to be a real clown, I don’t know about traditional, but typically when I clown it comes from the heart. I love to see people smile and be happy, it is truly my joy. You may not change the… Continue reading
From Financial Collapse to the GNH of a New Earth
FROM FINANCIAL COLLAPSE TO THE GNH OF A NEW EARTH
The debt bubble,
Carries dreams and hopes,
As the children of the future,
Are mortgaged,
Before their sub-prime,
As their future is no longer,
An option.
The economic system,
Is a global model,
Where supply meets demand,
Graphing equilibrium,
As price settings,
Delivering average prices,… Continue reading
International Enlightened Self Interest is Co-operation
The environmental and financial crisis is forcing countries to rise above self interest in a new climate of international enlightened self interest. The realisation that when countries operate out of self interest, their own interests are undermined. The reality is we are all inter-connected in a globalised system and an environmental commons that cannot operate… Continue reading
Enlightened Self Interest
Enlightened self interest is to step away from egoic behaviour that focusses on right and wrong. Fear has governed mindsets of right and wrong and justifies great harm on the basis of self interest. Those working in jobs that are unethical or undermining would step into enlightened self interest by stepping away from behaviour that… Continue reading
Viktor Frankl: Responsibility is Hope
Somehow Gareth Evans (former Foreign Minister, Australia) comes to mind with his concept ‘the Responsibility to Protect’. I thought a lot about man’s natural tendency to protect rather than violence. I see violence as a distortion and dysfunction through man’s personality, family and society. Hard to imagine how people can hurt each other, but they… Continue reading