Vanessa Machado de Oliveira : Hospicing Modernity
"Within modernity, we are conditioned to want to cover everything with a heavy blanket of fixed meanings, to index reality in language, to word the world. Carl Mika, a Maori philosopher and friend,...
View ArticleThat's My Jazz
A father's love is center stage in this magical video of reflections from the renowned pastry chef Milt Abel II as he describes his relationship with his father, legendary Kansas City jazz musician...
View ArticleGrace Before Dinner
"Twenty five years ago I started Greens restaurant in San Francisco, then left to live in Rome, where I began writing on food and cooking. I departed Rome just as the Slow Food movement took root there...
View ArticleGeorge's Best Friend: A Christmas Story
A new neighbor moved in next door. His name was George, and he was an older gentleman. He always nodded a greeting when he saw us. It was around Thanksgiving when we saw him park in his space near...
View ArticleOn Hope: A Conversation with Jacob Needleman
"When we're in touch with another kind of consciousness, or level of understanding, that is what brings hope. It's not because it hopes for money or pleasure, or anything like that. Yes, that's a...
View ArticleA Special Kind of Grace: The Remarkable Story of the Devadosses
He was a writer and an artist whose captivating pen-and-ink drawings, books and greeting cards reflect the beauty of southern India. His wife helped compose his work. What makes their story...
View ArticlePico Iyer: The Craft and Life of a Restless Writer
"As Time magazines travel correspondent since 1986, Pico Iyer has visited nearly every corner of the globe in search of the astonishing, remarkable, bizarre, and profound. Hes the author of bestselling...
View ArticleEarwitness to Place
"Seeing is a relatively passive event. Hearing, on the other hand, is almost entirely physical; component parts of our being respond to incoming waves of air pressure, oscillating in cyclical patterns...
View ArticleThe Fearless Organization
A completely fearless organization is an aspiration that will always remain slightly out of reach. It will never be the case that every single person shows up at work with a fearless stance that looks...
View ArticleFinding Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger than You
"Tami Simon speaks with author and activist Lynne Twist about her new book, Living a Committed Life, and discovering the role we each must play to usher in a new era for humanity. Tune in for an...
View ArticleNew Year Transformation: Resources for the Journey
"The New year often brings with it a welcome sense of possibility as we bid farewell to the old and embrace the potential of what's to come. Even as global challenges continue to contribute to a sense...
View ArticleDoorways to Our Childhood Selves
"At the beginning of each new year, I consider my favorite poets, writers, poems, and stories. They provide ways to claim a voice yet to be discovered. I write about this in an essay, 'Doorways to Our...
View ArticleThe Best Greater Good Articles of 2022
Here is a fascinating round-up of the most-read Greater Good articles from the past year-- along with favorites picked by their editors. Ranging from ways to stop procrastinating, and how to stay open...
View ArticleThe Most Beautiful Science of the Year
"When we look back at the stories we've told this year, we're thrilled at the range of their insights. The stories venture from the bottom of the sea to as far as a telescope can see, shifting...
View ArticleOtto Scharmer on The Four Levels of Listening
"In my years of working with groups and organizations, I have identified four basic types of listening. Ya, I know that already. The first type of listening is downloading: listening by reconfirming...
View ArticleLetter to Tomorrow
An egg; a perfect package of hope. Sit down and allow your heart to open; allow your mind to quiet. Then connect with this beautiful poem by Jackie Morris and ponder how to hold your own hope.
View ArticleThe Systems View of Life
"This essay is excerpted from The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision, by Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi (2014, Cambridge University Press). The book integrates the ideas, models, and theories...
View ArticleFive Thoughts About Sacrifice
"Sacrifice zone is defined as a geographic area that has been permanently impaired by environmental damage, often through locally unwanted land use. Take, for example, the boreal forest surrounding...
View ArticleGrowing Through the Cracks: A Conversation with Sachi Maniar
Over the past ten years, Sachi Maniar has nurtured breathing spaces for young people in the midst of profound intensity. When she first stumbled into the company of youth in conflict with the law, with...
View ArticleIkebana and the Jedi Model
"The Japanese traditional arts including ikebana have adopted the apprenticeship model [of the Jedi]. Once you enter the world of ikebana, you are trained under one certain master for at least several...
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