Exploring the concept of edge-dwelling reveals how viewing cultures and civilizations from their peripheries can enhance understanding and foster new visions. This perspective allows for clearer insights into internal dynamics and external possibilities, especially in the context of societal challenges and climate change.

Cultural shifts in meat consumption are underway as society begins to challenge the long-standing norms surrounding animal products in meals. This article explores how social norms can evolve through education and exposure to healthier, sustainable food choices, highlighting initiatives that aim to reduce reliance on meat and promote plant-based diets.

Simple living is gaining popularity as people seek fulfillment beyond consumerism. Influenced by historical figures like Socrates and John Woolman, modern enthusiasts are embracing a lifestyle that prioritizes meaningful experiences over material possessions. This shift is partly driven by economic pressures and a desire for less cluttered lives, focusing on relationships and personal growth.

I used to believe several things about the twenty-first century that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s election in 2016 have shown me are false. 

Talk of fundamental change in the world around us is often met with skepticism. Change in society, we are told, is never really fundamental: as the French saying goes, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (the more things change, the more they are the same). A more sophisticated variant of the prevalent view adds that certain processes in society — trends — make a significant difference...

You have chosen to come upon this earth from many diversified energies. In this melting pot that you call America, you have chosen to extend your energies to flow with one another.

The hierarchical elite that has always controlled information and knowledge is in fact the world ego of the planetary group soul, of which we are all a part. Over the years to come, you will witness the grandiose and magnificent process of the planetary group soul breaking free from its ego's dominance.

Zoologist & paleo-anthropologist Hank Wesselman is a scientist with a foot in two worlds. He spent 30 years researching evolution in the Great Rift Valley in Africa and has also trained in shamanism for more than twenty years. He sees evidence that widespread and transformational spiritual awakening is...

I was feeling sad one morning, feeling the state of the world in my heart, and remembering how I felt at 20 after taking a University class entitled 'History of Human Conflict'. At that time, after learning about wars that had been in existence since "forever" it seemed, I asked myself 'Won't mankind ever learn?' And today, many years later, I find myself asking the same question.

Making changes requires purposefulness. We have to really wake up to the fact that we are not machines randomly responding to chance events in the world. We are actually a purposeful consciousness.

Throughout the years, I became more cognizant of the high levels of stress, anxiety, suffering, and exhaustion that are the signature of our modem lifestyle. It became clear that the vision of woman being offered by the dream merchants of our Western society was extremely problematic.

Nowadays, senior business executives and colleagues go on wilderness quests to get in touch with their creativity, build stronger relationships, and seek insights into the vision, philosophy, and future direction of the company they work for. This is the "new shamanism" of the corporate office and its popularity is growing.

A fulfilled negative prophecy is a failed prophecy. The reason a negative prophecy is being given to us is for the SOLE PURPOSE of inspiring us to correct our behavior patterns so the negativity will be averted.

The suggestion that we do away with mythology is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of myth and of the human psyche. Myth in some form is inevitable and necessary. What is our goal, our meaning, our purpose as human beings? These are the questions a myth can answer.

Tales of gloom and doom abound for the millennium. This article offers a shift in our reality - things we can do to make the shift we desire.