by Pauline Schneider What is acceptance? Relinquishing of one’s will? The cessation of struggling? The great pause at the moment of silent realization that nothing you do will change the outcome? Perhaps the most frequent first question Guy gets after…
I continue to receive abundant criticism for driving an automobile and taking flights on commercial airlines. These critiques obviously originate from caves to which water is carried via gourd from the nearby stream and the only meat is derived from…
I've spent the last several days in rural Ecuador. I consulted with my hostess regarding her homestead, delivered a presentation, and facilitated a grief-recovery workshop. Embedded below is the introductory portion of the workshop, with the presentation to follow in…
by Ray Jason at The Sea Gypsy Philosopher It was a self-imposed exile. My initial diagnosis was “world weariness,” but after a few days of solitude on the Rio Chagres, it became clear to me that my true ailment…
by Godofredo Aravena If disaster is in the near horizon, my first question is: Are the survivalists going to replicate the same system that took all of us to the disaster? It is quite clear to me that if the…
When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. People around you feel it, though. It's the same when you're stupid. My promotion of a gift economy seems stupid because it doesn't involve the pursuit of money. As a result, I…
by Alton C. Thompson And the winner is . . . “one against”! According to Juan Cole, there are at least “5 Reasons Solar Energy Will Save the World.” This article heading appears under the heading: Since…