In this compelling video filmed in 1995, listen to Ram Dass interview Carlos Warter and then think about where we are right now, today, as a society. We must have hope. We must put out as much as we can to affect a little bit of change which can ripple out to Read more…
Every New Year’s Eve, I do a ritual of review before setting my intentions for the new cycle. I am spending some quiet time reviewing the past year’s challenges, lessons and accomplishments. The most powerful learning is: I am here, I have survived, I am loving, I care. 2020’s New Read more…
In late November 1943, as World War II raged in Europe and the Pacific, leaders of the ‘Big Three’ allied nations– the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, held a key strategy meeting in Tehran. It’s hard to imagine anymore that the United States and Soviet Union were, at Read more…
There is COVID-19 and it’s effects and yet what makes it neither admissible, nor tolerable is the RACIAL PANDEMIC that has lasted in this country for centuries. It was not addressed in the Declaration of Independence which always required the amendment which states that ALL MEN AND WOMEN OF WHATEVER Read more…
It’s harder than ever these days to tell fact from fiction. Our lives have become so inundated with information — some good, some bad, most biased, all partial — at the end of the day it can be hard for some people to tell up from down. And as we Read more…
We are, as you know, in an unprecedented time of contradiction, great tragedy, great suffering and a parallel urge to heal all which has led to this. The Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is physically isolating us from each other and so connection and interconnection are the medicines. The normal Read more…
This mess the world finds itself in isn’t the fault of the politicians. They are people who have taken the position to do the same all from a position of power and self advantage, only. We have collectively allowed ourselves to get to this point. Instead of naturally letting community Read more…
Within living memory of the Holocaust, after which the world said it would never happen again, antisemitism has returned. What is antisemitism and why should its return be cause for grave concern, not only for Jews, but for all of us? Historically, antisemitism has been hard to define, because it Read more…
We live in a time of great spiritual hunger, but within each of us is a means of ending this famine. People around the world are beginning to sense the presence of a seed inside them. This seed has long been ignored by psychology, sociology, and the medical profession. Without Read more…
