In search of wisdom: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis with John Vervaeke
March 1, 2021
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This past summer, a colleague from the US sent me a video featuring John Vervaeke in conversation with Nora Bateson.
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Rethinking Conservation in a Changing World – A Holistic Approach in Botswana
February 11, 2021
2 Comments
3rd Space: Welcome Tempe. You’ve been working in Africa for almost nine years as a conservation scientist, a critical area
David Choquehuanca – A New Pachakuti in Bolivia
January 10, 2021
1 Comment
December 1st, 2020 After a decade as Chancellor of Evo Morales, David Choquehuanca was the leader chosen by the Pacto
Why are we here? Getting to grips with the QUESTion Project
November 20, 2020
1 Comment
3rd Space: Welcome Gerard and Francesca! Could you start by telling us what the QUESTion Project is, what are its aims and
Mindfulness and Meditation – a secular hijack?
October 20, 2020
7 Comments
The practice of Mindfulness, as everyone knows, has taken off in a big way in the western hemisphere. It is
The Opposite of a Cynic: David Graeber, 1961-2020
September 21, 2020
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What is the opposite of a cynic? I have been wondering about this question since I heard the news of
The Need For A New Politics
August 20, 2020
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In 1991 India changed. We opened up. We started becoming part of the global economy. Globalisation finally engulfed us. Slowly some disturbing signs
Filmmaker Renate Keller on her documentary of Indian mystic and social activist, Vimala Thakar
August 1, 2020
2 Comments
3rd Space: Welcome Renata. You recently completed a documentary on the life and message of Vimala Thakar, called The Fire of Dancing
Requiem for Nature in Britain – Devastation in our Green and Pleasant Land
June 27, 2020
3 Comments
Our hearts go out when we see one of those awful pictures of a disoriented, lost orangutan in the debris
Being at Home in the World
June 3, 2020
4 Comments
There is a very long history in the western world to our experience of being a separate individual, atomised from
Psychedelic Communities, Social Justice, and Kinship in the Capitalocene
April 28, 2020
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Is therapy and “self-help” the best or only paradigm for psychedelic culture to flourish? Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk offer
A Civilisational Pause – What Will Follow ‘Normal’?
April 7, 2020
6 Comments
No one could have imagined the behemoth of neoliberal capitalism – the god and engine of modern life – brought
Tu Weiming: Spiritual Humanism: An Emerging Global Discourse
March 7, 2020
No Comments
In this video, Professor Tu Weiming, versed in eastern and western thought, gives a beautifully articulate and cogent talk on
Ceiba – Revolutionising the Shipping Industry
February 25, 2020
1 Comment
In February 2020 Antarctica hit an unthinkable record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius, rivalling that of an average (summer) June
Gandhi in the 21st Century
December 3, 2019
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“I hope the fragrance of the non-violence of India would permeate the whole world. I often wonder if that hope
Post-Material Science Already Exists
November 12, 2019
No Comments
Today, thousands of professionals around the world use knowledge that is at the frontier of conventional science with fantastic results,
Pressing ‘Reset’ in the Anthropocene: Global Social Witnessing as an Awareness-Based Practice for Global Citizenship
October 15, 2019
No Comments
You swipe through your favourite news site while sitting in a train, and you enter the typical bombardment of information
A Question of Progress
September 2, 2019
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Part One: Positive Disintegration – are we willing? “Something ancient asks us to give account of our centrality. To
A Question of Progress
September 2, 2019
No Comments
Part Two: Breaking the Cycle – conscious uncivilising “Its very difficult to ask people to give up the assumptions by
Poems of Sushri Sangita Mishra
July 11, 2019
6 Comments
The Poems: Truth I have walked very long on the rocky bed of time In my effort to excavate
The Problem with Western Universalism (long read)
June 1, 2019
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Part 1. The Sabarimala Temple Controversy In January 2019, I read two related articles in the media that immediately caught
Extinction Rebellion & the Climate Emergency – The Case for Civil Disruption (long read)
May 18, 2019
No Comments
Alexandria Villsenor, 13, has spent every Friday since December wrapped in a winter coat outside the United Nations headquarters in
Century of the Self part 1: “Happiness Machines” (video)
April 29, 2019
No Comments
This documentary series is a deeply insightful study of how the consumerist driven, capitalist, liberal democracies of the modern world were formed in the early 20th century.
“This is not a University subject, this is a universal subject” – Dr. Vasudevan speaking on Ayurveda
March 31, 2019
3 Comments
Western medicine, like the worldview that sustains it, for all its incredible achievements, and there are many, has a profound inbuilt limitation.
Reinterpreting Vaastu
March 20, 2019
5 Comments
Sashikala Ananth is a leading exponent in India of Vaastu, the traditional architecture of the Indic civilisation.
Dialogue with Alnoor Ladha – in nine short podcasts
January 12, 2019
No Comments
We met Alnoor Ladha at his home in Tierra Valiente, the community he helped create in 2016 in Costa Rica.
#’Me-too’ to ‘We-too’
January 10, 2019
No Comments
This essay looks specifically at the unresolved issue of gender relations, and its cross-cultural intersections as highlighted by the #MeToo movement.
Tradition through the Looking-Glass
January 5, 2019
1 Comment
In India, my experience of tradition (and just about everything else) was like going down the rabbit hole.
Spaces of Transformation – Epistemologies of the South (video)
January 4, 2019
No Comments
To Boaventura de Sousa Santos, understanding of the world far exceeds Western understanding of the world. Even though there is a growing recognition in the west of the cultural diversity of the world, he believes this does not extend to a recognition of the diversity of knowledge systems of the world.
In search of wisdom: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis with John Vervaeke
March 1, 2021
1 Comment
This past summer, a colleague from the US sent me a video featuring John Vervaeke in conversation with Nora Bateson.
Rethinking Conservation in a Changing World – A Holistic Approach in Botswana
February 11, 2021
2 Comments
3rd Space: Welcome Tempe. You’ve been working in Africa for almost nine years as a conservation scientist, a critical area
David Choquehuanca – A New Pachakuti in Bolivia
January 10, 2021
1 Comment
December 1st, 2020 After a decade as Chancellor of Evo Morales, David Choquehuanca was the leader chosen by the Pacto
Why are we here? Getting to grips with the QUESTion Project
November 20, 2020
1 Comment
3rd Space: Welcome Gerard and Francesca! Could you start by telling us what the QUESTion Project is, what are its aims and
Mindfulness and Meditation – a secular hijack?
October 20, 2020
7 Comments
The practice of Mindfulness, as everyone knows, has taken off in a big way in the western hemisphere. It is
The Opposite of a Cynic: David Graeber, 1961-2020
September 21, 2020
No Comments
What is the opposite of a cynic? I have been wondering about this question since I heard the news of
The Need For A New Politics
August 20, 2020
No Comments
In 1991 India changed. We opened up. We started becoming part of the global economy. Globalisation finally engulfed us. Slowly some disturbing signs
Filmmaker Renate Keller on her documentary of Indian mystic and social activist, Vimala Thakar
August 1, 2020
2 Comments
3rd Space: Welcome Renata. You recently completed a documentary on the life and message of Vimala Thakar, called The Fire of Dancing
Requiem for Nature in Britain – Devastation in our Green and Pleasant Land
June 27, 2020
3 Comments
Our hearts go out when we see one of those awful pictures of a disoriented, lost orangutan in the debris
Being at Home in the World
June 3, 2020
4 Comments
There is a very long history in the western world to our experience of being a separate individual, atomised from
Psychedelic Communities, Social Justice, and Kinship in the Capitalocene
April 28, 2020
No Comments
Is therapy and “self-help” the best or only paradigm for psychedelic culture to flourish? Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk offer
A Civilisational Pause – What Will Follow ‘Normal’?
April 7, 2020
6 Comments
No one could have imagined the behemoth of neoliberal capitalism – the god and engine of modern life – brought
Tu Weiming: Spiritual Humanism: An Emerging Global Discourse
March 7, 2020
No Comments
In this video, Professor Tu Weiming, versed in eastern and western thought, gives a beautifully articulate and cogent talk on
Ceiba – Revolutionising the Shipping Industry
February 25, 2020
1 Comment
In February 2020 Antarctica hit an unthinkable record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius, rivalling that of an average (summer) June
Gandhi in the 21st Century
December 3, 2019
No Comments
“I hope the fragrance of the non-violence of India would permeate the whole world. I often wonder if that hope
Post-Material Science Already Exists
November 12, 2019
No Comments
Today, thousands of professionals around the world use knowledge that is at the frontier of conventional science with fantastic results,
Pressing ‘Reset’ in the Anthropocene: Global Social Witnessing as an Awareness-Based Practice for Global Citizenship
October 15, 2019
No Comments
You swipe through your favourite news site while sitting in a train, and you enter the typical bombardment of information
A Question of Progress
September 2, 2019
No Comments
Part One: Positive Disintegration – are we willing? “Something ancient asks us to give account of our centrality. To
A Question of Progress
September 2, 2019
No Comments
Part Two: Breaking the Cycle – conscious uncivilising “Its very difficult to ask people to give up the assumptions by
Poems of Sushri Sangita Mishra
July 11, 2019
6 Comments
The Poems: Truth I have walked very long on the rocky bed of time In my effort to excavate
The Problem with Western Universalism (long read)
June 1, 2019
No Comments
Part 1. The Sabarimala Temple Controversy In January 2019, I read two related articles in the media that immediately caught
Extinction Rebellion & the Climate Emergency – The Case for Civil Disruption (long read)
May 18, 2019
No Comments
Alexandria Villsenor, 13, has spent every Friday since December wrapped in a winter coat outside the United Nations headquarters in
Century of the Self part 1: “Happiness Machines” (video)
April 29, 2019
No Comments
This documentary series is a deeply insightful study of how the consumerist driven, capitalist, liberal democracies of the modern world were formed in the early 20th century.
“This is not a University subject, this is a universal subject” – Dr. Vasudevan speaking on Ayurveda
March 31, 2019
3 Comments
Western medicine, like the worldview that sustains it, for all its incredible achievements, and there are many, has a profound inbuilt limitation.
Reinterpreting Vaastu
March 20, 2019
5 Comments
Sashikala Ananth is a leading exponent in India of Vaastu, the traditional architecture of the Indic civilisation.
Dialogue with Alnoor Ladha – in nine short podcasts
January 12, 2019
No Comments
We met Alnoor Ladha at his home in Tierra Valiente, the community he helped create in 2016 in Costa Rica.
#’Me-too’ to ‘We-too’
January 10, 2019
No Comments
This essay looks specifically at the unresolved issue of gender relations, and its cross-cultural intersections as highlighted by the #MeToo movement.
Tradition through the Looking-Glass
January 5, 2019
1 Comment
In India, my experience of tradition (and just about everything else) was like going down the rabbit hole.
Spaces of Transformation – Epistemologies of the South (video)
January 4, 2019
No Comments
To Boaventura de Sousa Santos, understanding of the world far exceeds Western understanding of the world. Even though there is a growing recognition in the west of the cultural diversity of the world, he believes this does not extend to a recognition of the diversity of knowledge systems of the world.