Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Now is the time for Love. Below is Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson’s rousing keynote address at the World Woman Summit 2019 in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 22, 2019. “The rule that should guide us is the dictate of the heart. . .” “Sisterhood has got to mean standing for every woman’s right to […]
Thanks to Len. A good reminder from 2018 that brought tears to my eyes. 800 Jews, Christians, Muslims sing ‘One Love’ in Jerusalem Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21C, July 8, 2018 https://www.israel21c.org/800-jews-christians-muslims-sing-one-love-in-jerusalem/ At five minutes to midnight on June 14, 2018, about 800 people waited to enter Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum. Jews, Muslims and Christians, […]
Hong Kong elections: Pro-democracy groups makes big gains BBC.com, Nov. 24, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50531408 Hong Kong’s opposition pro-democracy movement has made unprecedented gains in the Chinese territory’s district council elections, early results show. According to local media counts, 17 of the 18 councils are now controlled by pro-democracy councillors. Despite fears the vote could be disrupted […]
And a little child shall lead them…. 10-Year-old Recycling Hero Swoops into Capitol Hill to Help Save U.S. Recycling From Collapse Good News Network, Nov. 17, 2019 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/10-year-old-swoops-into-dc-to-support-recycling-bill/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=20-11-2019 A young recycling phenom named Ryan Hickman visited Capitol Hill last month to give a significant push to a society-wide standardized labeling system designed to eliminate recycling […]
How a caterpillar came to fly would be a question a caterpillar would try to answer from the limited perspective of what already exists, Werner says. The creation of a context dissolves limitations; it transforms the condition of unworkability and creates an opportunity for solutions to occur, that did not previously exist. Werner Erhard, The […]
If the purpose of life is that we travel through lifetime after lifetime, slowly dispelling ignorance of our true identity until we fully and permanently realize that identity as the One; If everyone – alive and transitioned, in form and formless, on this planet and on the countless others on which (and beyond which) life […]
The Hunger Project is not an agreement of people who consider themselves to be part of it. It is an alignment of wholes or Selves, each of whom takes total responsibility for the outcome. “The Hunger Project is not you doing your part. It is a transformation from you doing your part, to you being […]
Winston Churchill hoped that the staunch defiance of the British people going into the Battle of Britain in World War II would be “their finest hour.” We too face a coming storm – although we’re not going into battle. Quite the contrary. Our finest hour would see us healing the wounds of nations and peoples […]
When we create a context, there’s a shift in the space in which things are held. It’s that shift in the climate, the space that makes things suddenly workable. The Hunger Project is a natural consequence of the experience of individual and personal responsibility, of our Self’s experience that hunger and starvation exist in our […]
Werner tells us that context generates process. A contextually-generated process aligns the existing forces within the context. Then the aligned forces provide a condition of workability. Werner Erhard, The End of Starvation: Creating an Idea Whose Time Has Come. 1977, at http://www.wernererhard.net/thpsource.html In a newly-created context the most important position is the position, “It can’t […]
Only Bridging Can Heal a World of Breaking John A. Powell, Yes! Magazine, Nov. 12, 2019 https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/building-bridges/heal-divide-break-bridging-20191112 Meaningful bridging—like real integration—must acknowledge, respect, and appreciate difference as a starting point. At a time of heightened polarization and intense inequality in the United States and around the world, social differences run the risk of being turned […]
The project to put a man on the moon by the end of the Sixties is an example of creating a context, which transcended the forces ranged against it, and brought about the result. The use of a deadline allows for an orchestration of efforts which would not be possible if we left the goal […]
What makes an idea one whose time has come? An idea’s time comes when the state of its existence is transformed from content into context. The matter is not something we can figure out with our minds. This work transcends ordinary intellect. Werner Erhard, The End of Starvation: Creating an Idea Whose Time Has Come. […]
Slavery in many forms – forced marriage, human trafficking, sex slavery, etc. – still exists today. I call for an end to all forms of human slavery everywhere on the planet by Jan. 1, 2022. Your seafood dinner could be tied to slavery on fishing vessels, says journalist Padrag Moran, CBC.com, Nov. 12, 2019 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-nov-12-2019-1.5356218/your-seafood-dinner-could-be-tied-to-slavery-on-fishing-vessels-says-journalist-1.5356641 […]
I remember how I’d sit around doing precious little as a child until the day arrived when I could join a baseball team. All of a sudden I had a structured activity that I enjoyed in my life. I had a sense of belonging – I wore a black baseball cap, belonged to Dietrich Collins […]
