Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Alabama unveils statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks Seattle Times/Associated Press, Dec. 1, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/rt67h4s MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was dedicated in Alabama’s capital city on Sunday, the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Someone asked me, you said you were aligning on creating an end to pedophilia by Jan. 1, 2020. What happened? Well, the answer is nothing happened. I didn’t know what to do to make the context come alive and no one I know of joined me and aligned on it. And so it may be […]
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 […]
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 […]
When I consider creating contexts for various events worldwide, I run into the difficulty that I don’t have the knowledge needed to guess what sequence of events may be appropriate for, say, a Subsaharan African nation. If everyone there had a universal basic income and not very much to spend it on, of what use […]
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 […]
TEDxConcordiaUPortland – Sharif Abdullah – A World for All – It’s our Choice Dr. Shariff Abdullah (he recently changed the spelling of his name for numerological reasons) (1) contacted me recently to inform me of the fact that he’d published a book called Creating a World that Works for All in 1999. (2) His research […]
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 […]
How can we effect change without losing inclusivity? Michael said recently: “Do not get caught in the drama of white hats or black hats, or good guys or bad guys. All beings are birthed directly from the Heart of One upon this beautiful Planet of Gaia, and far beyond. “There is no being beyond redemption, […]
