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In times of trouble, you have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.
In times of trouble, you have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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In times of trouble, you have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.
In times of trouble, you have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.
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When a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to elevate the entire system to a higher order.
When a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to elevate the entire system to a higher order.
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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When a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to elevate the entire system to a higher order.
When a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to elevate the entire system to a higher order.
September 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Happy National Daughters Day to these three beauties . . .
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Happy National Daughters Day to these three beauties . . .
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Society is indeed a contract . . . a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Society is indeed a contract . . . a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Society is indeed a contract . . . a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Society is indeed a contract . . . a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
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Modern societies will depend increasingly on being creative, adaptable, inventive, well informed and flexible communities, able to respond generously to each other and to needs wherever they arise.
Modern societies will depend increasingly on being creative, adaptable, inventive, well informed and flexible communities, able to respond generously to each other and to needs wherever they arise.
September 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Modern societies will depend increasingly on being creative, adaptable, inventive, well informed and flexible communities, able to respond generously to each other and to needs wherever they arise.
Modern societies will depend increasingly on being creative, adaptable, inventive, well informed and flexible communities, able to respond generously to each other and to needs wherever they arise.
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To pluralize: to move away from paying attention only to one dominant whole, one optimum plan, and one superior leader, toward attending to multiple diverse holons (wholes that are part of the larger wholes), multiple emergent possibilities and multiple cocreators.
To pluralize: to move away from paying attention only to one dominant whole, one optimum plan, and one superior leader, toward attending to multiple diverse holons (wholes that are part of the larger wholes), multiple emergent possibilities and multiple cocreators.
September 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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To pluralize: to move away from paying attention only to one dominant whole, one optimum plan, and one superior leader, toward attending to multiple diverse holons (wholes that are part of the larger wholes), multiple emergent possibilities and multiple cocreators.
To pluralize: to move away from paying attention only to one dominant whole, one optimum plan, and one superior leader, toward attending to multiple diverse holons (wholes that are part of the larger wholes), multiple emergent possibilities and multiple cocreators.
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Though our escape from destructive contests is not a cosmic purpose, it is a human purpose.
Though our escape from destructive contests is not a cosmic purpose, it is a human purpose.
September 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Though our escape from destructive contests is not a cosmic purpose, it is a human purpose.
Though our escape from destructive contests is not a cosmic purpose, it is a human purpose.
#islandsofcoherence
There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas—every idea subverts the old to make way for the new.
There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas—every idea subverts the old to make way for the new.
September 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas—every idea subverts the old to make way for the new.
There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas—every idea subverts the old to make way for the new.
#islandsofcoherence
Our models are simplifications of the world. We figure that if we make a mistake, it will be at the margin. In complex systems, however, mistakes are not measured in degrees but in whole orders of magnitude.
Our models are simplifications of the world. We figure that if we make a mistake, it will be at the margin. In complex systems, however, mistakes are not measured in degrees but in whole orders of magnitude.
September 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Our models are simplifications of the world. We figure that if we make a mistake, it will be at the margin. In complex systems, however, mistakes are not measured in degrees but in whole orders of magnitude.
Our models are simplifications of the world. We figure that if we make a mistake, it will be at the margin. In complex systems, however, mistakes are not measured in degrees but in whole orders of magnitude.
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The competencies of the 20th century were focused on specialization and discrete skills. The 21st century requires a more holistic, relational, and adaptive human being.
The competencies of the 20th century were focused on specialization and discrete skills. The 21st century requires a more holistic, relational, and adaptive human being.
September 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The competencies of the 20th century were focused on specialization and discrete skills. The 21st century requires a more holistic, relational, and adaptive human being.
The competencies of the 20th century were focused on specialization and discrete skills. The 21st century requires a more holistic, relational, and adaptive human being.
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Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.
Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.
August 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.
Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.
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The urge to form partnerships, to link up in collaborative arrangements is perhaps the oldest, strongest, and most fundamental force in nature.
There are no solitary, free living creatures; every form of life is dependent on other forms.
The urge to form partnerships, to link up in collaborative arrangements is perhaps the oldest, strongest, and most fundamental force in nature.
There are no solitary, free living creatures; every form of life is dependent on other forms.
August 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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The urge to form partnerships, to link up in collaborative arrangements is perhaps the oldest, strongest, and most fundamental force in nature.
There are no solitary, free living creatures; every form of life is dependent on other forms.
The urge to form partnerships, to link up in collaborative arrangements is perhaps the oldest, strongest, and most fundamental force in nature.
There are no solitary, free living creatures; every form of life is dependent on other forms.
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For more than 300 years western thought has been dominated by the images of industrialism and the scientific method.
It's time to change metaphors. We have to move beyond linear, mechanistic metaphors to more organic metaphors of human growth and development.
For more than 300 years western thought has been dominated by the images of industrialism and the scientific method.
It's time to change metaphors. We have to move beyond linear, mechanistic metaphors to more organic metaphors of human growth and development.
August 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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For more than 300 years western thought has been dominated by the images of industrialism and the scientific method.
It's time to change metaphors. We have to move beyond linear, mechanistic metaphors to more organic metaphors of human growth and development.
For more than 300 years western thought has been dominated by the images of industrialism and the scientific method.
It's time to change metaphors. We have to move beyond linear, mechanistic metaphors to more organic metaphors of human growth and development.
#islandsofcoherence
And we are not victims. We are not guests. You and I are colleagues and co-creators with God—living in the midst of ongoing creation.
And we are not victims. We are not guests. You and I are colleagues and co-creators with God—living in the midst of ongoing creation.
August 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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And we are not victims. We are not guests. You and I are colleagues and co-creators with God—living in the midst of ongoing creation.
And we are not victims. We are not guests. You and I are colleagues and co-creators with God—living in the midst of ongoing creation.
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Every atom in me has a long history during which it may have been part of many living things, including human beings, and during which it may also have spent long periods as part of the sea, or in a lump of coal, or in a rock, or as a portion of the wind blowing upon us.
Every atom in me has a long history during which it may have been part of many living things, including human beings, and during which it may also have spent long periods as part of the sea, or in a lump of coal, or in a rock, or as a portion of the wind blowing upon us.
August 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Every atom in me has a long history during which it may have been part of many living things, including human beings, and during which it may also have spent long periods as part of the sea, or in a lump of coal, or in a rock, or as a portion of the wind blowing upon us.
Every atom in me has a long history during which it may have been part of many living things, including human beings, and during which it may also have spent long periods as part of the sea, or in a lump of coal, or in a rock, or as a portion of the wind blowing upon us.
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I thought I was going there to look after nature. But really, it was nature looking after me
Pete Walsh
I thought I was going there to look after nature. But really, it was nature looking after me
Pete Walsh
August 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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I thought I was going there to look after nature. But really, it was nature looking after me
Pete Walsh
I thought I was going there to look after nature. But really, it was nature looking after me
Pete Walsh
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It seems to me that caring labor is best conceived as labor that is directed, ultimately, at maintaining and enhancing its objects’ freedom.
It seems to me that caring labor is best conceived as labor that is directed, ultimately, at maintaining and enhancing its objects’ freedom.
August 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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It seems to me that caring labor is best conceived as labor that is directed, ultimately, at maintaining and enhancing its objects’ freedom.
It seems to me that caring labor is best conceived as labor that is directed, ultimately, at maintaining and enhancing its objects’ freedom.
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The rational mind stresses opposites. Compassion and love go beyond pairs of opposites. The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
The rational mind stresses opposites. Compassion and love go beyond pairs of opposites. The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
August 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The rational mind stresses opposites. Compassion and love go beyond pairs of opposites. The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
The rational mind stresses opposites. Compassion and love go beyond pairs of opposites. The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
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Will you ever begin to understand the meaning of the very soil beneath your feet? From a grain of sand to a great mountain, all is sacred. Yesterday and tomorrow exist eternally upon this continent.
Will you ever begin to understand the meaning of the very soil beneath your feet? From a grain of sand to a great mountain, all is sacred. Yesterday and tomorrow exist eternally upon this continent.
August 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Will you ever begin to understand the meaning of the very soil beneath your feet? From a grain of sand to a great mountain, all is sacred. Yesterday and tomorrow exist eternally upon this continent.
Will you ever begin to understand the meaning of the very soil beneath your feet? From a grain of sand to a great mountain, all is sacred. Yesterday and tomorrow exist eternally upon this continent.
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We must arrive at a shared view of reality. The starting point for agreement must be what we hold in common, our interdependence.
We must arrive at a shared view of reality. The starting point for agreement must be what we hold in common, our interdependence.
August 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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We must arrive at a shared view of reality. The starting point for agreement must be what we hold in common, our interdependence.
We must arrive at a shared view of reality. The starting point for agreement must be what we hold in common, our interdependence.
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The Second Mystery: The Interrelatedness of All Creatures
The Second Mystery: The Interrelatedness of All Creatures
August 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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The Second Mystery: The Interrelatedness of All Creatures
The Second Mystery: The Interrelatedness of All Creatures
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We are all connected. To each other biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the universe, atomically.
We are all connected. To each other biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the universe, atomically.
August 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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We are all connected. To each other biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the universe, atomically.
We are all connected. To each other biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the universe, atomically.
#islandsofcoherence
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it pitched to everything else in the universe.
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it pitched to everything else in the universe.
August 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it pitched to everything else in the universe.
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it pitched to everything else in the universe.
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It is no victory at all simply to lose together in a more equitable fashion.
It is no victory at all simply to lose together in a more equitable fashion.
August 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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It is no victory at all simply to lose together in a more equitable fashion.
It is no victory at all simply to lose together in a more equitable fashion.