Rupert Sheldrake on Morphic Fields and Systemic Family Constellations

                          

Biologist Rupert Sheldrake speaks about morphic fields and Systemic Family Constellations. He explains how all social animals, including humans, are connected by fields of information that are shared by all members. A therapeutic application of morphic fields in humans is an experiential process called Systemic Family Constellations.

Recovering Nonviolent History

This unique book brings to light the little-known, but powerful roles that civil resistance has played in national liberation struggles throughout history. The story that emerges is a compelling one of the agency of thousands and even millions of ordinary people as they used nonviolent force in the course of struggles against foreign subjugation. 

"This very important book establishes beyond doubt the necessity of recording the history of  nonviolent struggles throughout the world…. The authors' accounts of actual struggles from nearly every continent demonstrate that we have available experience with powerful ways to wage conflicts and face problems without violence." —Gene Sharp, Albert Einstein Institution

The book can be ordered from Lynne Rienner's website.

Recovering Nonviolent History (pdf document of the introduction available)— Maciej J. Bartkowski


A Quite Revolution

"Spiritual ecology is a quiet revolution in the sense that it is nonviolent, decentralized without any single leader or organization, and not yet well-recognized and appreciated. It is a revolution in the sense that it calls for profound transformations in individual lifestyles as well as societies. Ultimately this is by far the most important choice we face today, between ecosanity or ecocide..."

Leslie Sponsel, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Hawai’i 

Butterfly Model: Right Here. Non-Local

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I am changing myself

Housing is a Human Right

Prison Industrial Complex in America

                       

An extremely problematic phenomenon in America today is the ever growing industry of privatized prisons across America, generally referred to as the Prison Industrial Complex, as well as skyrocketing rates of incarceration that leave the rest of the nations of the world trailing behind.



The issue ties together many social aspects such as the connection between the massive rate of imprisonment for non-violent drug use and rampant poverty, as well as the growing political influence of private prison industries and companies that thrive on inmate populations as cheap and economic forms of labor.



As this problem grows larger and larger, the prisons in the United States fill up continuously, based very much on a mentality that years of incarceration can fix pretty much any problem.

The United States has, by far and away, the highest rate of incarceration of any nation in the world, as it imprisons approximately 743 people per 100,000 across the country.

Today US prisons are filled to the breaking point with 2.3 million people, far more per capita than any country in the world; 1.6 times as many as it's closest competitor, Russia, and 6 times as many as in China.



From 20 years ago, the US' prison population quadrupled in size to 2.3 million, making building prisons the fastest growing industry in the United States. Seventy Five percent of Americans in prison are there because of non-violent crimes, particularly in light of the "three strikes and you're out" laws that serve out millions of 25 years to life sentences every year to those that have committed three non-violent crimes like possession of illegal drugs.

Because criminals locked up in prisons lose most of their rights in many states across America, the Prison Industrial Complex creates a population of people who cannot vote, cannot contest their working environments, and can work well below the limits of minimum wage, thus creating a very lucrative field that has become the staple of the economic structure for entire communities, particularly in the Midwest. 


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Why Males Need Initiation. The Inner Journey of Powerlessness

                          

In "Why Males Need Initiation," Fr. Richard Rohr shows how primal societies have demonstrated that cultural survival is dependent on personal spirituality. Unfortunately, the proven way to lead males on this journey has been lost to the West for a thousand years. Fr. Richard addresses the reality that if men are not led through an inner journey of powerlessness, they will inevitably misunderstand and abuse power. 

Visit ‪http://malespirituality.org/ to learn more about the Men's Rites of Passage.