The Obama Phenomena: One World Arising

 Many were suffering through the nightmare of the 8-year Bush administration. I too shook my head, and got to a point it was hard to read about yet one more crime against democracy, human rights and the average citizen.  And yet, another part of me that took a much longer historical perspective was smiling, knowing [...]

One World Arising: Reflections by Mike Seymour

One World Arising
Reflections by Mike Seymour
 Looking at history it would be hard not to conclude that humans are innately fearful and violent, and that peace and unity in the human family were a far-off dream. After all, we have just witnessed a very bloody century in the past 100 years. In the 20th century alone [...]

Presence & The World We Want

Let me explain why I think presence in the way I define it is so central to individual happiness, social well-being, environmental sustainability and global cultures of peace. 
As I make clear in my book–Educating for Humanity: Rethinking the Purposes of Education–the problem in society and in schools is that we are disconnected from our deeper [...]

Context for Planetary Awakening

Something began to happen in the thirty or so years since Limits to Growth was first published in 1972 by Dana Meadows and others. The social justice, environmental and spiritual movements  of the 60’s which were separate went, like rivers, underground all over the globe. The mysterious and wonderful matrix of the deep human mind [...]

Day 1: Greetings Fellow Pathfinders

This is my first post on this blog and I’m excited to get started. I hope those of you on the path toward a bigger self will join me on this part of your journey, share your own insights, challenges and inner growth. I think the best way to start is by way of [...]