Great Turning is honoured to be welcoming DAVID KORTEN as a session speaker during our inaugural online learning journey: The Great Turning Experiment. Enjoy the chance to draw on the wisdom and experience of this leading visionary of The Great Turning. “Our defining gift as humans is our power to choose, including our power …
Month: January 2022
The garden in winter ~ Rumi
The garden in winter.... And don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots down there are riotous. ~ Rumi Photo by Tengyart on Unsplash
The Great Turning Experiment Welcomes Joanna Macy
Great Turning is honoured to be welcoming Findhorn Fellow and Root Teacher of The Work That Reconnects, JOANNA MACY, as a session speaker during our inaugural online learning journey: The Great Turning Experiment. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be up close and personal with Joanna as she shares her vision and wisdom with …
What I must tell myself ~ David Whyte
WHAT I MUST TELL MYSELF I know this house, and this horizon, and this world I have made. I know this silence and the particular treasures and terrors of the way I try to belong to my work, my loved ones and my life. But I cannot know the world to which I am going. …
To be born in love ~ Rumi
To be born in love Is to serve all beings and all creation. Real lovers serve ardently, hopefully, And in an ecstasy of awe. Look for the happiness Of the servant of love - All the joys of the world are nothing to it. Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Persian poet and Sufi mystic (1207–73) Photo …
The Great Bell Chant – in Honour of Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh (1926 – 2022)
The Great Bell Chant: In honour of the exceptional life example of revered teacher Venerable Thích Nhất Hạnh, we offer this beautiful prayer recited by Thay himself and chanted by brother Phap Niem. Plum Village writes.... With a deep mindful breath, we announce the passing of our beloved teacher, Thay Nhất Hạnh, at 01:30hrs on …
Our Bold Invitation to The Great Turning Experiment
Our Bold Invitation: Imagine your ideal world. The Great Turning is upon us. The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible has arrived. How are you living your life in this new world? For 4 months, we are inviting you to join our Great Turning Experiment, Live Online from Findhorn! We are calling on …
Ecological Civilisation: Fritjof Capra Reflects on David Korten’s Essay
Ecological Civilization: From Emergency to Emergence - Frijof Capra reflects on David Korten's inspiring essay. Watch on Vimeo.... Fritjof Capra, world renown scholar-activist, systems thinker, author, educator, reflects on an inspiring article by his old friend and colleague, political activist and author David Korten. In this article, titled 'Ecological Civilization: From Emergency to Emergence,' the …
Perceptual Portal by Geneen Marie Haugen
Perceptual Portal by Geneen Marie Haugen My antennae sweep and scan for reception, for a portal in perception, for a porous passage to a green breathing land where every presence offers itself to be known, where everything speaks, even galaxies, even stone, where interspecies lovetalk leaps like flashing fish and flying dragons in blue-pooled dream …
Love is the only force ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Love is the only force which can make things one without destroying them. …Someday, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, …