In light of current events, we asked our dear friend, spiritual teacher, Pierre Pradervand, to contribute a blessing for our Ukrainian and Russian sisters and brothers to support, uplift and transform the situation. He asked that we remind readers that "blessing often flies in the face of material evidence, because when we bless we affirm …
Month: February 2022
For Peace ~ John O’Donohue
FOR PEACE As the fever of day calms towards twilight May all that is strained in us come to ease. We pray for all who suffered violence today, May an unexpected serenity surprise them. For those who risk their lives each day for peace, May their hearts glimpse providence at the heart of history. That …
Martin Luther King Jr on the Power of Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love
Martin Luther King Jr in times of struggle wrote: I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
It’s the 3-Week Countdown to ‘The Great Turning Experiment’ Live from Findhorn
It's the 3-week countdown to our 16 March start date. We are so looking forward to welcoming you to our great adventure. If you haven't yet booked your place, you still have a little time. Weβre just about to open our Private Facebook Group, which will be our virtual home throughout the 4-month journey. Be …
What the system engineers us to want ~ Bayo Akomolafe
What the system engineers us to want: "Sometimes what we want is what the system engineers us to want. And we are programmed in molecular ways to want what the system can accommodate..... I want to follow desire into errant places - other places of power - beyond the familiar." ~ Bayo Akomolafe Follow …
The Great Turning Welcomes Duane Elgin
The Great Turning is honoured to be welcoming DUANE ELGIN as a session speaker during our inaugural online learning journey: The Great Turning Experiment. "The human family is being called to a higher role and responsibility of living on this Earth. If we can awaken our collective imagination, we have a future of promise. If …
The world is meant to be celebrated ~ Terry Tempest Williams
The World is Meant to be Celebrated Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated. ~ Terry …
The Great Turning Welcomes Chris Johnstone
Great Turning is honoured to be welcoming CHRIS JOHNSTONE as a session speaker during our inaugural online learning journey: The Great Turning Experiment. Chris will be leading an experiential process with Joanna Macy to support us to honour our pain for a world in crisis, whilst living in gratitude for the gifts of the …
4-week Countdown to The Great Turning Experiment
The countdown has begun and the momentum is building! We're just 4 weeks away from the start of our 4-month online learning journey: The Great Turning Experiment. We'll be coming to you Live online from Findhorn starting 16 March and can't wait to cocreate the 'More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible' with …
When we no longer know ~ Wendell Berry
When we no longer know.... It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is …