Communication . . . everyone wants to know how, what, and when to share. “How can I communicate in a more ‘enlightened’ way around difficult issues?” “Are there criteria to help us let go of what isn’t helpful, useful, relevant, or important to bring up?” Through learning the principles in Love, Marriage & Evolution you’ll start to realize you have skills, tools, … Read More
Is Marriage Outdated? What’s So Evolutionary About an Ancient Tradition?
People want to know why, in the age where so many traditional notions about women, men, and coupling have changed, where we consider everything including choosing our own preferred gender pronoun, I use the term marriage so readily. I use the term intentionally, in part because it’s convenient to signify many beautiful qualities, and in part to bounce off against a superficial … Read More
Insight on Love & Marriage from a New, Evolutionary Perspective
The purpose of Love, Marriage & Evolution’s contemplation process is to open up a context so you can find your way. What does that mean and how does it work? This posture and perspective towards life sets your very special and unique relationship within a vast and broad framework. A frame as large as the unfolding of the entire universe. Can something … Read More
Love, Marriage & Evolution
Love, Marriage & Evolution is an 8 chapter, 166 page book and guide for contemplation released in November 2013. Download a complimentary copy here or purchase a print copy for your ongoing use. Excerpt from Chapter 2 LOVE All You Need Is Love? As we look at how we want to update our understanding and expression of love, it’s … Read More
Don’t Leave G-d Out of It: Zalman Schachter’s Views on Sexuality
This interview with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi explores his interpretation of views on sexuality and spirituality in Judaism. Western tantra, Christian and Hindu celibacy, Tibetan sexual yoga, Buddhist monasticism . . . as we began discussing these vastly divergent approaches to sexuality in spiritual life, I wondered what Judaism had to say about the subject. Raised in a Reconstructionist synagogue with … Read More
Orchestrating Our Many Selves: interview with Jean Houston
Jean Houston on the Fallacy of Self Mastery by Amy Edelstein “I would never use the word ‘mastery’! I thought I’d tell you that right away. . . . To me, it smacks of galloping chutzpah!” This was Dr. Jean Houston’s response at the very beginning of our interview, before I had even begun to explain what we meant by “self-mastery” and why … Read More
Creating Human Security in an Insecure World: Mary Robinson
An Interview with Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner of Human Rights (1997-2002); President of Ireland (1990-1997) Originally published by Women’s Review of Books, Wellesley College Mary Robinson may well be the most tough-compassion, pragmatic human rights advocate of recent times. Appearing last December as the key moderator for the State of the World Forum’s Commission on Globalization Meetings in Mexico City, … Read More