The laws of nature are immutable. However, we lack knowledge of the laws that are related to the human level of development. We somehow understand child development, but in general, the progress of humanity presents us with surprises all the time. The best example is how we are suddenly discovering that we are all dependent on one another, that what happens in one country affects everyone else.
The integral education explains the law of the common body, the common family, and how we can advance harmonously together toward a better future. Understanding the forces operating on our world that help us build better relationships between ourselves is the only way to reach harmony with Nature. In this Nature gives us freedom to grow independently. But if we do not do this, then we will feel the new stage in the form of blows: the crisis, war, natural disasters.
People’s pockets already face the impact of the biggest economic shake-up since the Great Depression. The distress is real and tangible and has brought about attempts for a speedy return to routine, back to what we have all known from…
The spiritual lesson of the coronavirus is that in order to live optimal lives, we need to develop different kinds of relationships, ones based on acknowledging our tight interdependence. When we realize how much we depend on each other, we…
Our future actions and dealings need to follow two main basic conditions: That they are essential to our lives, i.e. where life’s essentials are everything that makes our lives comfortable and qualitative. That they cause no harm to other people…
With air pollution rising in China to levels that were “normal” in the pre-COVID days, and with countries all over the world celebrating the reopening of their economies, the hope for change that many had nurtured during the clean-air-clear-water lockdown…
We’re not returning to business as usual. China’s air pollution is back, as the factories are running full steam again, but shoppers will not return to the pre-COVID days. Bankruptcies and higher taxes are in store for America says Larry…
There are fundamentally two kinds of people in our world: egoists and altruists. Egoists do everything out of a calculation for personal benefit, and need to see justifiable compensation, like more money or an improved social status, for any act…
Coming out of the lockdown, many of us are in a pretty shaky state—emotionally, financially, and socially. This is a recipe for trouble. To cope with it, we need to understand where we are, and mostly—where we are going. Today,…
Many people want to show their pain when they are suffering or in a bad mood, as in, “A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved.” But if you project negative emotions and burden others with your pain because it makes…
The coronavirus came to teach us about how much we depend on each other, and thus, how we need to take more responsibility in our attitudes to each other. If we look at major events in world history, including the…
The coronavirus has reeled in a new time with many changes, and those changes will require a new form of culture as well. As the coronavirus period with its social distancing and stay-at-home orders made us reexamine what is essential…
Could we call the period before the pandemic “life,” or was it just a compulsory race to make a living? This question arises now, as we are forced to rapidly transition to a new state, a new reality. We can…
The economy needs a major impact because it has been failing to provide for our needs. Instead, we have been providing for the economy’s “needs.” The coronavirus pandemic has illuminated the question about what is essential and nonessential in life.…