The heart of non-attachment – Michael Stone
True non-attachment is an intimacy with life. Buddhist teacher and yogi Michael Stone shares his perspective on how to live an engaged life. More about Michael Stone Michael Stone leader of Centre of Gravity, is a psychotherapist, Yoga teacher, author and activist, committed to the integration of traditional teachings with contemporary psychological and philosophical understanding....
Casseroles – Vancouver, May 30, 2012
Inspired by Jeremie Battaglia’s gorgeous black and white film on the Casseroles uprising in Quebec, I shot this solidarity march in Vancouver with a pots and pans revolt of our own. My experience of the march, and I hope what it conveys above, is simple joy. And most of all wonder. This mirrors the reports...
Velcrow Ripper on Why Occupy is a Love Story
“If your revolution is revolution of love, if your process is one of creating more love in the world, instead of waiting until you succeed… you cannot lose.” Watch this articulate interview with filmmaker Velcrow Ripper, on the love thread that has permeated the Occupy movement from day one, and why the mainstream media has...
RAP NEWS #13: A News Hope
The latest edition of RAP NEWS is out, this time focusing on the battle between Wikileaks and Newscorp, cleverly portrayed as Julian Assange and Rupert Murdoch duking it out. From Rap News: It is a time of corporate war; deprived of a reliable media the people of Planet Earth are kept misinformed and in a...
Thomas Hubl: What is humanity’s new story?
What is the power of story? Is the old story breaking down, and do we, in fact, need a new story? The following is a short excerpt from my interview with spiritual teacher Thomas Hubl, who visited Vancouver last April.
Sacred Economics
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme – but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to...
