Standing Naked in the World
In my early 20s, my boyfriend, an English major, wrote a poem about me. In its intimacy, it was both beautiful and frightening at the same time. While he read it to me, I remember simultaneously thinking, “OMG, he can…
Transformation: A Universal Path
I am struck by the hopefulness and personal transformation of Middle Easterners undergoing significant social change. Along with the rest of the world, they recognize they are in the honey-moon stage of change. As my yoga teacher says, “first it…
Generation Gap 2.0: Bridge-building to a Shared Future
While the term ‘generation gap’ often engenders negative relations between age groups, I propose a more constructive way of utilizing each group’s specialized skills. A generation gap is defined as a difference in values and attitudes between one generation and…
In the Arms of Time
This week a dear friend of mine told me it was time for her ‘to dream big’. Her words reminded me this is the life journey we all share, as reflected in a poem I wrote some years back.…
From Paradigms to Paradoxes – The ECOLOGY Continuum
As someone who is not trained in the physical sciences, I struggled with what name to give this very important trend. Should I call it an environment or ecology continuum? When I looked at the two sets of definitions below…
A Miracle in the Middle East?
http://mtviewclass.wikispaces.com/Gilgamesh On the eve of 2012 — the infamous year dating the end of the Mayan calendar — we are witness to the beginnings of social transformation in The Middle East. I wonder how the Mayan prophecy and these Middle…
From Paradigms to Paradoxes—The LEARNING Continuum
Today we can no longer just tweak old skill sets and behaviours to optimize our performance because the challenges presented to us are of a new character. Furthermore, reframing our assumptions and beliefs systems, although additive, is not going to…
Musings of a Dual Nature
Yesterday, rifling through some past musings, I came upon a piece I wrote in 2003. Its “dual” theme of form and formlessness is what many attribute to be the ultimate paradox in life. Given my blog focus over the past…
What Lies Beneath?
It’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? What gifts lie at the core of our essence buried beneath the layers of life fused into reflections staring back from a mirror? If I can answer this one do you suppose it…
From Paradigms to Paradoxes – The CONSCIOUSNESS Continuum
So much of our human experience in the new millennium is attributed to the rapid pace of change brought about by both the industrial and technological revolutions of the past century. There is no doubt of their significant impact on…
From Paradigms to Paradoxes – The CULTURE Continuum
Continuing my investigation of paradoxes and paradigms, today I write about culture as the third of ten paradigms from the past. My theory is these paradigms are currently presenting as paradoxes or contradictions which are significantly influencing our behaviour and…
From Paradigms to Paradoxes – The INFORMATION Continuum
Last week I committed to writing about the global trends futurists consider when studying humanities’ ways of seeing and being in the world. For each global trend, we look for its pattern of behaviour as well as its anticipated direction…