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Can We Talk?
Open dialogue is the foundation of effective democracy. At this crucial time in history, organizational consultant Adams encourages us to participate in communal conversations.
- Publications Articles
- September - November 2004
- 3 pages
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"Synergistic Democracy" with Barbara Marx Hubbard
Join host Stephen Dinan for a fascinating discussion with an inspiring evolutionary. A pioneer in human potential for many years, Barbara has a revolutionary vision for reformulating democracy from the grassroots up so that it is more solution-oriented, collaborative and effective.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2009-02-03
- 01:01:50
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"Politics of Hope" with Donna Zajonc
Donna, a former elected official, political leadership coach, and author of The Politics of Hope, takes a decidedly trans-partisan perspective, drawing upon developmental theorists from Elizabeth Kübler-Ross to Don Beck to explore how our political processes evolve as we evolve.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2006-10-11
- 01:06:37
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"World Democracy, Deep Politics, and the 2008 Election" with Byron Belitsos (interview)
Author, editor, publisher and political activist Byron Belitsos talks with host Matthew Gilbert about Democratic World Federalists. He describes many possible routes to creating a world government, some preferable to others.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-10-29
- 00:42:04
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"World Democracy, Deep Politics, and the 2008 Election" with Byron Belitsos (Q&A)
Author, editor, publisher and political activist Byron Belitsos talks with host Matthew Gilbert about Democratic World Federalists. He describes many possible routes to creating a world government, some preferable to others.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-10-29
- 00:45:23
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Shift Issue 4
CHOICE AND THE MIRROR OF CONSEQUENCE
CHOICE AND CONSEQUENCE
by James O'DeaTHE FREEDOM OF "YES"
by Rob LehmanCAN WE TALK?
by Anne AdamsLOCAL CHOICE, GLOBAL CONSEQUENCE
by Helena Norberg-HodgeCHOOSING TO GIVE
by Stephen Dinan & Devaa Haley MitchellMOLECULES AND CHOICE
by Candace PertTRUSTING INTUITION
by Judith OrloffCONSCIOUS EVOLUTIONARIES
by Barbara Marx HubbardTHE DANCE OF CHOICE AND CHOICELESSNESS
by Satish KumarFrontiers of Research
Child Spirit
by Marilyn Schlitz- September - November 2004
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Essential Shifts Interview: Van Jones
Van shares intimately about his formative years and his journey into becoming a social activist, as well as the story of Ella Baker, the "secret godmother" of the civil rights movement and mentor to Dr. King. Van advocates a "third way" between Islamic and corporate fundamentalisms and towards a vibrant, global pro-democracy movement that supports "green-collar jobs."
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-08-31
- 00:32:29
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Essential Shifts Interview: Thom Hartmann
Air America radio host Thom Hartmann is rising quickly as a voice for societal progress, economic justice, and spiritual awakening. In this interview, he explores a wide range of subjects, from the vital importance of small acts of compassion to stopping the corruptive influence of corporate personhood.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-09-01
- 00:36:22
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Essential Shifts Interview: Elisabet Sahtouris
In this talk, Elisabet draws inspiration from the extraordinary designs provided by nature showing how we can live more lightly and sustainable. She sees abundant evidence for us transitioning from a primarily competitive and egocentric era, which is typical of young populations of any species, into an era in which we learn to cooperate and communicate as one global family.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-04-10
- 00:25:06
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Intention Downloads Interview: Barbara Marx Hubbard
Barbara Marx Hubbard has long been a visionary leader, helping us all to imagine a bold and evolutionary future that we can co-create. In this interview with IONS President James O’Dea, she explores the power of entering into imaginal realms in order to link our creative intent with the power of the universe.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:33:40
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"Quest for Meaning" with James O'Dea
In this recorded message to members, Former IONS President James O'Dea talks with us about "A Quest for Meaning." In his poetic style, James explores the history of humankind, language and worldview, offering a powerful testament to how consciousness can reshape our lives and our world.
- Audio Lectures
- 2008-07-26
- 00:48:45
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Georgia Kelly
GEORGIA KELLY is founder and director of Praxis Peace Institute. She has produced conferences on peace-building in Dubrovnik (2000 and 2002) and on democracy in California (2004 and 2005), teaches conflict resolution, and is also a harpist, composer, and recording artist.
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Martha Lyddon
Martha Lyddon is a private investor, co-founder of the Children's International Peace Prize, and President of the Seven Springs Foundation. She is interested in enviromental and feminist issues as well as television as an interactive tool for democracy.
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Byron Belitsos
Byron Belitsos is an author, editor, journalist, and book publisher as well as an experienced political activist. Currently he is the CEO of Origin Press, a publisher of trade book titles on spirituality, politics, and esoterica based in Northern California. Origin's world-renowned authors include Peter Russell, Charles Tart, Timothy Wyllie, Ralph Metzner, Phillip Krapf, and Jim Marrs.
Belitsos has extensively studied world history and world religions, as well as political theory and philosophy. In addition he has had a long entrepreneurial career, having started a number of businesses, including a highly successful software company.
Byron has been politically active since 1969 in a variety of venues and contexts. His involvement with the world democracy movement started in 1986 when he joined the World Federalist Association; he is now a board member of one of its successor organizations, the Democratic World Federalists. In 1988 Belitsos wrote, directed, and produced the acclaimed educational film, Toward a Governed World (1988) and has just completed an updated new edition, a 90-minute DVD entitled Toward a Well-Governed World (Origin Press: August, 2005). In addition, he is the coauthor and publisher of One World Democracy: A Progressive Vision for Enforceable Global Law
(Origin Press: September, 2005).
Belitsos founded Origin Press in 1996 in San Rafael, California. He is also its principal funder and stockholder, and is the publisher of its two imprints, Wisdom Editions and Celestia. Origin's eighteen titles have so far been recipients of three national prizes.
Belitsos was also an inaugural member of Ken Wilber's Integral Institute, in its business branch. In this connection, Byron launched in 2001 the website ikosmos.com, known as the Portal for Cultural Creativity. This pioneering website has comprehensively covered the key ideas and books of the integral movement.
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Van Jones
Van Jones is the founder and National Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (EBC). Headquartered in Oakland, CA, EBC is a national organization that challenges human rights abuses in the U.S. criminal justice system. Born in rural west Tennessee in 1968, Van is a 1990 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin and a 1993 graduate of the Yale Law School. Van is a steadfast opponent of policies that result in the over-imprisonment and unlawful abuse of marginalized peoples in the United States. He is helping to lead a national fight for alternatives to the U.S. incarceration industry. In 2008, HarperCollins published Van's first book, the New York Times best-seller The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
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Human Rights Crusader Van has been a pioneer in challenging police abuse, as well as the over-incarceration of young people. He helped to found the Ella Baker Center to anchor multiple efforts to challenge the criminalization, incarceration and abuse of low-income people and people of color. His efforts have won him widespread local, national and international recognition. His awards and honors include:
- Global Leader for Tomorrow, 2002
- Ashoka Fellowship, 2000-03
- Kerry Kennedy Cuomo "Human Rights Defender," 2000.
- Reebok International Human Rights Award, 1998 Rockefeller Foundation ‘Next Generation Leadership’
Social Entrepreneur Van brings an innovative spirit and entrepreneurial drive to his social change work. He has also recognized that breaking the incarceration industry's stranglehold on public debate and policy requires greater partnership between human rights activists and the progressive business community. Under Van's leadership, the Ella Baker Center has begun to pioneer new methods of promoting the human rights agenda. EBC is incubating a record label, Freedom Fighter Music. Freedom Fighter Music harnesses urban music and youth culture to tackle human rights issues. EBC has also formed a partnership with two urban media companies, New World Culture and Mindzeye Entertainment, to promote EBC's human rights message. Van has also worked diligently to build bridges between socially responsible business leaders and human rights activists. These efforts led him in 1999 to join the Social Venture Network, a powerful consortium of progressive business leaders. In 2001, Van was elected to serve as an SVN board member. He is also a non-profit member of the Full Circle Fund, a group of young Silicon Valley philanthropists.
Media Activist Van has an extensive background in media and communications. He has worked as a professional journalist, independent publisher, cartoonist, columnist and a national spokesperson. Van has also served as a leading board member for two progressive media organizations. Before entering law school, Van worked as an intern at the Jackson Sun (Tennessee), the Shreveport Times (Louisiana) and the Associated Press (Nashville bureau). He also helped to launch and spearhead a number of independent, campus-based publishing efforts. These enterprises included the Fourteenth Circle (University of Tennessee), the Periscope (Vanderbilt University), the New Alliance Project (state-wide in Tennessee), and the Third Eye (Nashville's African-American community). As a national spokesperson for the Ella Baker Center, Van is a regular guest on KPFA, the Bay Area's Pacifica network radio station. He has also appeared as a guest on CNN, BET (Black Entertainment Television), National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now" and many other radio and television programs.
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The G20: Fighting for a Safe Spot on the Deck of the Titanic, by Ervin Laszlo
The ship is heading into iceberg territory, but passengers in first class squabble among themselves to secure a safe spot on the upper deck. Does that make sense? To the ...
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Are the Thought Police Knocking on Our Door?
"You can't go to jail for what you're thinking," wrote Frank Loesser in his 1956 hit song “Standing on the Corner.” His observation no longer applies in India ...
- In the News
- Technology and Consciousness
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Consciousness and Parapsychology: A Thought Experiment
Consciousness is a recent phenomenon in the history of planet Earth; we know nothing of it beyond or prior to terrestrial history.
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Whole-Systems Transformation from the Inside Out
In this excerpt from the Institute of Noetic Sciences’ recent teleseminar series, “Shifting Paradigms,” Monica Sharma, former physician and United Nations program director and now international leadership development consultant, explains that the most reliable method for changing outdated institutions is to go to the source – each person's latent capacity for leadership and meaningful action.
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The Noetic Imperative and the Myths of Science
Our brains have been conditioned by scientific myths that, in the face of new information, are outliving their usefulness. The new story being told says that everything is interconnected and that, consciously or not, humans are directly influencing their evolution.