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An Indigenous Prophecy About The Reunion of the Condor and Eagle. La Nueva Historia. The old paradigm of separateness, patriarchal anthropocentrism, religious monopolies, and the dictatorship of the ego, among other guiding threads, have brought humanity and planetary living systems to the brink of collapse.

La Nueva Historia

To aspire to a possible future, it is essential to change the narrative roots of our vision and mission in the world. Here in this video, you will find some contributions to a new narrative that is emerging everywhere, including from the Atlantida ecovillage, which we strongly support through our meetings, retreats, seminars and daily life. Located in the south-west of Colombia, close to Popayan, we are an altar for life and a center for the development of sustainability alternatives. "Arbetssamhället gör oss till slavar" - Roland Paulsen. 4 Inspirational Transition Stories for Becoming a Global Eco-Civilization. By Duane Elgin / newstoryhub.com/ Jun 2, 2015 What visions of humanity’s journey are sufficiently compelling to transcend age-old differences and bring us together in a common venture of inhabiting the Earth in ways that are sustainable?

4 Inspirational Transition Stories for Becoming a Global Eco-Civilization

In recent speeches, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has described our world as moving through a time of “Great Transition”: Dreaming Beyond Capitalism: a Culture Without Fear. By Martin Winiecki / kosmosjournal.org/ Nov 4, 2016 In the 1990s an unusual encounter took place in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Dreaming Beyond Capitalism: a Culture Without Fear

In plant rituals, shamans of the Achuar, a tribe living in pristine forest that had never been in touch with Western civilization, received the warning that the “white man” would try to invade their lands, cut down the forest and exploit the resources. Deeply shaken, they called out to the Spirits for help. Soon after white people did approach them, coming to them however with supportive intentions – a group of activists from the United States, searching for ways to protect Indigenous Peoples from the oil industry. The Westerners found a deeply interconnected tribal society living in profound symbiosis with the Earth. This experience gave rise to the Pachamama Alliance, an international educational network dedicated to changing the dream of the Western world.

Becoming Midwives for The Great Transition - A Beautiful Short Film. Chris and Dawn are creating and sharing stories that change the world. "We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

Chris and Dawn are creating and sharing stories that change the world.

" ~ Albert Einstein What did Albert Einstein mean? Change Agents. 90 Inspiring and Visionary Films That Will Change How You See the World in Profound Ways. By Tim Hjersted / filmsforaction.org The world today is in crisis.

90 Inspiring and Visionary Films That Will Change How You See the World in Profound Ways

Everybody knows that. What it feels like to be the last generation to remember life before the internet — Quartz. I’ve long believed that speed is the ultimate weapon in business.

What it feels like to be the last generation to remember life before the internet — Quartz

All else being equal, the fastest company in any market will win. Speed is a defining characteristic—if not the defining characteristic—of the leader in virtually every industry you look at. In tech, speed is seen primarily as an asset in product development. Hence the “move fast and break things” mentality, the commitment to minimum viable products and agile development. Many people would agree that speed and agility are how you win when it comes to product. What they fail to grasp is that speed matters to the rest of the business too—not just product.

I believe that speed, like exercise and eating healthy, can be habitual. Through a prolonged, proactive effort to develop these good habits, we can convert ourselves as founders, executives, and employees to be faster, more efficient company-building machines. Speed, like exercise and eating healthy, can be habitual. Mapping the Emerging Post-Capitalist Paradigm and Its Main Thinkers. By Commons Transition / commonstransition.org “We do not live in an era of change, but in a change of eras” is the way Jan Rotmans from the University Rotterdam describes the structural changes impacting our societies.

Mapping the Emerging Post-Capitalist Paradigm and Its Main Thinkers

This is also the phrase Michel Bauwens chose to open his latest book yet to be published in English which title is likely to be close to “Towards a post-capitalist society with the Peer-to-Peer”. For thinkers like Jan Rotmans and Michel Bauwens this change of eras is akin to the Industrial Revolution in the second half of the 19th century, and characterized by transitions in various fields. In a nutshell, our societies face 3 major tipping points: A change in social order from a central, hierarchically-controlled society to a horizontal, decentralized, and bottom-up working unit. (click on the images for higher resolution) The Artist's Task [Abby Martin] The Coming Age of Internetocracy (2nd Edition) by Lawrence Compagna. Conscious Evolution: Leaping Into Possibility.

It is 40 years since the Futurist magazine published Prof.

Conscious Evolution: Leaping Into Possibility

Clare W. Graves’ article titled “Human Nature Prepares for a Momentous Leap,” which contained predictions for our future that have proved remarkably prescient. The conditions that Graves anticipated are those we now experience. Graves’ theory regards human development as an adaptive process in which our Values systems, the codes that we perceive, will enable us to thrive and evolve to fit us to changing life conditions. Spiral Dynamics integral (as the theory subsequently became) predicted the current state of the world. Exploring the Connected Universe – Delegate Level 1. A cutting edge interactive course Exploring the Connected Universe to better our planet through you.

Exploring the Connected Universe – Delegate Level 1

Engage with 9 leading faculty members and shift the current paradigm. Embark on a mind-bending journey, connect with 2,000 other travelers and apply this knowledge to transform yourself and our world. This course will TRANSFORM your reality and make you EMPOWERED, CONNECTED and KNOWLEDGEABLE to POSITIVELY IMPACT CHANGE! I have done thirty years of research and – together with a team of brilliant scientists – developed a unified field theory. Taking Apart Psychiatry: Fraud-Kings of the Mind. Jon Rappoport, GuestWaking Times Exploding the myth of “good science…” “Promoting diabolically false science, psychiatry creates a gateway for defining many separate states of consciousness that don’t exist at all.

Taking Apart Psychiatry: Fraud-Kings of the Mind

They’re cheap myths, fairy tales.” (The Underground, Jon Rappoport) USA Today, January 26, 2016: “Primary care doctors should screen all adults for depression, an expert panel recommended Tuesday.” —Let’s screen everybody to find out if they have mental disorders. 10 Basic New Age Deceptions and How to Correct Them. Waking Times Editor’s Note: This list was gathered and collated by Brendan D. Murphy with kudos to Mark Passio, Tim McClew for the distillation, and Juliet J. Carter. “Real compassion kicks butt and takes names and is not pleasant on certain days. If you are not ready for this FIRE, then find a new-age, sweetness and light, perpetually smiling teacher and learn to relabel your ego with spiritual sounding terms.

Mark Passio’s 10 Basic New Age Deceptions. The End of Capitalism Has Begun. Paul Mason, GuardianWaking Times. A New Story of the People. Think Global, Act Local; Preparing for and Building the New Era for Humanity. It’s mind-blowing the moment we live in. Not only are all the world’s indigenous and modern cultures connecting into a global society for the first time in our known history, but we’re doing it in a reality that is so mysterious that our minds are intertwined at the fundamental level. As duality would have it though; there is madness to this magic. There’s escalating conflict all across the planet. The global economy is deflating from a decades-old debt bubble. Ignorance, apathy, ill-health and suffering are commonplace. There is a bigger picture though.