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Eco-spirituality: towards a values-based economic structure. As our world stumbles to the brink of ecological collapse, the "tipping point" of irreversible climate change, sustainability has become a vital issue.

Eco-spirituality: towards a values-based economic structure

But in order to consider the question of sustainability, it is important to begin with the question: who or what is being sustained? Does sustainability refer to sustained economic growth, and an environment that is able to maintain the status quo with our energy-intensive, consumer driven needs? Or does sustainability refer to the whole ecosystem, an interconnected web of life with its vast and rich diversity of species?

What is the relationship between sustainability and the economy? What kind of world do we want to sustain? The first image of sustainability presents economic models of growth and energy efficiency, often with accompanying "green" ideas, such as green technologies or green energy, to help our civilisation develop. The spiritual dimension. Global Happiness Policy Report. What We Can Learn About Happiness from Iceland. The World Happiness Report comes out every year, providing some data about how well-being varies from country to country and how it shifts within a country from one year to the next.

What We Can Learn About Happiness from Iceland

But what makes some countries happier than others? Dóra Guðmundsdóttir is one of many researchers around the world studying happiness and well-being at the population level. Iwi sign vow of respect for 'nation's kids' Maori tribal leaders will today sign a "covenant" with the nation's children, promising to treasure and respect them and make childhood a time of "joy and light".

Iwi sign vow of respect for 'nation's kids'

The signing, at a 68-member Iwi Chairs Forum at Hopuhopu near Ngaruawahia, will launch a public campaign to adopt the covenant as a national constitutional document like the Treaty of Waitangi and the Bill of Rights. Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft, who will be present, said that even though the document was only words, he hoped it would inspire all New Zealanders to take the issue of protecting children seriously. "The Declaration of Independence in the United States was words, but words can galvanise and encourage," he said. All Blacks coach Steve Hansen, who was consulted by the document's author Judge Carolyn Henwood, said New Zealand was "not doing a good enough job at the moment in looking after our children". Five capitals model. Antifragile : Comment prospérer dans un monde de chaos et d’incertitude. Comment vivre dans un monde imprévisible Temps de lecture estimé : 8 minutes Pourquoi certains systèmes s’améliorent au fil du temps ?

Antifragile : Comment prospérer dans un monde de chaos et d’incertitude

Pourquoi les crises se produisent ? Comment se construire dans le chaos ? Il existe des choses qui semblent se développer si elles sont placées dans des environnements instables et imprévisibles. Dans son livre Antifragile : Les bienfaits du désordre, Nassim Nicholas Taleb analyse pourquoi il en est ainsi, et souligne le fait que cette qualité a été vitale pour assurer le progrès de la civilisation humaine depuis les temps anciens. Face à la complexité du monde, être résilient ne suffit plus, il s’agit de revenir meilleur et plus fort d’être en somme antifragile. Dans cet article, nous allons découvrir ce qu’est l’antifragilité et présenter des heuristiques, des raccourcis mentaux, afin de permettre à tout individu de prospérer avec la volatilité et de se placer dans des conditions objectives pour tirer profit dans un environnement incertain.

Intuition of the Instant: French Philosopher Gaston Bachelard on Our Paradoxical Experience of Time. “All eternity is in the moment,” Mary Oliver wrote.

Intuition of the Instant: French Philosopher Gaston Bachelard on Our Paradoxical Experience of Time

Mother Tongue - by Victoria Ying. Thoughts Thinking Thoughts. “The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight.

Thoughts Thinking Thoughts

They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.” I'm taking Yale's class on happiness, and halfway through, these 4 tricks are already working - Business Insider. The Biggest Wastes Of Time We Regret When We Get Older - Lifehacker - Pocket. We spend a lot of energy looking for shortcuts to save time, and sure, those shortcuts add up.

The Biggest Wastes Of Time We Regret When We Get Older - Lifehacker - Pocket

But when I look back, my biggest time regrets aren't spending too much time on Twitter or mismanaging my daily tasks. Those are bad habits, but there are bigger, more systematic time wasters that have really gotten in the way. Fixing these will free up a massive amount of time and energy. An encyclopedia of philosophy articles written by professional philosophers. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Kundalini Awakening - Kundalini Awakens. #4: Awakening the Kundalini energy: After one is well established in the ability to balance the Prana between Ida and Pingala (section #2), and causing it to flow in Sushumna (section #3), the resulting sense of peace and joy is the foundation for the next step, which is awakening the Kundalini itself.

Kundalini Awakening - Kundalini Awakens

Schools of Tantra: Kaula, Mishra, and Samaya. Schools of Tantra: Kaula, Mishra, & Samaya by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati SwamiJ.com Tantra considers the universe to be a manifestation of pure consciousness.

Schools of Tantra: Kaula, Mishra, and Samaya

Through this process of manifesting, consciousness divides itself into two parts, which cannot exist without one another (though appearing to divide, they actually remain one and the same). Breathe for Life. Intelligences Ensemble. Organics. Planted Projects. Quotability. Percolate. Planetary. Reminisce. Time Well Spent. Eternity.