Consciousness-in-Action

Here’s a short video of Tal Ben-Shahar, Psychology Lecturer at Harvard University, posted on the Big Think blog on “Five Ways to Become Happier Today.” While I tend to believe that “happiness” is our original state, our “pre-existing condition” that gets messed with by some nasty thought viruses and other harsh environmental factors, this video is a reminder our how we might seek to restore some balance in harmony in our lives. A good transformative practice as we work toward integral personal and social liberation, too.

Sociology + Biology: Poverty, which is created by economic, political, social and cultural forces in society, produces physiological stresses leading to the “income-achievement gap” between poor and middle class white boys and girls, with negative effects lasting through adulthood, according to this new study. If you always reasoned or suspected this, or felt the need for proof beyond anecdotal evidence, you might want to check out this Wired.com article. ${socialTitleEscape}

While you’re at it, check out the research paper:
Childhood poverty, chronic stress, and adult working memory
Gary W. Evans and Michelle A. Schamberg, Cornell University
ABSTRACT: The income–achievement gap is a … Continue Reading

The last few months have been quite interesting: meeting people, making new friends, reconnecting with old ones, exploring possibilities for extending the work of consciousness-in-action around the world. Quite literally. Well, just about, anyway: developing relationships with colleagues and co-conspirators from Vancouver (British Columbia) to Hawai’i to Palmela (Portugal) to Salvador (Brazil) to Copenhagen (Denmark) to Amherst (MA) to Gainesville (FL) to San Juan (PR) to Greensboro (NC) to Washington (DC) to St. Petersburg (Russia) and back home again. This is not counting the many new friends from other places throughout … Continue Reading

On Sunday, March 22, I’ll be offering Social Psychosynthesis: An Invitation to Consciousness-in-Action, a one-day workshop. 

Psychosynthesis founder, Roberto Assagioli, pointed to the need to extend his work beyond the individual to the social dimension of life. In this workshop, I will share insights and applications of Psychosynthesis’ basic concepts and principles to consciousness-in-action, this integral approach to personal change and social transformation. 

Together we will examine: psychosocial aspects of the self; culture, power, and the “inner diversity” of social sub-personalities; and effective uses of consciousness and will toward integral personal well-being and collective development.

This workshop is intended for practitioners and students of Psychosynthesis as well … Continue Reading