Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, suggests that the current problems of humanity can only be resolved by a new collective knowledge, which is "more harmonious, sees the reasons for conflict, and sees how to resolve the conflict."
(7:11)
Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion answers our question about his core message with a heartfelt appeal to live life in service to creation.
(2:32)
Sufi teacher and dreamworker Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee tells us that, for an individual, the spiritual path begins once there has been an experience of oneness through grace.
(2:16)
Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, explains how ceremonial lifeways provide optimism that the change toward ecological awareness and sustainability will happen
(2:18)
In this complete interview, Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains fundamental differences between Aboriginal and Euro-Australian worldviews.
(17:00)
Groundbreaking scholar of pre-Socratic philosophy Peter Kingsley emphasizes the sacred role of Western civilization in global oneness, drawing from his personal experiences
(18:53)
In this complete interview, Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa reflects upon the meaning of oneness in this age.
(13:08)
In this complete interview Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, talks about indigenous perspectives on the current ecological and cultural crises,
(27:42)
Don Alverto Taxo, a Quichua elder and Iachak (community leader/healer), shares his indigenous Andean perspective on the crises and potential of the current pachacuti (thousand-year cycle).
(24:17)
Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, explains that an inner consciousness of unity will in turn allow for greater understanding of the multiplicity of life. He says, "We must address the problem of diversity on the basis of unity, which is spiritual."
(2:36)
Roger Thomas, professor and director of Wilto Yerlo Center for Australian Indigenous Research and Studies, explains the association in Aboriginal culture between the earth mother and birth mother.
(4:31)
Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, explains that a basic fundamental spiritual discipline (yoga) can bring about a centralization of the diverse tendencies of one's nature.
(1:48)
Sufi teacher and dreamworker Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee thought that once people caught a glimpse of emerging oneness, they would gladly contribute their spiritual as well as material resources to it.
(2:24)
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes how oneness is experienced, first as a breadth of vision cultivated through meditation and contemplation
(2:38)
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa suggests that spiritual leaders should connect to the general public,
(1:58)
Gary "Jagamarra" Simon, a traditional healer and artist of the Walpiri tribe of central and western Australia, explains how human particularities are directly formed from the natural environment.
(8:52)
According to Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, if there is spiritual unity, then there is diversity of life without conflict. Our capacity to respond/connect to/with experiences outside of our culture (like music for example) is proof to Basu of our ability to recognize this underlying unity, and therefore value the multiplicity of life.
(2:34)
L.A.-based community activist Orland Bishop explains that oneness is the source of intuition, which allows us to touch a common truth beyond our memory, culture and conditioned responses.
(2:11)
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa believes that it is the responsibility of religion to adapt to the changing needs of people.
(1:35)
Basil "Mulla" Sumner, an elder and leader in the Ngarrindjeri community in South Australia, tells us that oneness starts from the individual.
(4:11)
Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, explains that man is a high being capable of evolving to very high states of consciousness, but that there is individual and collective resistance to change. According to the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo, in order for any real change to take place, spiritual unity must be present and all current mental molds must be broken.
(4:03)
Community leader, psychologist and Zen teacher Dr. Vera Kohn explains how oneness is both the origin and the destiny of all things, which arise and return like a wave on the ocean
(2:50)
Spoken word poet and activist Drew Dellinger describes how activism can come from a place of spiritual depth.
(1:35)
Laboratory scientist Dean Radin explains how science tends to give rise to a fractured system of disciplines, while spirituality connects an individual
(3:26)
L.A.-based social activist and community leader Orland Bishop evokes primal qualities of the earth, like foundation, stability, abundance, accessibility, reconciliation, and peace
(2:12)
Sufi teacher and dreamworker Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee believes the greatest mistake made by the various proponents of global oneness is to think that human beings can do it by themselves.
(2:06)
Fr. Alberto Luna, former Roman Catholic archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador, calls for a sincere turning toward the "true and authentic" God, who resides deep in the human heart.
(8:03)
Peaceworker Sami Awad describes the light within every individual and the layers of dust that can cover it over.
(5:11)
Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo describes how the infinite, primordial awareness that lies behind the mind and its sense of duality is the key to experiencing oneness.
(4:09)
Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion describes the role of art as rousing humanity from its collective amnesia and guiding it toward its purpose in the world.
(2:17)
Tami Simon, founder and president of the Sounds True audio publishing company, asks, what it would mean to have a company where there were no secrets?
(2:24)
Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, defines yoga as an organ of knowledge that helps develop one's inner consciousness. He explains that this knowledge comes from spiritual practices, which help reveal the underlying unity at the root of all humanity, and that this knowledge of unity then allows for all the diversity and complexities of nature.
(7:39)
Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion describes how within one generation most of Ecuador's forests were eliminated, leaving a struggling fraction of the original ecological richness.
(6:33)
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa explains how the experience of exile has given Tibetans a heightened experience
(3:20)
Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, says the dominant culture's lack of relationship to the land must be changed
(7:31)
Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains why Aboriginal understandings of the land have no credibility in wider Australian society.
(2:46)
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa explains the subtlety of spiritual power, and describes traditional means of cultivating it.
(1:13)
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes the need for spiritual leaders to connect with the general public.
(1:26)
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes how oneness begins as an internal experience
(5:28)
Tibetan Buddhist teacher Ven. Choegyal Rinpoche believes that although the worlds of business and spirituality are far apart, they can meet by developing common values of care and compassion.
(1:14)