Inspiration: How meditation changes the world
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 Subtle Activism | The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation | David Nicol | Suny Press In the microscopic world of quantum physics there’s no such a thing as place or distance. The principle of “nonlocality” describes Read More...
Inspiration: Finding truth is not the same as finding happiness
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 In this age of wild politicians and violent, disrespectful debates, it’s a sign of hope that someone like the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh—also known as “The other Dalai Lama”—is so popular with so many people. Thich Nhat Read More...
Possibility: Refugees drive affordable housing innovation in Europe
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 European nations are finding that by working on one problem—sheltering the waves of refugees in ways that help integrate them into their new homes—they also can address other, seemingly intractable problems: Affordable housing for Read More...
Possibility: Digesticide
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 Glyphosate is a ubiquitous weed-killer in modern industrial agriculture and may also be the “secret ingredient” in the current epidemic of chronic disease. You may not have heard of glyphosate, but you’ve definitely tasted it. Sold by Read More...
Possibility: Windmills under the sea
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 There’s enough wave energy in the oceans to power the world, and scientists and businesses are finally close to harnessing it. For decades wave energy has lagged behind wind energy and solar because harnessing it is more complex. But for Jim Read More...
Buried pleasure
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 For centuries women’s sexual desire has been erased in favor of men’s. In her new book ‘Closer’ Sarah Barmak describes a “reawakening of sex-positive feminism” that is in line with other holistic trends like yoga, slow food and Read More...
Sexual love the divine way
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 Selfishness stands in the way of fulfilling sexual love. As long as man is only chasing his own excitement, woman chooses selfishness as well and love is neglected and ignored. Loveless sex and ongoing suffering is the result. There’s Read More...
Making love a meditation
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 A conversation with Diana Richardson By Jurriaan Kamp And Nancy Reed Years ago two Dutch comedians did a great sketch. Ridiculing people’s needs always to be competitive, they introduced a new version of ping pong, which they called fun Read More...
Changing Lives, one dance at a time
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 By Jurriaan Kamp Changing lives, one dance at a time. That is the mission of the California-based initiative World Dance for Humanity. Since 2010 dancer and anthropologist Janet Reineck has brought together women who explore the best of world Read More...
Why elections are bad for democracy
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 Our voting system worked well for decades, but now it is broken. It brings forward the wrong people (Donald Trump) and it leads to bad decisions (Brexit). There is a better way to give voice to the people. By David Van Read More...