"“The very brain mechanisms which succeed in simplifying the world so as to subject it to our control militate against a true understanding of it. ... Compounding the problem, we take the success we have in manipulating it as proof that we understand it." news.secondrenaissance.net/p/seeds-of-a-s…

"Science and intuition; logic and a sense of the sacred; all are needed to steer us wisely through a time of potential collapse." A bite-sized introduction to the groundbreaking work of Iain McGilchrist: news.secondrenaissance.net/p/seeds-of-a-s…

New white paper on #DevelopmentalSpaces: 🌱dedicated, growth-oriented spaces where communities engage in sustained, multi-domain inner development in the service of socio-cultural transformation.🌱 Announce post, summary and full paper at: news.lifeitself.org/p/new-white-pa…

A policy case for #DevelopmentalSpaces: collective settings for integrated inner development. Key to the inner-led system change and cultural renewal needed amid converging crises. Read more: news.lifeitself.org/p/new-white-pa…

#DevelopmentalSpaces are dedicated spaces where communities engage in sustained, multi-domain inner development in the service of cultural transformation. Five major domains of inner development (adapted from Integral Theory). Read more: news.lifeitself.org/p/new-white-pa…

To address our interconnected crises requires a shift at the level of collective worldview. Towards such a shift-and the resilience and flourishing needed to navigate societal breakdowns wisely-we offer a model of Developmental Spaces. New white paper: news.lifeitself.org/p/new-white-pa…

The latest issue of Seeds of a Second Renaissance features events, jobs and opportunities from Climate Psychology, Long Now London Garrison Institute and others in the field of #innerledchange. Dive in here: news.secondrenaissance.net/p/seeds-of-a-s…

In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver. From the latest issue of #SeedsofaSecondRenaissance: news.secondrenaissance.net/p/seeds-of-a-s…

This month we launch of the crowdfunding campaign for the Second Renaissance Magazine! Find out how you can support this living platform where artists, writers, and thinkers come together to alchemise meaning through art, ideas, poetry, and essays. news.secondrenaissance.net/p/seeds-of-a-s…

Today at 11am eastern / 5pm European we have the weekly Life Itself Research Discovery calls. This week's topic Process Over Product? Rethinking Research in Times of Transformation luma.com/6ndur4s2 Open to all ...

“I think hard times are coming, when we will be wanting voices... who can see alternatives to how we live now, and can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies, to other ways of being.” ~ Ursula K Le Guin (2014) news.secondrenaissance.net/p/seeds-of-a-s…

“at some time, through the emergence of modern science leading to the industrial and information revolutions, a gap developed—an ever-widening chasm between interior (...awareness, emotion, value) and exterior (e.g.technological) capacities.”~David Temple news.secondrenaissance.net/p/seeds-of-a-s…

Watch the Developmental Spaces white paper launch event to learn... * what are Developmental Spaces * why inner development is crucial for systems change now, and * what we can do to support it youtube.com/watch?v=WGUEcU…

Join the Life Itself team and our mission to cultivate a radically wiser, weller world. Hiring for 2 part-time roles: 💸Financial Steward & 📊Operations Steward. Remote with some time in person at our Hubs in France. Start date: as soon as possible. news.lifeitself.org/p/join-life-it…