I was interviewed at the Integral European Conference by Alex Howard for London-based Conscious 2 TV. In a quick half-hour I lay out many of the themes I deal with here at the Daily Evolver. Check it out!
Highlights include:
1:44 – As long as anyone is suffering we are all suffering
3:00 – The present doesn’t look so bad if you look at it in the context of history
5:02 – Violence is decreasing radically in the world
9:40 – The end of war
9:58 – Development is the answer to everything
13:30 – We have a duty to care
17:07 – It’s irresponsible not to be grateful for life
19:04 – How did we allow some people to have so much and others to have so little
23:54 – To think a higher level thought is actually a contribution to the cosmos
What a lovely affirmation of my loving and thoughtful response to Ben Stein’s rant about how terrible things are that a Christian client forwarded to me. I have started to use the news (mostly gleaned from The Daily Show, I admit) to challenge my own heart development and to learn who to send more love to. It makes it ever so much more pleasant to be sending waves of love to someone rather than trading my well being AND I have so much better responses to noise when I am exposed to it. I can FEEL myself becoming more loving and more EFFECTIVE with my better feeling thoughts.
Thank You Jeff for your wisdom and insight,
Nina
This was a wonderful interview! I intend to watch it again and share it with others. Thank you.
Jeff,
Your last couple of talks, just AWESOME. Really liked the conversation from Europe. I quoted you quite a bit in last week’s column about having a duty to care and having a higher level of thought is contributing to the world.
I keep forgetting to send this to you; maybe you’ve seen it, but if not, it’s great perspective from the front lines of the PEACE-desiring people in these terror-prone areas of the world: http://www.ted.com/talks/karima_bennoune_the_side_of_terrorism_that_doesn_t_make_headlines
Also, I read Sam Harris’ blog on Israel and the Palestinians. Very insightful, I thought. And I was shocked, after just hearing his take on the situation that the Integralists on the call with you in last week’s Daily Evolver voted 77 percent that it’s mostly Israel’s fault. Harris would put it at 90 percent the Palestinians’ fault. Audio and transcript: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/why-dont-i-criticize-israel
Sorry if you’ve already seen/heard this stuff; I know you’re on it!
Roshana
Thanks Roshana, I did read Sam Harris’s blog and I recommend it highly. Will check out the TED talk. I think what galls progressive people about Israel is that they have given too much sway to their own fundamentalists, settlers etc.