Elena Mustakova

Jun 19

Deep Rivers Running

You may be getting tired of hearing that we find ourselves at a critical point in history. And you may wonder what all the disasters and major events of the past 5 years have in common. In 2008, the world experienced a financial crisis. Then, a ruthless war in Syria…

Moral

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Jun 4

The Painful Price of Unity

All of us want peaceful, productive, and meaningful lives. And most of us have a difficult time understanding why that’s becoming more and more elusive. The trouble with us humans is that we have so much mental inertia that the very last thing that occurs to us is that our…

Mindset Shift

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May 3

… to compensate with increased social-media time, has been a disaster for adolescent mental illness. Compare someone who looks into the mirror to find themselves and someone who wanders through a forest to find themselves. The first is navel-gazing which leads the mind into a room of mirrors, and the second is searching for their soul, a Japanese custom called "Shinrin-Yoku. Why is there such a difference between the two? Well, we now know from a recent study by Abraham Avi…

"The western condition, steeped in the ideas of cause and effect, in the material sense."

Geoffrey Newton

I used to try to tell that to my clients every day:))) Your words really capture it.

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I used to try to tell that to my clients every day:))) Your words really capture it.

May 3

Why are our actions informed by truth and justice? Why do we need to do the right thing? Why does this not apply to any other living thing on the planet, except us? All other living things just live to reproduce and survive, whereas we live to do the right thing a…

"The western condition, steeped in the ideas of cause and effect, in the material sense."

Geoffrey Newton

If only all of us would put our daily occupations ot the side for a moment and deeply consider this…

If only all of us would put our daily occupations ot the side for a moment and deeply consider this very question! When that happens, we will take a leap toward creating th ekind of society we all want to live in.

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May 3

Inner and Outer: Soul, Spirit, and World Emergence

A fellow Medium writer recently published a piece titled Anorexic Soul. It made me think about the contrast between the pervasive Western condition he describes of being so “steeped in the ideas of cause and effect in the material sense” that the sense of the sacred is lost — and…

Social Development

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Inner and Outer: Soul, Spirit, and World Emergence

Apr 27

From Domination To Unitive Justice and Global Security

Whether we like it or not, we are at the edge of a paradigm shift both in planetary resources and consciousness. What do you feel when you stand in front of the Grand Canyon? Do you feel small and insignificant, or do you feel AWE? Pre-conscious civilizations felt small and…

Conscious Living

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From Domination To Unitive Justice and Global Security

Apr 13

Once you process the horror, what the world must do with all this is as obvious as it is urgent. Have trials in a special process of justice. Zelensky’s called for a new Nuremberg Trials, and he is…

Russia Is Committing Crimes Against Humanity

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umair haque

I share deeply in the intensity of your feeling, Umair.

I share deeply in the intensity of your feeling, Umair. And I believe we have to start a global movement that FINALLY stands for human life and has th emuscle and will to protect it. I've been writing about that recently and invite you to read and respond if you consider that a feasible path. See https://elena-mustakova.medium.com/how-to-stand-for-spiritual-justice-amidst-devastation-8ae37bdb54a2 Thank you for the deeply truthful writing!

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Thank you for the deeply truthful writing!

Apr 11

How to Stand for Spiritual Justice Amidst Devastation

We can no longer avoid it. The fact is staring us in the face, everywhere, that we are living in a time of reckoning and it is bringing about massive and growing devastation — both of our planet and of our societies. Not only are more and more youth dying…

United Nations

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How to Stand for Spiritual Justice Amidst Devastation

Apr 5

Lift Up Your Eyes

The April 2 issue of The Economist ends up its lead article, Why Ukraine must win: A decisive victory could transform the security of Europe, with a short but powerful section titled “Lift up your eyes”. …

Unity

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Apr 3

Authors like Flaubert, Dickens, Steinbeck, and Updike have been writing about default futures for a long time. In particular, they’ve been writing about people who, though mired in angst, are nonetheless waiting for some magical person or some quasi-magical event to save them from their suffering. Waiting, but doing nothing to heal their emotional and spiritual poverty.

Default and Intended Futures

David Nicoll, Ph.D

What a wonderful choice to draw attention to this reality now, David, as the world is gripped in…

What a wonderful choice to draw attention to this reality now, David, as the world is gripped in the pangs of such a powerful transformation, yet many ordinary lives carry on as if nothing significant is happening that one can re-orient themselves to. In fact, every one of us is called on to be part of this shift if we just took time to acknowledge that life-as-usual makes no sense any more. Thank you.

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