Elena Mustakova

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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Apr 3

Ukraine and all the other small powers of Earth will only be safe if an international alliance of non-aligned countries is established dedicated to protecting vulnerable people around the world. The same is true of the rest of us in the long run, because to the big powers we’re all just playthings.

A Neutral View On Ukraine’s Future

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Andrew Tanner

That pretty much sums up what we are all facing.

That pretty much sums up what we are all facing. I do not agree with your dismissive attitude to President Biden's efforts, but your overall vision of what is urgently needed is spot on.

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That pretty much sums up what we are all facing. I do not agree with your dismissive attitude to President Biden's efforts, but your overall vision of what is urgently needed is spot on.

Apr 3

The hard, unpopular truth is that the Polish parliamentarian who argued that Ukraine needs a humanitarian intervention force is absolutely correct. NATO is hostile to Russia and the UN has no power, so an independent organization is required to oppose military aggression around the world. Securing and rebuilding Ukraine ought to be the job of a dedicated Earth Defense Force, a democratically-accountable security organization capable of deploying troops to secure an area with the support of the local population then direct massive locally-owned green infrastructure investments in the community..

A Neutral View On Ukraine’s Future

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Andrew Tanner

Thank you!

Thank you! Finally someone writing about what is the most obvious and pressing solution! I tried to write about that too in https://elena-mustakova.medium.com/a-lesser-peace-and-a-greater-peace-a299f3f76ade But you are right - this is STILL an unpopular truth, despite all our admiration for the heroism of the Ukrainians. One has to wonder how much more loss of human life and unspeakable suffering it is going to take for us to life our eyes and focus on carrying out the only viable solution.

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But you are right - this is STILL an unpopular truth, despite all our admiration for the heroism of the Ukrainians. One has to wonder how much more loss of human life and unspeakable suffering it is going to take for us to life our eyes and focus on carrying out the only viable solution.