My last post created quite a stir unexpectedly but perhaps I should not have been surprised; apparently the pronouncement by His Holiness the Dalai Lama that the Western woman might save the world resonated with many IM readers. His Holiness said that at the Vancouver Peace Summit, Canada in 2010. It was as a self-identified […]
Author Archives: B. Kaufmann
Farewell Robin Gibb
May 21, 2012 – 3:24 pm
What must Barry Gibb be feeling? He is the last one, the last of the Bee Gees. So much tragedy has visited this family. So much heartache. Andy Gibb died sudenly from an unexpected illness at age 30 in 1988 and another brother, twin Maurice died in 2003 at 53 years old. Robin Gibb battled […]
Another Royal gone: Donna Summer, Queen of Disco
May 19, 2012 – 1:53 pm
Donna Summer, Queen of Disco and seventies singing maven passed into the light on Thursday, May 17, 2012. Donna Summer was another of those musical iconic images that defined the music of the twentieth century and in particular, the seventies. Disco was happy music and it made you move; dance became an artform in the […]
What heals the world? Who is the answer?
May 13, 2012 – 5:15 am
If the world needs healing, how does it get healed? What heals it? Or is it a who? Here’s a little story to ponder… Suppose that a great commotion arises in the street about a lamp-post, which many influential persons desire to pull down. A grey-clad monk, who is the spirit of the Middle Ages, is […]
Living Wide Open to Live a Legacy
May 5, 2012 – 6:54 pm
If you read the last post, you learned or were reminded about holons and the nexus which is the organizing center of the holon. The nexus is: hub, organizer, driving force, or in the case of Michael Jackson, an attractor- and a strange one at that. (That’s a play on words.) The nexus of a system can serve as the […]
Fly like Family
April 26, 2012 – 5:41 pm
When a flock of geese fly together, they are separate yet whole. They are individual holons (I-ness) and a social holon (we-ness) and form a “nexus agency” which is a tendency for the collective holon to move together in the same direction led by the lead goose. The flock is not mandated to follow the […]
Earth Day 2012
April 22, 2012 – 2:29 pm
It was a senator from my home state, Wisconsin, who is the originator of “Earth Day” at a teach in first held on April 22, 1970. It later became a U.N. Proclamation by General Secretary U. Thant and eventually 141 nations were added. Today, on the 42 anniversary of Earth Day, as a member the […]
Losing Icons and Freedom Fighters
April 19, 2012 – 6:14 pm
It was a daily ritual for many of us who would become flower children in the summer of love. Dick Clark made music legitimate for an entire generation and continued that tradition for decades. Parents found rock ‘n roll a threatening influence on their adolescents and Dick Clark diffused that threat for many teens whose only pastime […]
What “IF” You Were a Hero?
April 12, 2012 – 4:49 pm
We are what we imagine. If I believe I am not worthy, all good things will bypass me. If I don’t give the world my gift, the world shall never have it. If my life mission is not completed I cheat those to whom my life is linked- seen, unseen, known and unknown. If I […]
Inspiration and I-Thou
April 5, 2012 – 3:02 pm
In this healing space is a photo of my granchildren and Michael Jackson. There is also my sparkling gold “Gratitude” sign and huge floor to ceiling windows that overlook the backyard that leads to the river. What more is needed for healing? For inspiration? My granchildren remind me there is a reason why I work […]
