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Does the world still exist when you shut your eyes?

Imagine for a moment that the world ceases to exist when you shut your eyes. It sounds absurd right? Or does it? The Nobel prize in Physics 2022 proves the Universe is not locally real, mirroring wisdom traditions such as Buddhism. The Buddha said "The wo...

The Hanged Man - Why Sustainability Research Needs to Be Turned Upside Down

Sustainability research is full of intelligence, commitment, and technical brilliance - yet it continues to circle the same patterns, producing insights that rarely shift the deeper trajectory of our systems. We refine our models, expand our datasets, and...

Chakras, Enactivism, and Human Development – a brief synthesis

Many people encounter the chakra system through spiritual or contemplative traditions, while others meet it with a degree of scepticism, seeing it as symbolic, metaphorical or plain fantasy rather than literal. What struck me recently, after attending a t...

Why Ken Wilber is Wrong About the Emerging Systems Paradigm

Ken Wilber makes strong claims about the emerging systems paradigm. Why they are wrong.Integral Theory and The Systems ParadigmKen Wilber's Integral Theory underscores the necessity of both external, objective knowledge and internal, subjective experienti...

The Polycrisis as Unresolved Individual and Collective Shadow.

This article explores the idea that today’s global polycrisis may be less a collection of external problems and more a reflection of our inner fragmentation. Drawing on Jungian psychology and systems thinking, it suggests that unintegrated individual and ...