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Genesis Farm Prepares for the Next 30 Years on Saturday, August 20, 2011 Join us as we celebrate the release of Journey of the Universe, a brilliant documentary film by Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Journey of the Universe … Continue reading →

Companions-in-Blessing Encouraging the expansion of spiritual friendship in a bumpy world. By Dennis Rivers — July 8, 2011 — https://ecobodhi.org/guide/companions-in-blessing/ Dedicated to John O’Donohue The bumps. Someone remarked to me, “life is what happens while you were busy making other … Continue reading →

A vibrant “chat room” exits on-line for the community that gathers around the department where Brian Swimme teaches in San Francisco (Philosophy, Cosmology, & Consciousness in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies (shorthand … Continue reading →

This is Thomas Berry’s second Urs. It is the day Thomas married God. Sufi’s call it his “urs”, the day of his death, the day he married god. It is a day of grand and happy rememberance and celebration. Thank … Continue reading →

I stumbled up this incredible poem/prayer this evening at moralground.com/bonus/the-universe-is-our-holy-book . The Universe Is Our Holy Book by James D. Forbes The Universe is our Holy Book The Earth our Genesis The Sky our sacred scroll The Animals our teachers … Continue reading →

This evening I happily stumbled across this website for a book – and a movement – called “Moral Ground”. Thomas Berry contributed one of the 80 essays that make up the book. From the summary of the book: (moralground.com/about/) Moral … Continue reading →

Stewart Brand (Whole Earth Catalog, The WELL) hosts a monthly seminar in San Francisco through his latest organization The Long Now Foundation. The seminars were started in “02003” to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking; to help … Continue reading →

Before – 2004                                                                          After – 2007 Nominated in March, we were informed on Friday, April 22, 2011, that we have won an award from the Oakland Heritage Alliance for our sensitive and tasteful historical renovation of 3781 Leighton Street, Oakland, … Continue reading →

from the PCC News Desk This is (sort of) what we look like, a kind of self-reflection! Check out this great animation of the planets of our solar system in motion: dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/orrery_2006.swf Check out the different options on the screen. … Continue reading →

A review of the film “Journey of the Universe” by NPR commentator and member of the movement Ursala Goodenough www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/03/31/135008214/journey-of-the-universe-the-challenge-of-telling-everybodys-story