Personal Archives - CNCL https://cncl.info/category/personal/ Centre for Nonviolence & Conscious Living Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:41:31 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://cncl.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-CFN_Logo_Black_on_White-512x512-32x32.jpg Personal Archives - CNCL https://cncl.info/category/personal/ 32 32 Radical Compassion: Our Evolutionary Imperative https://cncl.info/personal/radical-compassion-our-evolutionary-imperative/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=radical-compassion-our-evolutionary-imperative https://cncl.info/personal/radical-compassion-our-evolutionary-imperative/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2023 05:49:44 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=226568 We find ourselves accelerating towards the precipice of extinction. How did we get here? And is there any way we can avoid hurtling into the abyss? The concept of "Radical Compassion" offers us an intriguing lens through which to find some answers to these questions.

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]]> https://cncl.info/personal/safety-third/feed/ 0 A Lost Small Town: Running Errands in the Wake of Emotional Violence, USA https://cncl.info/personal/a-lost-small-town-running-errands-in-the-wake-of-emotional-violence-usa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-lost-small-town-running-errands-in-the-wake-of-emotional-violence-usa https://cncl.info/personal/a-lost-small-town-running-errands-in-the-wake-of-emotional-violence-usa/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:16:56 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227457 An emotional massacre has taken place in these little towns. And now we are expected to act as if — this never happened at all.

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]]> https://cncl.info/personal/a-lost-small-town-running-errands-in-the-wake-of-emotional-violence-usa/feed/ 0 Cultivate A Habit Of Small Acts Of Sedition https://cncl.info/personal/cultivate-a-habit-of-small-acts-of-sedition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cultivate-a-habit-of-small-acts-of-sedition https://cncl.info/personal/cultivate-a-habit-of-small-acts-of-sedition/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2022 01:15:37 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227375 Written by Caitlin Johnstone It is not easy being someone who cares about the world and opposes the status quo. It’s a series of disheartening failures and crushing disappointments amid an endless deluge of information saying that everything is getting worse and worse. The environment keeps degrading. Ruling power structures keep getting more and more […]

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]]> https://cncl.info/personal/the-good-world/feed/ 0 A Plant-Based Diet May Lower Severity of COVID-19 Illness by 73 per Cent https://cncl.info/personal/a-plant-based-diet-may-lower-severity-of-covid-19-illness-by-73-per-cent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-plant-based-diet-may-lower-severity-of-covid-19-illness-by-73-per-cent https://cncl.info/personal/a-plant-based-diet-may-lower-severity-of-covid-19-illness-by-73-per-cent/#respond Wed, 15 Dec 2021 01:02:19 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=226915 Participants who followed plant-based diets had a 73% lower chance of moderate to severe COVID-19 illness, whereas those who followed low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets were 48% more likely to have moderate to severe COVID-19 illness.

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]]> https://cncl.info/personal/a-plant-based-diet-may-lower-severity-of-covid-19-illness-by-73-per-cent/feed/ 0 A Gathering of the Tribe (a short film by Charles Eisenstein) https://cncl.info/personal/a-gathering-of-the-tribe-a-short-film-by-charles-eisenstein/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-gathering-of-the-tribe-a-short-film-by-charles-eisenstein https://cncl.info/personal/a-gathering-of-the-tribe-a-short-film-by-charles-eisenstein/#respond Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:12:54 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=226900 It is time for us to come together. To gather, to rise, to love, to LIVE! You are not alone. I promise you, you are not alone.

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]]> https://cncl.info/personal/a-gathering-of-the-tribe-a-short-film-by-charles-eisenstein/feed/ 0 The Journey of Soul Initiation: An Interview with Bill Plotkin https://cncl.info/personal/the-journey-of-soul-initiation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-journey-of-soul-initiation https://cncl.info/personal/the-journey-of-soul-initiation/#respond Sun, 25 Jul 2021 04:37:36 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=226672 Bill Plotkin, author of Soulcraft and The Journey of Soul Initiation, provides guidance for the descent to soul - the dissolution of current identity; the encounter with the mythopoetic mysteries of soul; and the metamorphosis of the ego into a cocreator of life-enhancing culture.

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]]> https://cncl.info/personal/the-journey-of-soul-initiation/feed/ 0 10 Environmental Books We’re Reading This Spring (The Revelator) https://cncl.info/personal/10-environmental-books-were-reading-this-spring-the-revelator/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-environmental-books-were-reading-this-spring-the-revelator https://cncl.info/personal/10-environmental-books-were-reading-this-spring-the-revelator/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:24:43 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=226526 From climate change to wildlife trafficking, these new books tackle the toughest problems of the day, along with vital solutions.

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]]> https://cncl.info/personal/10-environmental-books-were-reading-this-spring-the-revelator/feed/ 0 From Breaking Down to Breaking Through (in just 8 minutes) https://cncl.info/personal/from-breaking-down-to-breaking-through-in-just-8-minutes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-breaking-down-to-breaking-through-in-just-8-minutes https://cncl.info/personal/from-breaking-down-to-breaking-through-in-just-8-minutes/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2021 08:12:16 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=226497 What do all living beings and living systems share? They have the capacity to turn "breaking down" into "breaking through."

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]]> https://cncl.info/personal/from-breaking-down-to-breaking-through-in-just-8-minutes/feed/ 1 Change the World – Right Here, Right Now https://cncl.info/personal/change-the-world-right-here-right-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=change-the-world-right-here-right-now https://cncl.info/personal/change-the-world-right-here-right-now/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2020 04:36:43 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=226322 Right here, and right now, the insanity of the human condition is playing out on the Earth. The cause? Humankind's total breakdown in connection with each other and our natural world.

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]]> https://cncl.info/personal/change-the-world-right-here-right-now/feed/ 0 Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out – Says Going Vegan is the #1 Remedy https://cncl.info/personal/expert-ipcc-reviewer-speaks-out-says-going-vegan-is-the-1-remedy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=expert-ipcc-reviewer-speaks-out-says-going-vegan-is-the-1-remedy https://cncl.info/personal/expert-ipcc-reviewer-speaks-out-says-going-vegan-is-the-1-remedy/#respond Sat, 21 Nov 2020 21:28:15 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=226304 According to Dr. Carter, we're facing "the most rapid extinction Earth has ever experienced.” But there are solutions: “The most effective, definitively effective, immediately effective, readily doable action that everybody in the world can do is Go Vegan. In theory, we can all do that. If we do that, emissions drop immediately.”

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