CNCL blog Archives - CNCL https://cncl.info/tag/cncl-blog/ Centre for Nonviolence & Conscious Living Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:41:31 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://cncl.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-CFN_Logo_Black_on_White-512x512-32x32.jpg CNCL blog Archives - CNCL https://cncl.info/tag/cncl-blog/ 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/radical-compassion-our-evolutionary-imperative/feed/ 0 Safety Third https://cncl.info/personal/safety-third/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=safety-third https://cncl.info/personal/safety-third/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:55:09 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227505 Safety-obsession deadens the spirit. It wraps a constriction band around life. It is always a little dangerous to probe one’s boundaries. It is always a bit dangerous to venture into the unknown. “Safety first” shrinks the horizons of possibility.

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]]> https://cncl.info/personal/safety-third/feed/ 0 When the Cause is Everything https://cncl.info/human-society/when-the-cause-is-everything/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-the-cause-is-everything https://cncl.info/human-society/when-the-cause-is-everything/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2023 21:18:32 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227482 The government and people of El Salvador are in an impossible situation not of their own making. Therefore, to argue, as I see right and left doing, about whether this is a good policy is a diversion from the real originating issues.

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]]> https://cncl.info/human-society/when-the-cause-is-everything/feed/ 0 What is the Next Story? https://cncl.info/human-society/what-is-the-next-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-the-next-story https://cncl.info/human-society/what-is-the-next-story/#respond Mon, 09 Jan 2023 22:27:10 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227511 We are sensing a metamorphosis of these basic myths that create the world - a transition from an old to a new story. Many are well familiar with this idea, but I’d like to clarify exactly what I think these old and new stories may be.

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]]> https://cncl.info/human-society/what-is-the-next-story/feed/ 0 Feminine Power https://cncl.info/human-society/feminine-power/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feminine-power https://cncl.info/human-society/feminine-power/#respond Tue, 01 Nov 2022 02:59:15 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227453 The province of matriarchy is what. The province of patriarchy is how. What shall we do, that is in service to life, love, and beauty? How shall we do it? These questions merge and flow into each other. What becomes how, how becomes what. Such is the conjugation of matriarchy and patriarchy.

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]]> https://cncl.info/human-society/feminine-power/feed/ 0 World’s Premier Marine Ecosystem at Risk https://cncl.info/earth/worlds-premier-marine-ecosystem-at-risk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worlds-premier-marine-ecosystem-at-risk https://cncl.info/earth/worlds-premier-marine-ecosystem-at-risk/#respond Mon, 31 Oct 2022 06:15:23 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227448 The Southern Ocean is 10% of the world’s oceans. Yet, it is arguably the most significant ecosystem of the planet for marine sea life as well as regulation of CO2 and ocean heat, serving as a buffer to climate change and thereby benefiting the entire globe. It is the final frontier of life support for Earth.  

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]]> https://cncl.info/earth/worlds-premier-marine-ecosystem-at-risk/feed/ 0 Kiss the Amazon Goodbye? https://cncl.info/earth/kiss-the-amazon-goodbye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kiss-the-amazon-goodbye https://cncl.info/earth/kiss-the-amazon-goodbye/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:42:18 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227392 As devastating as Trump was for the environment, President Jair Bolsonaro has one-upped Trump. He’s single-handedly destroying the world’s largest rainforest. It may be the single most important ecosystem for the survival of Homo sapiens.

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]]> https://cncl.info/earth/kiss-the-amazon-goodbye/feed/ 0 Is There Enough Metal to Replace Oil? https://cncl.info/earth/is-there-enough-metal-to-replace-oil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-there-enough-metal-to-replace-oil https://cncl.info/earth/is-there-enough-metal-to-replace-oil/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2022 01:32:30 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227378 The short answer: No, not even close!

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]]> https://cncl.info/earth/is-there-enough-metal-to-replace-oil/feed/ 0 Inverting the Energy Paradigm https://cncl.info/uncategorized/inverting-the-energy-paradigm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inverting-the-energy-paradigm https://cncl.info/uncategorized/inverting-the-energy-paradigm/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:25:33 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227343 Charles takes an unusual approach to considering energy policy, one that applies equally to one’s personal energy as an embodied being of flesh.

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]]> https://cncl.info/uncategorized/inverting-the-energy-paradigm/feed/ 0 Pandemania, Part 5 https://cncl.info/human-society/pandemania-part-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pandemania-part-5 https://cncl.info/human-society/pandemania-part-5/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 04:25:19 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227342 Safety mania and death phobia are signs of a disconnection from purpose and passion. If you have nothing more important than your own life, then preserving life is left as the only purpose.

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]]> https://cncl.info/human-society/pandemania-part-5/feed/ 0 Breakdown of the Marine Food Web https://cncl.info/earthlings/breakdown-of-the-marine-food-web/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breakdown-of-the-marine-food-web https://cncl.info/earthlings/breakdown-of-the-marine-food-web/#respond Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:18:25 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227336 For the first time, a significant loss at the base of the marine food web has been detected. The Scottish research vessel Capepod reported the findings in equatorial waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

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]]> https://cncl.info/earthlings/breakdown-of-the-marine-food-web/feed/ 0 Pandemania, Part 4 https://cncl.info/human-society/pandemania-part-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pandemania-part-4 https://cncl.info/human-society/pandemania-part-4/#respond Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:21:17 +0000 https://cncl.info/?p=227301 How to become incorrigible...

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