How does Indigenous wisdom speak to our place in the universe?
In our latest episode of the Journey of the Universe: 10 Years Later podcast, Sam King speaks with Tiokasin Ghosthorse of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation in South Dakota. An award-winning musician and activist on behalf of Indigenous peoples, Tiokasin is the Founder, Host, and Executive Producer of “First Voices Radio.” He was also nominated for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize by the International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy.
Deeptime Leadership Practicum
Module 3: Deeptime Leadership & Personal Empowerment Program
10-week course: April 6 - June 17, 2022
The program started in the first module with an introduction to the New Cosmology and moved in the second module to applying the New Cosmology in fields from education, therapy, activism, and more. The third module is a practicum in which participants work in their own programs individually or in groups. The synergy of a global deeptime community continues to grow as people give and receive support across the world. Registration is open to people who have already had experience with the New Cosmology. Speakers include Stephan Martin, Brian Thomas Swimme, Imogene Drummond, Ursula Goodenough, Rev. Matthew Cobb, Herman Greene, Dr. Marianne Rowe, Jennifer Morgan, Orla Hazra, Cliff Berrien, Margie Abbot, Gail Worcelo, Coleen and Duane Elgin, Penny Andrews, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Denise Tangney, Sarbmeet Kanwal, Yona FrenchHawk, Robert Athickal, John Leydon, and Elizabeth (Bing) Carranza. For more information contact: Jennifer Morgan, jennifer@dtnetwork.org.
In "Break Down to Break Through: A Cosmic Way Forward," Jennifer Morgan, founder of the Deeptime Network, will explore how science is leading to new understandings of the universe. In this timely and inspiring presentation, Jennifer explores important questions. How are we to make sense of the traumatic shift happening on the planet right now? Can a deeptime perspective help us see that this is one way that the Cosmos moves forward? At this pivotal time in history, we find ourselves in the midst of a stunningly dynamic cosmic process that reaches through the stars, galaxies, and the Earth into the innermost depths of our being.
Celebrate the Ten Year Anniversary of Journey of the Universe. Join us for a film screening and discussion with Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, and Sam King. Box lunch included.
For more information contact: S. Jeanne Clark, OP, earthhomej@aol.com
Keynote by John F. Haught, PhD on “Teilhard, Einstein, and the Meaning of Time”
Panel Discussion on “The Impact of Teilhard on My Personal and Professional Life” with Celia Ashton, OCD, DDS, Joshua Canzona, PhD, Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp, MDiv, STM, and Elizabeth Osgood, CND, PhD, PEng. Moderated by Andrew Del Rossi, ThD.
What does it mean that the stars are our ancestors? This retreat will consider how the story of the universe is awakening new possibilities for education in a planetary era. Designed for a wide range of educators, this retreat will draw on the Emmy Award-winning film Journey of the Universe and the legacies of Maria Montessori, Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, and Thomas Berry. It will combine contemplative practices with discussions of how we can orient young people to an animate and interconnected Earth community. At a time of ecological crisis, this retreat will offer hopeful strategies for helping future generations take up what Thomas Berry called the Great Work--the transition to an era of human-Earth flourishing.
Videos
“How to Be a Good Ancestor”
Deeptime Network member Geoff Ainscow and his wife Bev describe how they created an environmentally sustainable home with solar power, composting, electric cars, water systems and much more.
Curve Blue is excited to announce the new release of the album Reverence, composed and performed by David Darling. Watch the music video “For the Love of Oceans” with footage provided by the Ocean Preservation Society. You can listen to the full album on Bandcamp and Spotify.
The divine gesture is offered in silence. We need only look to know it.
Wordless, imageless, immanent divine
who flies the hummingbird and sings the nightingale,
raises the mountain and sinks the ocean,
blows the winds and crashes the stars,
whispers the lovers and plays the child.
Every place we look, every creature we see, a revelation.
Of the silent, breathing mystery.
We need only look to know it.
Recent Events
The Connecticut Experiential Learning Center (CELC) Middle School has embarked on a place-based education program inspired by Journey of the Universe. After watching the film, students participated in a Cosmic Walk guided by Sean Gargamelli-McCreight and Sam King at the Benincasa Community in Guilford, CT. The learners have also been creating art inspired by the universe story with the help of Tess Morrison. For more information on CELC, see here.
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