Category: #CommonChangeReads

Everything That Remains

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Blog Post written by Bryan Gower originally posted on Common Change Blog From my time studying philosophy at University, I have been interested in various thinkers, artists, and films that question the fabric of reality and the existential crisis caused by an uncritical pursuit of an “American Dream”. The crisis of identity and purpose seems to drive many to the extreme and often unhealthy measures to feel alive. Some have questioned whether consumer culture is our core vice rather than the ways we find to distract, numb or cope with…

An Other Kingdom – Practice of Listening

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  I have been told that I speak in a tone that is very hard to hear. When I speak, I often have people ask me to repeat  what I say when they don’t just politely stare at me with a quizzical countenance. Not being heard has created a great source of frustration in me. Exploring this challenge with those closest to me has returned suggestions to ‘speak up’, ‘talk in a higher tone’ or ‘be more assertive’.  I have suggested that perhaps the challenge is not in the tone…

An Other Kingdom is an Invitation to Imagine an Alternative Story for our Communities

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“If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it ’cause he feels awful poor inside hisself, and if he’s poor in hisself, there ain’t no million acres gonna make him feel rich, an’ maybe he’s disappointed that nothin’ he can do ‘ll make him feel rich.” ― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath What is nature of living in abundance? In John Steinbeck’s novel Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family is making their way across the country toward California to escape the…