Apr 25, 2026
This audio companion to my essay “The Tipping Point” explores the importance of individual commitment to inner transformation and how small groups of dedicated individuals can contribute to peaceful and positive changes to society. If this message...
Apr 16, 2026
Recently, it has become unfashionable to speak of the soul, or of compassion. Yet a life built only on achievement, influence, or longevity cannot satisfy the deeper longing within us. This essay explores what endures when everything else fades: youth, status, power,...
Apr 7, 2026
Listen to Shulamit comment on this article in her Substack post: https://greatoctave.substack.com/p/the-tipping-point-tools-for-transformation We are living in a time of extraordinary power and increasing instability—technological, environmental, and social....
Mar 29, 2026
Most of us search for guidance at some point in our lives. We seek love, meaning, mastery, connection, and protection. To find what we are looking for, we often turn to teachers and role models. Yet the search is challenging: Some teachers are sincere but not right...
Mar 19, 2026
We live in a world of artificial intelligence, nuclear weapons, and environmental instability; yet finding solutions to the conflicts threatening civilization may begin much closer to home. A World Under Strain We are living in a frightening moment in human history,...
