elemental change

What is Elemental Change?

We live in a unique period of history. Change is happening everywhere. The rate of change is accelerating.

If we want to be instruments for positive change, where should we concentrate our efforts? Which movements are ephemeral and which are important? Which forces represent undercurrents and which are nothing but flippant waves on the surface of a turbulent age?

This blog is a forum to examine these questions.

The starting hypothesis – which could change – is that answering these questions about the world around us requires first examining the world within us: our perceptions, our beliefs, our assumptions about reality. Ghandi said we should “be the change we wish to see in the world” and Abdu’l-Baha said “the reality of man is his thought.”

This isn’t a call to stop moving. On the contrary, we should redouble our efforts to make the world a better place, only with a feedback loop. A period for reflection. Are we being deliberate in our action? What are we truly advocating? Why?

This blog will strive to stimulate thinking about these questions.

Thanks for visiting.

March 23, 2008 - Posted by adam | Purpose | | 3 Comments

3 Comments »

  1. What a great idea. I’m excited to see what comes of this discussion.

    Comment by Elizabeth | April 3, 2008 | Reply

  2. I don’t understand the premise of this site.

    Why do we need to change the way we view the world in order to acheive change? Seems like theres a billion ways that change is occuring as we speak, even with outmoded models, for better and for the worse without people having a cathartic rush.

    I guess I don’t really get where you’re going with this. I mean I get the point that we need to be the change we want to see in the world, but I think that is pretty simplistic too.

    Nice layout!

    Comment by Lena | April 15, 2008 | Reply

  3. Hey Lena,

    Thanks for pushing us to think more deeply about what it is we’re trying to achieve here! I will do my best to articulate an answer to your question in an upcoming post as a “short answer” would not do justice to your question.

    Thanks for reading!
    Adam

    Comment by adam | April 15, 2008 | Reply


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