One Life, One Planet, One billion years, Now!
It’s easy to think that we, modern humans, invented expansion in all directions, exploiting all available resources and increasing complexity in absurdum. We didn’t. These three forces birthed the Universe, are driving evolution, and are part of all cultures. And without these forces, no galaxy, no life, no internet. These forces are fundamental. And problematic. The same Forces moving through Everything … Read more
The idea around a WE Dojo has started to unfold. A community where we dive deep into the Wider Embraces practice, learn and develop together. I’ve chosen the word ’Dojo’ because I have a background in martial arts and zen, and I really like the meaning and quality of the word. This text is about … Read more
At the online Integral European Conference in May 2021, I presented the Wider Embraces, together with Hanna Hündorf and Matthew Painton. The video is a summary of ten years of exploration and also includes a guided session. If you want to know what WE is about, this is the perfect place to start. This is … Read more
On the evening of May 31:th, 2011, I went out the door free. A year later, on a beach in Cape Town, the question “Who is Embracing?” came to me. It’s been a ten-year-long deep dive into understanding the relationship between Humanity and the Biosphere, between Us and the Universe, between all my close circles … Read more
Some time ago, Joel Lazarus and I met for a conversation around his two questions; 1) How did we break? and 2) How do we heal? We talked about how this relates to the Wider Embraces, what universal forces are moving through us, what new perspectives are emerging, how we can move towards a multi-individual … Read more
We dived deep into the Embrace of the Human Culture during our three-hour gathering last Saturday. This Cultural Embrace has always been the most troubling one in so many ways. The first problem is how to define it; is there a global human culture? Does it include our fields of wheat, and what about computers? … Read more
We were asked to feel into how we humans treat the planet and our emotions around this. I went with our burning of coal and oil, and to my surprise, I ended up in the opposite direction from the expected shame corner. And I came back with deep forgiveness in my heart. Who put ALL … Read more
One of the roots of Wider Embraces is the integral theory by Ken Wilber. Before I went on my journey and found the Embraces, I was very active in the integral movement in Sweden. This year, I have applied to present the Wider Embraces method at the huge European Integral Conference, which will be online … Read more
On Saturday, February 12th, we gathered online to spend three hours together in our wider Embraces, coming from California, Massachusetts, Ireland, England, Germany and Sweden. During the first two hours, we explored the personal potential in the middle of the Wheel of WE, and after the break, we went outside and found a round planet! … Read more
Today I used the WE method for my morning meditation, in a session of about 45 minutes. So this is another benefit of training to be a guide, I can do it for myself. And in so doing, train to be able to guide others. Learning the phrases by heart, linking their meaning with the … Read more
When we lean out into our wider Embraces, our perspective changes in many different ways. From living in the past and the future, to the timeless now. From being a part, to be the whole. From conditionally, to unconditionally. As this single human being, I see how we, humans, are destroying life on Earth. We … Read more
On what side of the divide between nature and culture do you live? Or are you one of the few who are living wholeheartedly in the Biosphere? The Biosphere embracing everything alive, including humans. I used to be a nature-person, but then something unexpected happened. This text from my diary April 2011 tells it well: … Read more
In August 2018, I had an extraordinary experience that I’ve hesitated to share because I don’t want to be seen as crazy, nor as hopeless and pessimistic. But the more I’ve dived into the message, alone and together with my beautiful friends, the more I’ve come to see that it’s a very fruitful and powerful … Read more
We all love the gifts of growth and development:– Longer, healthier lives!– Surviving kids!– Food from all over the world, year round!– Better, bigger houses with tap water and washing machine!– Communication via radio, TV, computer, mobile phone!– Travelling across the globe!– Knowledge and entertainment 24-7! Who wants to limit any of this for oneself?Or … Read more
You’ve probably seen the videos and the cartoons, maybe shared some of them yourself, where Mother Earth is crying or being wrathful against humanity, or Gaia hates her humans, seeing us as germs, hoping to get rid of us, fast. Yes, we humans have messed up this planet, immensely. Especially the ones of us, who … Read more
