http://www.wisdompage.com/ A site devoted to wisdom resources en-us cop@copmacdonald.com (Copthorne "Cop" Macdonald) cop@copmacdonald.com (Copthorne "Cop" Macdonald) Copyright 2006-2011 by the individual authors of the items that appear on this site >Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:10 -0400 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:10 -0400 A Google Custom Search of the Wisdom Page Website. http://www.wisdompage.com/WPSearch.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:10 -0400 Read this pdf intro to find out more about MIND FLIGHT, and WISDOM, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE FUTURE. http://www.wisdompage.com/LombardoBooksIntro.pdf Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:20 -0400 The Centre for Spirituality in the Workplace is offering prizes of $7,500, $3,500, and $2,000 for short videos "on what spirituality and work is, and how you would promote it in a workplace." http://www.wisdompage.com/CSWVideoContest.pdf Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:20 -0400 In the eight years since publishing Authentic Happiness, Martin Seligman has continued to refine his understanding of positive psychology. “Being in a state of mental health is not merely being disorder free; rather it is the presence of flourishing” he tells us as he makes his case for flourishing as perhaps the wisest goal for humanity. http://www.wisdompage.com/bookredirect01.html Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:20 -0400 The book effectively uses representative and systematic data to argue we are in ecological overshoot and economic overshoot. Either one is alarming; together they sound a critical alarm; if only it can be heard! http://www.wisdompage.com/bookredirect02.html Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:20 -0400 Part of the translation of a work by Einhard the Frank (for whom Charlemagne was master and patron), this short piece tells about Charlemagne's deep love of wisdom, and what he did about it. http://www.wisdompage.com/Charlemagne.html Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:20 -0400 This book, reviewed here by Walter G. Moss, brings together the perspectives of eight authors on how leaders lead "and how wisdom (connected to spirituality) can result in a more integrated and peaceful practice of leadership." A PDF file. http://www.wisdompage.com/LeadingwithWisdomReview.pdf Sun 02 Oct 2011 08:20 -0400 This is an exciting, insightful, and wide-ranging personal quest book by Thomas Lombardo and Jeanne Belisle Lombardo. As the authors describe the book, "Mind Flight weaves together personal narrative and intellectual odyssey, taking readers along on the author's pursuit of wisdom and enlightenment, his search for love, and his quest for an inspiring vision of the future. Encyclopedic in scope... Mind Flight draws the reader into the vast wonders and possibilities of the future, and is a stunning example of living the examined life." http://www.wisdompage.com/MindFlightIntro.html Tue, 26 Sep 2011 12:20 -0400 This is the website of activist, historian, and wisdom scholar Sanderson Beck. A prolific writer on subjects as diverse as world peace, the ethics of civilization, spiritual philosophy and wisdom, he has made much of it available on his website. http://www.san.beck.org/index.html Tue, 26 Sep 2011 12:00 -0400 This is a website rich in wisdom-relevant resources. Jason Cooper, the website's creator, presents the visitor with an eclectic mix of essays, book reviews, and videos that present ancient and contemporary views of the subject. http://www.knowledgereform.com/archives/ Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:20 -0400 This 16-minute video is from the 2011 Wisdom 2.0 Conference: "Exploring living with Awareness, Wisdom, and Compassion in the Technology Age." http://www.wisdom2summit.com/Media/single_post/2011-conference-guided-meditation-by-jon-kabat-zinn Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:20 -0400 This 16-minute video is from the 2011 Wisdom 2.0 Conference: "Exploring living with Awareness, Wisdom, and Compassion in the Technology Age." http://www.wisdom2summit.com/Media/single_post/2011-conference-guided-meditation-by-jack-kornfield Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:20 -0400 The Legacy Project at Cornell University is devoted to sharing the wisdom of America's elders with people of all ages. Since 2004 Professor Karl Pillemer and his research team have been collecting practical advice for living from elders age 65 and older. These "lessons for living" have been organized by topic, making it easy for site visitors to find advice on a host of common life issues. http://legacyproject.human.cornell.edu/sample-page/ Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:10 -0400 This is an exciting, insightful, and wide-ranging personal quest book by Thomas Lombardo and Jeanne Belisle Lombardo. As the authors describe the book, "Mind Flight weaves together personal narrative and intellectual odyssey, taking readers along on the author's pursuit of wisdom and enlightenment, his search for love, and his quest for an inspiring vision of the future. Encyclopedic in scope... Mind Flight draws the reader into the vast wonders and possibilities of the future, and is a stunning example of living the examined life." http://www.wisdompage.com/MindFlightIntro.html Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:10 -0400 Mark Hanawalt has started a discussion forum to explore the larger and deeper truth about the complex reality of which we are a part, and invites all who are interested to participate. You will be asked to create a username and password, but that is the only formality. http://www.wisdompage.com/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=4 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:10 -0400 In this essay Walter Moss, after surveying Dorothy Day's life, looks closely at her developing wisdom and how it was influenced by her being a woman and a Catholic. http://www.wisdompage.com/DorothyDayWisdom.pdf Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:10 -0400 In this short essay John A. van Huizum makes the case that three truths, or elements of "common sense philosophy," together create a foundation for wise living. http://www.wisdompage.com/Principles.html Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:00 -0400 Here, Alan Nordstrom makes the case that "Human beings are constituted to appreciate and assimilate three classic values: Beauty, Truth and Goodness. Our dedication to pursuing those values leads us toward Wisdom and expresses itself as Love." http://www.wisdompage.com/BeautyTruthGoodness.html Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:00 -0400 All of the edited videos from the 2011 conference of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning are now on YouTube as well as The Wisdom Page. http://www.youtube.com/wisdompage Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:00 -0400 This September 2011 conference in Sydney Australia will be "an opportunity to engage in the exploration of wisdom and its importance to business today. . . . come to this conference to gain greater skills, knowledge and insight into who you are and the way you work, so that you can better serve the long-term interests of your organisation, your society, the planet and yourself." http://slamconference.org.au/ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:20 -0400 Here, Walter G. Moss shows us how, why, and where immersion into literature — particularly the literature of great and wise writers — can help us become wiser people. (A DOC file). http://www.wisdompage.com/WisLitIntro.doc Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:20 -0400 Read Cop's thoughts about Wisdom, Consciousness, and the Future which he feels is a profound, deeply important, and timely book that concerned people and change agents everywhere will want to read. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisConFuture.html Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:20 -0400 "The Institute's work focuses on how future technology might affect the human condition, and on the risks and opportunities involved. It also focuses on the epistemic, moral, and prioritization issues that confront agents who pursue long-range or global objectives." Many Research Reports, Academic Papers, and Popular Articles are available there in full-text form. http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/research/rationality_and_wisdom Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:30 -0400 A master of both deep thought and the use of hypertext, Anthony Judge, in this wide ranging and thought provoking essay, presents his take on education, mis-education, and a step beyond which he calls meta-education. http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs10s/metaduca.php Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:45 -0400 Life review to discover the deeper meaning of our lives is increasingly seen as an important late-in-life activity. A highlight of the 2011 AEPL (Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning) conference was this memoir-writing workshop led by Nan Phifer, and made totally successful by its four dynamic participants. (FYI, for Nan the word spiritual means simply that "we go deeply into our feelings and important matters.") Length: 01:14:42 http://www.wisdompage.com/AEPL/PhiferWorkshop.html Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:45 -0400 The 2011 conference of AEPL, The Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, was held in Estes Park, Colorado in June. The theme of the conference was "Literacy for Love and Wisdom," and teachers at all levels of the educational spectrum shared what they are doing to help students move in the direction of greater love and wisdom. Personal teacher stories and portions of conference activities were video recorded. Some videos have been edited and can be viewed now; others will be added as the editing of each is completed. http://www.wisdompage.com/AEPL/ Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:45 -0400 Historian Walter G. Moss tells us about the effect that Russian literature had on these two seekers of wisdom, Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomFromRussia.pdf Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:30 -0400 This is the story of Jerry Wennstrom, an accomplished artist who gave it all up and trusted the universe to open new opportunities. As he put it: "The gift we have to offer the world comes from the full potential of who we are, grounded in the trust and faith in a generous, and abundant universe." (.doc format) http://www.wisdompage.com/JerryWennstrom01.doc Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:30 -0400 As author Anne Adams puts it, "we get what we educate." She reviews the present situation, showing the "viscious cycles" at play, and then discusses an educational paradigm which leads to "virtuous cycles." The "education for wholeness" she advocates focuses on the coordinated development of a multiplicty of intelligences: physical, emotional, mental/intellectual, and spiritual. A truly integral education. (PDF format.) http://www.wisdompage.com/Adams2011a.pdf Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:30 -0400 This is the complete six-part report summarizing discussions in July, 2010 by a small group of philosophers and psycyhologists about practical wisdom. (A PDF file.) http://www.mcps.umn.edu/documents/RosewoodReport.pdf Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:30 -0400 In this essay Nicholas Maxwell of University College London tells us where the founders of the 18th century "Enlightenment" went astray, and how the proper application of rationality can help humanity acquire wisdom. http://www.wisdompage.com/Maxwell---KeytoWisdom.html Tue, 24 May 2011 12:30 -0400 In this 13-minute TED video Daniel Goleman, award-winning author of Emotional Intelligence, opens our eyes to why those of us who value compassion so often fail to act compassionately. http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_goleman_on_compassion.html Wed, 18 May 2011 08:30 -0400 Practical wisdom is the variety of wisdom that helps us deal with everyday life. Walter Moss has written a comprehensive review that introduces us to this excellent book by Barry Schwarz and Kenneth Sharpe. http://www.wisdompage.com/MossReviewOfPracticalWisdom.html Wed, 18 May 2011 08:30 -0400 Alan Nordstrom chooses this name for our "upwardly mobile species," and picks the nurturing of transcendental consciousness as the highest aim of higher education. (.doc format) http://www.wisdompage.com/HomoTranscendens.doc Wed, 04 May 2011 12:00 -0400 This very popular resource since 2009 is presented here in expanded and enriched form by its author Tom Lombardo. The essay is an insightful exploration of values, virtues, and character development. (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/Lombardo--EthicalCharacterDevelopment2011.pdf Wed, 04 May 2011 12:00 -0400 This is a paper in which Tom Lombardo describes the evolution and structure of a futures-focused educational program, one which he believes would provide college students with a high quality integrative and holistic education. (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/Lombardo--IntegHolWisdFutEducation.pdf Wed, 04 May 2011 12:00 -0400 Here, author Tom Lombardo discusses the roles of creativity, heightened future consciousness, and wisdom in the future evolution of the human mind. (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/Lombardo--CreativityWisdomEvolFuture.pdf Wed, 04 May 2011 12:00 -0400 In this article authors Tom Lombardo and Ray Todd Blackwood propose the pursuit, cultivation, and exercise of wisdom as a general guiding principle in dealing with society's multitude of challenges and problems. (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/Lombardo--WiseCyborg.pdf Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:00 -0400 Pay the cost of shipping, and copies of the hardcover Building a Life of Value and paperback Living a Life of Value are yours. http://www.wisdompage.com/MercheyBooks/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:30 -0400 The Sanskrit word prajña means wisdom in English. Here, Subhash Kak presents his take on Vedic wisdom. (A PDF file.) http://www.wisdompage.com/prajnasutra.pdf Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:30 -0400 Alan Nordstrom calls on us to "to become more conscious, careful and committed to changing our minds and behaviors as wisdom requires" and shares his thoughts on just what those requirements are. http://alan-nordstrom.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-wisdom-requires-there-is-no-more.html Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:30 -0400 What kind of a society can help us become wiser people? This essay by Alan Nordstrom explores and expands on the thought "That society is best which best fosters the fulfillment of true human needs." http://alan-nordstrom.blogspot.com/2011/03/best-society-that-society-is-best-which.html Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:30 -0400 Referred to as "Bedrock Principles for Daily Life," the wheel involves 36 "Natural and/or Spiritual Laws" that "identify the common ground of values which unite all cultures, creeds, and countries." Some of The Wisdom Wheel materials are free; others are available via paid subscription. http://www.thewisdomwheel.com/wheellayout.html Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:45 -0400 Sage Qualities in Character is the 12- minute video of a talk given by Gola Wolf Richards at Maine's 2010 TEDxDirigo conference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l16riInjgh4 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:40 -0400 Here, Walter Moss examines these qualities and their relationship as manifested in the lives of many prominent historical figures. (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomHumorFaith.pdf Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:40 -0400 Subtitled "A Look at Wisdom in the Lives of Older People," this new section of The Wisdom Page website will feature materials that explore issues involving wisdom, aging, and the lives of elders. http://www.wisdompage.com/wisaging00.html Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:40 -0400 Creative Longevity and Wisdom is a project of The Institute for Social Innovation at Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California that "studies the many dimensions of what it means to age well and the opportunities and challenges associated with an aging population. " Here are links to 4 wisdom-relevant papers that were presented at the project's International Conference on Positive Aging held in 2008. http://www.wisdompage.com/wisaging00.html Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:40 -0400 Positive Aging Newsletter, edited by Ken and Mary Gergen, has been published online by the Taos Institute since 2001. Here are links to 12 newsletter items especially relevant to wisdom. http://www.wisdompage.com/wisaging00.html Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:40 -0400 This electronic newsletter, edited by Harry (Rick) Moody, is edited by the Office of Academic Affairs at AARP and is distributed by the Committee on Humanities and Arts of the Gerontological Society of America. The Newsletter contains items of interest about humanistic gerontology; it does not publish original writing but is limited to brief and timely announcements. To submit items of interest or request being added to the subscription list contact: hrmoody@yahoo.org http://www.wisdompage.com/wisaging00.html Sat, 01 Jan 2011 09:20 -0400 Anglo-American writer W.H. Auden is considered one of the 20th century's great writers, and in this essay Walter Moss looks at key aspects of Auden's life and character. (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/WHAudensWisdomFaithandHumor.pdf Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:20 -0400 This is Part 1 of The Rosewood Report concerning discussions in July, 2010 by a small group of philosophers and psycyhologists about the capacities of practical wisdom. http://wisdomresearch.org/forums/t/846.aspx# Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:20 -0400 This is Part 2 of The Rosewood Report concerning discussions in July, 2010 by a small group of philosophers and psycyhologists about the capacities of practical wisdom. http://wisdomresearch.org/forums/t/851.aspx# Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:20 -0400 This is Part 4 of The Rosewood Report concerning discussions in July, 2010 by a small group of philosophers and psycyhologists about the capacities of practical wisdom. http://wisdomresearch.org/forums/t/864.aspx# Sun, 05 Dec 2010 08:40 -0400 Here Sajid Ali Kahn presents his views about wisdom and wisdom development. http://knol.google.com/k/w-i-s-d-o-m# Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:10 -0400 This journal article by Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Roger Sperry links human values to brain function, and makes the case that "More than any other causal system with which science now concerns itself, it is variables in human value systems that will determine the future." (PDF format.) http://www.wisdompage.com/SperryOnValues.pdf Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:10 -0400 In this profound and stirring essay, wisdom researcher and adult educator Richard Hawley Trowbridge makes the case that the final stage of human growth is, ideally, "the remaking of identity" through a clear understanding of the relationship between human being and cosmic context. (A PDF file. Also available in DOC format.) http://www.wisdompage.com/DevelopmentalTaskForEldersRHT.pdf Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:50 -0400 "This wiki is dedicated to providing reliable information and promoting responsible dialogue on the most important political issues." Its aim is to carry forward the coffee party mission to seek "common ground and collective action to strengthen [American] democracy." http://politicalwisdom.wikispaces.com/ Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:10 -0400 This review of a book by Debashis Chowdhury deals with the author's expanded take on Ashrama, the Indian philosophy that addresses the stages of human life. It is a view that applies to lives in the West as well as India. Especially pertinent to wisdom development are the second-half-of-life stages from 50 onward. http://www.wisdompage.com/ChowdhuryReview.html Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:00 -0400 This is a revised, and now illistrated, version of the popular essay by Copthorne Macdonald. http://www.wisdompage.com/FlawsInMentality.html Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:30 -0400 Is it possible to get the idea of wisdom across to preschoolers? Matt Mawhinney thinks so, and shares his approach. http://www.wisdompage.com/TeachingPreschoolersAboutWisdom.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:30 -0400 Based on the popular Wisdom Page essay, this video is a 22-minute illustrated tour of the less-than-perfect hand that evolution dealt us, plus a look at the hopeful side of the situation. http://www.wisdompage.com/Video2/FlawsInHumanMentalityVideo.html Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:30 -0400 Here, Lee Beaumont makes the case for refereed dialogue as a way of moving beyond crude and divisive communication toward a deeper understanding of what is. (PDF file) http://www.wisdompage.com/DemagogueryToDialogue.pdf Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:15 -0400 Maxim Gorky called Chekhov "a great, wise, and observant man," and in this essay Walter Moss tells us about Checkov's "practical wisdom that enabled him to care for those he loved and to help others." http://www.wisdompage.com/ChekhovEssay.pdf Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:35 -0400 Wisdom 101 is a presentation that Alan Nordstrom made at a Florida College English Association gathering at Rollins College concerning the Personal Writing course he teaches and the online course that grew out if it. http://alan-nordstrom.blogspot.com/2010/10/wisdom-101-florida-college-english.html Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:35 -0400 In this essay, and the seminar materials in the item below, W. Barnett Pearce — author of the book Making Social Worlds and the Barnett Pearce blog — introduces us to an approach that fosters both dialogue and the use of dialogue to create wiser societies. CMM is a powerful set of communication tools and practices aimed at developing an understanding and acknowledgment of differences — the goal being the creation of social worlds in which people with different views coordinate their actions in mutually acceptable ways. (PDF file) http://www.pearceassociates.com/essays/cmm_pearce.pdf Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:35 -0400 This 70-page PDF document goes into the history of CMM, its aims and key concepts, and how it can be put into practice. http://www.pearceassociates.com/essays/cmm_seminar.pdf Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:50 -0400 Sharon Salzberg is co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and has led meditation retreats around the world for three decades. Here she discusses her early experiences in India and the lovingkindness meditation which has been her focus. http://www.wisdompage.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode22.html Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:50 -0400 Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard neuroscientist who had a massive left-hemisphere stroke that left her in a state of right-brain facilitated bliss. In this 54 minute interview she goes into detail about the experience. http://www.wisdompage.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode21.html Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:50 -0400 To be held in Estes Park, Colorado June 23-26, 2011, Perspectives 2011 will seek to set "a framework through which democratic education can center itself on the evocation of love and wisdom in the hearts and minds of people." Click the link and get all the details about this opportunity to "join a community of supportive educators for this retreat in the spectacular Rocky Mountains, where you can explore a fundamental change in what education means for the modern world." (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/perspectives2011.pdf Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:50 -0400 In this article Tom Lombardo presents a theory of wisdom based on historical traditions, recent psychological research, and philosophical thinking while exploring a variety of important trends and futurist themes. (PDF format) http://www.centerforfutureconsciousness.com/pdf_files/Readings/Wisdominthe21stCenturyFinalWebsite2010.pdf Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:50 -0400 In this article, Christine Whelan shares her classroom experience with college freshman and sophomores "on how to live an honest, successful, and productive life." http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/christine-whelan/doing-good-and-doing-well Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:25 -0400 This article is an introduction to the why and what of mindfulness meditation by Gary R. McClain. http://www.thirdage.com/stress-reduction/calm-the-inner-clutter-of-your-mind Fri, 09 Sep 2010 06:50 -0400 In this powerful and illuminating article in the World Futurist Society's journal The Futurist, psychologist Tom Lombardo presents a comprehensive picture of what wisdom is, and he explores the ways in which wisdom and awareness of the future connect. (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomFacingForwardWFSAug2010.pdf Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:10 -0400 Wisdom researcher Monika Ardelt considers wisdom to be a combination of cognitive, reflective, and affective personality qualities that "cannot exist independently of individuals." http://www.wisdompage.com/Ardelt01.html Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:00 -0400 Are you working your way toward greater wisdom? If so, this highly informative website deserves a visit. An ongoing project of Leland R. Beaumont, the site focuses on personal development in the emotional, cognitive, and action spheres as well as the endpoint convergence of these developmental paths: wisdom. http://www.thewisepath.org Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:40 -0400 A few thoughts on the subject by Copthorne Macdonald. (Augmented version: expanded section on values) http://www.wisdompage.com/FlawsInMentality.html Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:45 -0400 Here Erno Lehtinen of the Centre for Learning Research at Finland's University of Turku discusses the potential of technology-supported learning environments for facilitating the development of deep conceptual knowledge and wisdom. http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg85/085/0079/0850079.pdf Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:45 -0400 This frequently updated list directs you to the pages of Alan Nordstrom's Blog where the new poems appear. http://www.wisdompage.com/NewNordstromPoems.html Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:00 -0400 Here, Jerry Katz, founder of Nonduality.com and Nonduality.org interviews Vicki Woodyard on his FM radio program Nonduality Street. http://www.nonduality.com/3august10_completeshow.mp3 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:00 -0400 Where's Wisdom is an insightful essay by Leland R. Beaumont that, with the aid of helpful graphics, explores both the personal growth process as one heads toward wisdom and the final destination: wisdom itself. (A PDF file) http://www.wisdompage.com/WheresWisdom.pdf Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:50 -0400 Created by Richard Trowbridge, this bibliography contains references to some 1200 works. (PDF) http://www.wisdompage.com/Trowbridge2010Bibliography.pdf Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:00 -0400 An Idea to change the world?? Vince Schubert thinks it just might be. Visit this collaborative document where you can add your own thoughts on the subject, helpful information, and links to resources. http://bit.ly/aHlIcy Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:30 -0400 The Fundamental Human Question, as Alan Nordstrom puts it: "How much can our species consciously, intentionally and wisely shape the future course of life on Earth?" A call to reflection and action. http://alan-nordstrom.blogspot.com/2010/07/question-fundamental-human-question-is.html Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:00 -0400 This article by Arto Tukiainen asserts that "an adequate understanding of the concept of wisdom enables philosophical counsellors to identify their proper tasks" and that "philosophical counselling is a process where the counsellee's powers of virtue are examined and encouraged." (PDF format.) http://www.artotukiainen.net/virtues.pdf Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:00 -0400 Both wisdom and folly are rooted in brain function, and this journal focuses on the brain/mind relationship. The Journal's Open Access Policy means that all of its articles are available in full-text form for viewing and downloading. http://www.activitas.org/index.php/nervosa Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:00 -0400 Wise Values is a short essay by Alan Nordstrom in which he asks "What then are the wisest values and principles by which all human beings ought to govern their lives?" He answers with two principles. http://alan-nordstrom.blogspot.com/2010/06/wise-values-while-recognizing-vast.html Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:30 -0400 In this essay Walter Moss focuses on Carl Sandburg's humor, and indicates how that humor was connected to his wisdom. http://www.wisdompage.com/SandburgHumor.pdf Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:30 -0400 Truth is one of wisdom's core values, and this fascinating website, created by a group of college students, explores the matter in depth via submissions by many people. The focus is on "life and death, the ultimate truth." All accepted submissions are available for reading, and the five judged "the most clear, complete and accurate explanation of the truth" appear on the home page. http://www.truthcontest.com/ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:30 -0400 Judeo-Christian bibles have many references to wisdom. The Biblos website can be a great help to those who would like to explore these teachings. Of particular value is the Multi-Version Concordance which allows you to enter a word, such as wisdom, and see the passages in which that word appears in all twelve translations. http://biblos.com/ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:30 -0400 DIALECTIC, subtitled SELF / OTHER and Darwin 1 / Darwin 2, is a poem on Alan Nordstrom's fascinating blog. While there, check out his many other poems and short essays. http://alan-nordstrom.blogspot.com/2010/06/dialectic-self-other-darwin-1-darwin-2.html Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:30 -0400 Dialogue — Thinking Together is a section of Lee Beaumont's Emotional Competency website. Here you will find an excellent review of the conditions that lead to productive dialogue. http://www.emotionalcompetency.com/dialogue.htm Fri, 28 May 2010 07:30 -0400 Here, Andrew Targowski, Professor of Business Information Systems at Western Michgan University, looks at both the history of wisdom and its place in our contemporary world. (A .doc file.) http://www.wisdompage.com/ThePhilosophicalApproach.doc Wed, 26 May 2010 11:30 -0400 This website, hosted by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, is "a leading-edge web resource for educational change that identifies, communicates, and helps implement successful educational strategies." It is home to numerous full-text articles on a wide range of topics of interest to educators in general and change agents in particular. http://education.jhu.edu/newhorizons/ Wed, 26 May 2010 11:30 -0400 This thought-stirring essay by Nick Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, examines "The good life: just how good could it be? A vision of the future from the future." http://www.nickbostrom.com/utopia.html Thu, 20 May 2010 19:00 -0400 This article by historian Walter G. Moss examines certain wisdom-associated values advocated by the President in this speech and other communications with the public. http://www.hnn.us/articles/126632.html Tue, 18 May 2010 14:00 -0400 Fundamental to psychological/spiritual growth and the development of wisdom is the understanding and management of our emotions — what Lee Beaumont calls Emotional Competency. His resource-rich website is home to many on-point, understandable essays that shed light on emotional and other personal growth issues. http://www.emotionalcompetency.com/ Tue, 18 May 2010 09:00 -0400 HOMO VALORENS is a short essay by Alan Nordstrom which makes the case that "Value is our definitive human quest. More aptly than Homo sapiens, we are Homo valorens—'man the valuemaker,' or 'man the evaluator'. . . ." http://alan-nordstrom.blogspot.com/2010/05/homo-valorens-if-wisdom-is-realization.html Sat, 15 May 2010 07:30 -0400 What happens when a teacher introduces a wisdom book into a personal writing course, and the author, some 1500 miles away, has a Skype-with-webcam exchange with the students? Afterward, what sort of letters would the students and the author write to each other? The answers are here. http://www.wisdompage.com/Rollins2010Letters.html Tue, 11 May 2010 16:00 -0400 As Walter Moss puts it, this forward thinking economist and environmentalist "attempted to apply wisdom to numerous aspects of twentieth-century life, not only to economics and the environment, but to science, technology, culture, education, religion, and the relations of rich nations to poor nations." http://www.wisdompage.com/SchumacherEssay.pdf Fri, 7 May 2010 14:00 -0400 Using contemporary concepts, this article presents a science-grounded way of looking at the absolute and relative realities spoken of in "perennial philosophy" traditions. It then discusses Buddhist meditation practices which can help one to deeply internalize this perspective. http://www.wisdompage.com/reality.html Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:00 -0400 An article by Copthorne Macdonald about an eclectic integration of wisdom, the classroom, and internet technology. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomandtheExtendedClassroom.html Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:30 -0400 This short essay on Alan Nordstrom's blog describes the process: "to act wisely we must first comprehend (often through sad experiences) which alternatives will prove most gratifying, and then we must work to make them real or bring them into being." http://alan-nordstrom.blogspot.com/2010/04/wising-up-while-exhortation-to-grow-up.html Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:30 -0400 A carefully selected group of text, audio, and video resources arranged in four tiers representing four different levels of interest, prior knowledge about wisdom, and personal involvement. http://www.wisdompage.com/LearnerIntro.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:30 -0400 This is the title of a conference to be held in Ojai, California, April 10-11, 2010. http://nurtureachild.com/event_awakening_intelligence.htm Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:30 -0400 What makes the great teachers great? Elizabeth Green, Spencer Fellow in education, draws together answers to that question in this comprehensive article in the New York Times Magazine. http://www.wisdompage.com/BuildingaBetterTeacher.html Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:00 -0400 Online Links to 16 of the "most respected online schools," with comments about the pros and cons of free courses and other useful information. http://education-portal.com/articles/Colleges_and_Universities_that_Offer_Free_Courses_Online.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:00 -0400 This is a stimulating and enlightening essay by historian Walter G. Moss on the educational ideas of E.F. Schumacher (1911-1977) who thought that "more education can help us only if it produces more wisdom." http://www.wisdompage.com/SchumacherOnWisdomAndEducation.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:30 -0400 This website presents a wide range of text, audio, and video resources to help us "accummulate whatever knowledge you deem useful and then use it to transform your personal lives and the state of this planet for the better." http://www.knowledgereform.com/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:30 -0400 Friday, July 30, 2010 to Sunday, Aug 1 at IONS in Petaluma, CA. Training for "a curriculum that fosters direct intuitive knowing, compassion and tolerance." http://bit.ly/abKQbZ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:30 -0400 This superb essay by noted historian Walter G. Moss makes the case for early-in-life acquisition of wisdom. The alternative, as he makes clear, is very likely to be a wasted life. Must reading for young college students — and the rest of us. http://www.wisdompage.com/GoalsValuesandWisdom.html Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:30 -0400 Now a Wisdom Page Podcast at the URL above, and at iTunes. http://www.wisdompage.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode17.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:50 -0400 This is a fascinating and informative 44-minute streaming audio conversation between Martin Rutte and Jeffrey Milburn about the heaven-on-earth concept and the How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth book. http://www.omniartsalon.com/oas-251-how-to-achieve-heaven-on-earth-with-martin-rutte/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:00 -0400 A 9-minute video introduction to wisdom and The Wisdom Page website. http://www.wisdompage.com/Video2/WisdomPageIntroVideo.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:00 -0400 Much here about the idea and the just published book: HOW TO ACHIEVE A HEAVEN ON EARTH. http://www.wisdompage.com/HOE/HeavenOnEarth01.html Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:30 -0400 This NY Times article by Barbara Strauch has implications for, and presents insights into, the process of wisdom development. A thought-stirring article. http://www.wisdompage.com/TrainAgingBrain.html Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:30 -0400 Nine books added to Psychological/Spiritual Development, two to Personal Quests for Wisdom and Enlightenment. http://www.wisdompage.com/reviews/ Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:50 -0400 This is an article by Robert Sternberg that originally appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://www.wisdompage.com/SternbergArticle01.html Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:40 -0400 This is the December (and final) installment of Thomas Lombardo and Jeanne Belisle Lombardo serialized book, MIND FLIGHT: Wisdom, Enlightenment, and the Journey of Life. (PDF file) http://www.wisdompage.com/MindFlightCh6.pdf Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:40 -0400 Included in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan is the requirement that "The State shall strive to promote those conditions that will enable the pursuit of Gross National Happiness." Relevant to schooling everywhere are the recommendations that Dasho Karma Ura, President of the Centre for Bhutan Studies, makes in this Proposal. (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/GNHValueEducationProposal.pdf Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:00 -0400 Wisdom Page Interactive --- a new section of The Wisdom Page that will be home to visitor participation activities such as forums, online courses, and related activities. Initial offerings are an Open Discussion Forum and link to the Wisdom 101 course. http://www.wisdompage.com/moodle/ Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:00 -0400 A new section of The Wisdom Page. Contact info@wisdompage.com with suggestions about appropriate blogs to add. http://www.wisdompage.com/bloginfo.html Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:15 -0400 Bernard Brookes's "SOPPHIA model organizes the plethora of competencies into 7 Dimensions of Wisdom, and provides a framework that facilitates coaching and self-development efforts." http://www.wisdompage.com/SOPPHIAessay2.html Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:40 -0400 This is a new category in the Wisdom Books and Book Reviews section of The Wisdom Page. The initial posting includes two books by, and one about, Nicholas Maxwell. http://www.wisdompage.com/reviews/ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:40 -0400 This website presents an Islamic perspective on wisdom. "Our aim is to present the fundamentals of Islamic ideology from the perspectives of philosophy, reason and wisdom." http://www.islamicwisdom.net/ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:40 -0400 The Wisdom Page is now on Twitter, providing links to Wisdom Page Resources. http://twitter.com/WisdomPage Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:45 -0400 This is the subtitle of a thought-stirring overview by Anthony Judge of major world challenges and the lack of effective initiatives to deal with them. Wisdom needed here! http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/musings/omission.php Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:50 -0400 A new section of The Wisdom Page featuring wisdom-related books and periodicals, including free eBooks. Visitors are encouraged to add their own book suggestions, comments, and reviews. http://www.wisdompage.com/reviews Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:00 -0400 This is the academic focus of educational philosopher Heesoon Bai at Simon Fraser University. http://heesoonbai.wordpress.com/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:00 -0400 A list of the 48 text items that move across the Wisdom Page banner. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomCharacteristics.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00 -0400 Much of value here by philosopher, author, teacher, and founder of The Wisdom Academy, Christian de Quincey. http://thewisdomblog.wordpress.com/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00 -0400 This is the November installment of Thomas Lombardo and Jeanne Belisle Lombardo serialized book, MIND FLIGHT: Wisdom, Enlightenment, and the Journey of Life. (PDF file) http://www.wisdompage.com/MindFlightCh5.pdf Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:30 -0400 Youth-Leader is a dynamic online magazine focusing on groundbreaking positive change initiatives, portraits, tools, and more. http://www.youth-leader.org/index.php?id=650 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:20 -0400 This is the October installment of Thomas Lombardo and Jeanne Belisle Lombardo serialized book, MIND FLIGHT: Wisdom, Enlightenment, and the Journey of Life. (PDF file) http://www.wisdompage.com/MindFlightCh4.pdf Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:30 -0400 The Wisdom of The World is a database of 5000+ quotations compiled by Dr. Bruce Lloyd, Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management, London South Bank University. http://www.wisdompage.com/LloydWisdomQuotesIntro.html Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:00 -0400 This very helpful tool for starting a meditation practice is available as both a downloadable MP3 file and a click-to-start streaming audio presentation. http://www.wisdompage.com/Audio/GuidedMeditation.html Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:20 -0400 About Wisdom is Rana Ehtisham Rabbani's succinct answer to the "What is wisdom?" question. He elaborates his view at his website, www.humanityworld.com. http://www.wisdompage.com/Rana01.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:00 -0400 The whole archive of program episodes is now available as well as streaming MP3 audio of Jason's interviews of Wes Nisker, Cop Macdonald, Alan Nordstrom, Richard Trowbridge, and Nicholas Maxwell. http://www.wisdompage.com/MercheyInterviews.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:00 -0400 This is the September installment of Thomas Lombardo and Jeanne Belisle Lombardo serialized book, MIND FLIGHT: Wisdom, Enlightenment, and the Journey of Life. (PDF file) http://www.wisdompage.com/MindFlightCh3.pdf Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:30 -0400 Cheryl Esposito interviews Alan Briskin -- award-winning author, pioneer in the field of organizational learning, and cofounder of the Collective Wisdom Initiative. (Streaming audio) http://www.modavox.com/VoiceAmerica/vepisode.aspx?aid=41127 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:30 -0400 An item added to judaiclinks.html at http://www.wisdompage.com/judaiclinks.html http://www.jewish-discovery.com/ Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:10 -0400 Obama, Passion and Wisdom is Walter Moss's preferred title for this essay that explores what wisdom is in the context of politics. http://hnn.us/articles/116297.html Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:10 -0400 This essay is Richard Trowbridge's latest contribution to the history of the study of wisdom. (A PDF file) http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomChronology.pdf Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:30 -0400 Are golf and wisdom miles apart? In this short, fun essay Walter Moss makes the connection. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomGolfandObama.doc Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:00 -0400 In this second wisdom portrait of a noted 20th century person, Walter Moss reviews the life and developing wisdom of this Russian physicist -- winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and champion of freedom and human rights. http://www.wisdompage.com/SakharovEssay.pdf Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:20 -0400 This is the August installment of Thomas Lombardo and Jeanne Belisle Lombardo serialized book, MIND FLIGHT: Wisdom, Enlightenment, and the Journey of Life. (PDF file) http://www.wisdompage.com/MindFlightCh2.pdf Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:55 -0400 "Global Sensemaking (GSm) is a group of people dedicated to helping humanity address complex, interrelated global problems-such as climate change, energy policy, poverty, and food security-by developing and applying new web-based technology to assist collaborative decision making and cooperative problem solving." http://www.globalsensemaking.net/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:30 -0400 This essay by Anthony Judge focuses on the Us-and-Them polarization problem and suggests some approaches for getting past it that seem worth exploring. http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs00s/usthem.php Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:00 -0400 In this essay Anthony Judge draws our attention to a multitude of failure traps, and points to successful strategies. Must reading for anyone working to create a more positive future. http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs00s/disting.php Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:45 -0400 Links to materials of David Mick, Professor of Marketing at the Uiniversity of Virginia. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/DavidMick.html Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:30 -0400 This is a brief but informative excerpt from an article by University of Virginia professor David Mick. http://www.wisdompage.com/Mick--OverviewofPriorResearch.html Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:30 -0400 This is an exciting, insightful, and wide-ranging personal quest book by Thomas Lombardo and Jeanne Belisle Lombardo. Its first presentation to the world is on The Wisdom Page in serial form. Each month a new chapter will be added. http://www.wisdompage.com/MindFlightIntro.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:30 -0400 Some thoughts on the subject by David Paterson in response to Bruce Lloyd's call for comments on a "Wise Society Index." http://www.wisdompage.com/Paterson01.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:30 -0400 This is the Wikipedia Encyclopedia article about wisdom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:30 -0400 This is the Wikipedia Encyclopedia article about The Wisdom Page website. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_Page Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:30 -0400 This page gives an overview of the development of the content and popularity of The Wisdom Page since its inception in 1995. http://www.wisdompage.com/History/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:30 -0400 This is the latest report from Jeffrey A. Greene and Scott C Brown on their effort to formulate a rigorously tested, effective measure of wisdom. (A PDF file) http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/WDSValidity.pdf Sun, 7 Jun 2009 05.00 -0400 An exciting conference to be held in Washington, DC October 8-9, 2009. Speakers include The Dalai Lama and Daniel Goleman. Click the link for full details. http://www.educatingworldcitizens.org/index.html Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:30 -0400 Newly revamped and expanded page, with much improved streaming video and streaming audio technology. http://www.wisdompage.com/cop-av.html Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:30 -0400 Same content, but with much improved streaming video and streaming audio technology. http://www.wisdompage.com/TheWisdomPagePodcast.html Sun, 31 May 2009 05:30 -0400 A video of Copthorne Macdonald's Rollins College Address: WISDOM: The Highest Aim of Life and Higher Education. http://www.wisdompage.com/Video/RollinsTalkVideoFLV.html Sun, 31 May 2009 05:30 -0400 A video of Copthorne Macdonald's Rollins College Address: WISDOM: The Highest Aim of Life and Higher Education. http://www.wisdompage.com/Video/RollinsTalkVideoWMV.html Sun, 31 May 2009 05:30 -0400 Supporting the growing number of educators who see "mindfulness training as a foundation for education," this site is a rich source of resources on the subject. http://www.mindfuleducation.org/ Tue, 19 May 2009 10:30 -0400 Headed by videographer Gilles Gagnon, it "captures messages from extraordinary 'ordinary' people and spreads their wealth of knowledge in the form of short videos." Worth viewing! http://www.thewisdomspeakers.com/index.php/video-intros/ Tue, 19 May 2009 10:30 -0400 AcademicInfo "is an online education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning information." http://www.academicinfo.net/eddist.html Sun, 10 May 2009 06:30 -0400 See what this Harvard-based adult educator has to say about living the 50-to-75 year period of life to the fullest. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05082009/watch2.html Thu, 7 May 2009 15:00 -0400 The organization supports those trying to create a fundamental shift in the ways children and young people are educated. Of particular interest are the essays on the website's resources page. http://www.youngspirit.org Sun, 3 May 2009 06:00 -0400 A conference to be held June 24 thru June 28, 2009 in San Luis Obispo, California. Click the link for more information. http://www.epicandfutures.org/index.htm Sat, 4 Apr 2009 14:30 -0400 Marc Prensky examines ways in which digital technologies could facilitate the development of wisdom and wise decison making. http://www.wisdompage.com/Prensky01.html Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:00 -0400 Information about this 2009 book -- a tribute to, and commentary on, the work of Nicholas Maxwell, edited by Leemon McHenry. http://www.wisdompage.com/McHenryBook.html Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:00 -0400 Deeply impressed by this man, Walter G. Moss tells us about McClusky's positive outlook on life, his concern with helping young people, his modesty, and more. http://www.wisdompage.com/Moss---McClusky.doc Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:45 -0400 Harvard brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor's insights about the brain, unconditional happiness, and the way to find it. http://www.wisdompage.com/StrokeOfInsight.html Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:45 -0400 Rollins College professor Alan Nordstrom makes the case for "a new general education program oriented to explore the 'human frontiers', the leading edges of learning and research." http://www.wisdompage.com/FrontiersAndBreakthroughs.html Wed, 4 Mar 2009 08:35 -0400 Listen to streaming MP3 audio of Jason's interviews of Wes Nisker, Cop Macdonald, Alan Nordstrom, Richard Trowbridge, and Nicholas Maxwell. http://www.wisdompage.com/MercheyInterviews.html Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:45 -0400 This newly created Wisdom Page section will be home to profiles of wise people, past and present. http://www.wisdompage.com/#225 Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:45 -0400 The best way to get a handle on wisdom — what it is, and how it is developed — may well be to examine the life stories of wise people. http://www.wisdompage.com/CopProfilesIntro.html Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:45 -0400 Historian Walter Moss describes the need for this project, and extends an invitation to those who might want to contribute an essay. http://www.wisdompage.com/MossPortraitsIntro.doc Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:45 -0400 The book's first essay, by Walter Moss, is a wisdom-focused portrait of renowned poet and Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg and his wife Paula. http://www.wisdompage.com/SandburgEssay.doc Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:45 -0400 This essay by Alan Nordstrom looks at what we can learn from Shakespeare's plays about his take on wisdom. http://www.wisdompage.com/ShakespeareOnWisdom.doc Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:45 -0400 The person needn't be famous, just wise. Just tell their story in text, audio, or video format, and have it posted here. http://www.wisdompage.com/ProfileInvitation.html Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:45 -0400 Cop Macdonald presents a profile of this remarkable woman — a story that first appeared in his book Getting a Life . http://www.wisdompage.com/AliceBurkhardt.html Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:00 -0400 This is where you can find podcasts of a great many of Duncan Campbell's audio and video interviews with leaders in the movement toward wisdom and world betterment. http://personallifemedia.com/podcasts/212-living-dialogues Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:00 -0400 In this Living Dialogues episode, Duncan Campbell and Paul Ray discuss Paul's thoughts about creating.a wise, caring, global culture. http://personallifemedia.com/podcasts/212-living-dialogues/episodes/3382-paul-ray-co-creating-new-wisdom Thu, 18 Feb 2009 10:00 -0400 This inspiring 20-minute MP4 talk by Barry Schwartz was presented at the 2009 TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference in Long Beach, California. http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom.html Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:00 -0400 Here you will find a dozen articles by noted innovative educator Stephanie Pace Marshall on subjects such as educating the whole child, and education for the future. http://www.stephaniepacemarshall.com/writings.html Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:00 -0400 A poem by educator Stephanie Pace Marshall about rediscovering wonder and the story of the life we were meant to live. http://www.stephaniepacemarshall.com/articles/TheRealStory.pdf Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:20 -0400 Susan McNeal Velasquez offers us a variety of techniques for getting in touch with our intuitive mind and living a wiser, fuller, more peaceful life. http://www.wisdompage.com/VelasquezReview.html Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:20 -0400 An online archive that presents 11,000+ "insights of spirituality" from a wide variety of sources including "major psychologists, philosophers, writers, scholars and leading religious personalities." http://interspirit.net/spirit/ Thu, 8 Jan 2009 14:00 -0400 In this expansive essay Chris Lucas presents his and others' thoughts about what education should be, and proposes a systems-based methodology. http://www.calresco.org/educate.htm Mon, 5 Jan 2009 08:50 -0400 Articles by John E. Rensch, Riane Eisler, Peter Russell, Ervin Laszlo, Rupert Sheldrake, Charles Tart, Stanislov Grof and others in SpandaNews, Issue 4/2008, PDF format. http://www.spanda.org/SpandaNews_II,4.pdf Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:30 -0400 This newly created Wisdom Page section will be home to a new set of offerings that call for the active participation of visitors to the site. Initial offerings include a wisdom course and requests for visitor feedback on two issues. http://www.wisdompage.com/#090 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:30 -0400 This interactive online course in practical wisdom is an outgrowth of a classroom course given at Rollins College by Professor Alan Nordstrom. It uses short chapters from Cop Macdonald's book GETTING A LIFE to stir thinking about many common life situations. http://www.wisdompage.com/Wisdom101.html Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:30 -0400 Here, Wisdom Page visitors are asked to share their views on how best to cultivate wisdom. http://wisdompage1.wordpress.com/about/ Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:30 -0400 Here, visitors are asked to share their thoughts about creating a tool for measuring societal wisdom. http://wisdompage2.wordpress.com/about/ Sun, 7 Dec 2008 07:50 -0400 Wisdom Therapy as offered by the Wisdom Therapy Institute involves an integrated program of "Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Meditation, and the active cultivation of Humility." http://www.wisdomtherapy.com/wisdom-therapy/ Sat, 6 Dec 2008 07:00 -0400 FutureShapers Monthly is a free newsletter from John E. Renesch dedicated to "Bridging Wisdom and Practice for a Better Tomorrow." http://www.renesch.com/newsletters/ahax.html Thu, 4 Dec 2008 14:20 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Jason Merchey. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/JasonMerchey.html Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:30 -0400 In this essay Bruce Lloyd explores "the issues at the core of Ethical Decision-Making and Leadership." http://www.wisdompage.com/blloyd03.html Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:30 -0400 Suggested in the article above, he'd like to know "what could go into such an index? What could we try to measure? And how could it actually be measured?" http://www.wisdompage.com/blloyd04.html Sat, 8 Nov 2008 17:00 -0400 Bruce Novak discusses aspects of Karl Jaspers' thought that are "relevant to the re-awakening of humanity in the contemporary world." http://www.wisdompage.com/PESJaspers.doc Thu, 7 Nov 2008 14:30 -0400 Anne Adams explores the question of "what contributes to the development of an integral consciousness in human beings." http://www.wisdompage.com/AdamsEssay01.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:00 -0400 Cop Macdonald reviews historian Walter G. Moss's book AN AGE OF PROGRESS?: Clashing Twentieth-Century Global Forces. http://www.wisdompage.com/MossReview.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:00 -0400 This excerpt from Walter Moss's book AN AGE OF PROGRESS? discusses the issues of wisdom, prudence, and morality in the twentieth century. http://www.wisdompage.com/MossOnWisdom.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:40 -0400 A list of members on the newly-formed Wisdom Page Advisory Board has been added to this document. http://www.wisdompage.com/wpaboutus.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:30 -0400 A message to his students by Alan Nordstrom, Professor of English at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. http://www.wisdompage.com/CourseObjectives.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:30 -0400 This essay by historian Walter Moss brings a wisdom perspective to issue of presidential leadership. http://hnn.us/articles/52853.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:00 -0400 The Institute at GlobalShift University "is an innovative, non-traditional university for people who want to become positive chage agents and effective leaders in a transformed world." http://www.globalshiftu.org/ Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:10 -0400 An essay by Anthony Judge added to the ChineseWisdom.html page http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs00s/jingpat.php Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:10 -0400 An essay by Anthony Judge added to the ChineseWisdom.html page http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs00s/bagua.php Sat, 9 Aug 2008 05:50 -0400 Thirukkural by Thiruvalluvar, an Indian poet and philosopher who has been called "the Everest of Tamil wisdom." It is a short work that addresses 133 aspects of life via 1330 couplets. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/8357/book.html?20088 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:00 -0400 Creating heaven on earth is a way of conceptualizing the task that humanity faces in transforming the present world situation. Check out some thought-provoking materials on this subject. http://www.wisdompage.com/HeavenOnEarth.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:00 -0400 "The Centrality of Wisdom" is an essay by Copthorne Macdonald submitted for inclusion in the forthcoming book HOW TO ACHIEVE A HEAVEN ON EARTH. http://www.wisdompage.com/CentralityOfWisdom.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:30 -0400 Full-text English translations of Confucianism's major works, the I Ching, and major Taoist works including 30 translations of the Tao Teh Ching, several of Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi), and others. http://www.wisdompage.com/ChineseWisdom.html Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:30:00 -0400 Green and red star symbols have been added to allow repeat visitors to quickly see what has been recently added, and new visitors to see what others have been viewing. http://www.wisdompage.com/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:30:00 -0400 In these 48+ essays, Rabbi Noel Weinberg presents deeply insightful advice for those who are serious about developing wisdom. http://www.aish.com/spirituality/48ways/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:30:00 -0400 Rabbi Weinberg says, "An apprentice gains firsthand knowledge by watching how an expert works. So too with wisdom. Don't read about it in a book; find yourself an expert." http://www.aish.com/spirituality/48ways/Way_10_honor_The_Wise_Person.asp Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:00:00 -0400 The Wisdom Commons "is an interactive website that seeks to elevate our shared moral core, sometimes called universal ethics. It is a place to find and discuss information about virtues..." http://www.wisdomcommons.org/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 9:30:00 -0400 IDEAS, Canada's premier radio program of contemporary thought, presents this 54 minute interview as part of its "How to Think About Science" series. http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/science/#episode24 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 9:30:00 -0400 This essay, "Self-reflective Embodiment of Transdisciplinary Integration (SETI): the universal criterion of species maturity?" asks us to step back and look. http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/musings/seti.php Mon, 23 Jun 2008 9:30:00 -0400 This essay, "Institutionalized Shunning of Overpopulation Challenge," highlights this core issue and the general problem of question avoidance in contemporary society. http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs00s/shunpop.php Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:30:00 -0400 Profile of wisdom researcher Alan Briskin and his work. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/AlanBriskin.html Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:30:00 -0400 Profile of wisdom researcher Robert Kenny and his work. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/RobertKenny.html Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:30:00 -0400 Profile of wisdom researcher George Por and his work. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/GeorgePor.html Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0400 This is a new section of The Wisdom Page, and the five items below are the first ones to be included in it. http://www.wisdompage.com/#250 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0400 Cop Macdonald introduces the concept, and some of the people and organizations involved with it. http://www.wisdompage.com/GroupWisdom.html Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0400 The Collective Wisdom Initiative is a website "created to help make visible an emerging field of collective wisdom, its study and practice." http://www.collectivewisdominitiative.org/ Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0400 Here George Por discusses collective intelligence from a variety of perspectives, and the need to relate it to the broader perspective associated with wisdom. http://www.kosmosjournal.org/kjo/backissue/s2008/connecting-our-conversations.shtml Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0400 An article by Robert Kenny who teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies and is a researcher of collective wisdom and collective consciousness. http://www.collectivewisdominitiative.org/papers/kenny_science.htm Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0400 Some thoughts on this subject by Copthorne Macdonald, plus links to organizations with active programs that address the problem. http://www.wisdompage.com/dialogue.html Sun, 1 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400 Robert F. Kennedy's speech in Indianapolis, April 4, 1968, on the death of Martin Luther King. http://www.wisdompage.com/RobertKennedySpeech.html Fri, 9 May 2008 14:30:00 -0400 Reviewed by Jeff Huggins. (MS Word .doc format) http://www.wisdompage.com/MaxwellReview.doc Fri, 9 May 2008 14:30:00 -0400 Edited by Nicholas Maxwell and Ronald Barnett and published by Routledge in 2008, this book contains wisdom-and-higher-education essays by seven scholars. http://www.wisdompage.com/MaxwellBarnettSummary.html Wed, 7 May 2008 10:00:00 -0400 is a research focus of David Rooney, Senior Lecturer in the UQ Business School at the University of Queensland, and Co-Director of Australian Creative Resources Online. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/DavidRooney.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:15:00 -0400 It "is an international networking utility that enables scholars and scientists from all academic disciplines to exchange ideas and engage in richer conversations through online discussion forums." http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchNetwork.html Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:15:00 -0400 They are now available from an increasing number of prestigious universities and other organizations. http://www.wisdompage.com/OnlineLectures.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 8:45:00 -0400 What is wisdom in the context of marriage? Tom and Jeanne Lombardo explore the history, issues, and future possibilities of marriage, and present their vision of the preferable marriage of the future. (.doc file) http://www.wisdompage.com/LombardoMarriageEssay.doc Fri, 28 Mar 2008 7:45:00 -0400 Tom Lombardo's insightful exploration of values, virtues, and character development. (.doc file) http://www.wisdompage.com/EdEthicsNewWrkshp2008.doc Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:30:00 -0400 Joseph and Sharon Sguigna present their take on wisdom and related matters. http://www.theconscioustransformation.net/id29_the_way_of_wisdom.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 6:50:00 -0400 Presented by the Next Step Integral education team, the seminar focuses on the integral approach to "pushing the envelope of what education can be." http://www.wisdompage.com/iedseminar2008.html Sun, 16 Mar 2008 6:00:00 -0400 The Weekly Signals program on California radio station KUCI interviews Maxwell about his book From Knowledge to Wisdom http://www.weeklysignals.com/weeklysignalsarc-2008.html#nicholasmaxwell Mon, 10 Mar 2008 9:45:00 -0400 This is a textbook (online, full text) by noted economist and UN advisor Herman E. Daly and Joshua Farley that expands traditional economic theory into the kind of economics the world needs. http://www.uvm.edu/~jfarley/book/ Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:30:00 -0400 This paper by Caroline Bassett was presented at the Sixth International Transformative Learning Conference. http://www.wisdominst.org/WisdomInThreeActs.doc Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:15:00 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Caroline Bassett. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/CarolineBassett.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 7:45:00 -0400 The report's Recommendations section deals, among other things, with wisdom education, values education, and life-long, life-wide learning. http://www.gpiatlantic.org/pdf/education/nseducation.pdf Wed, 20 Feb 2008 8:45:00 -0400 This book by social entrepreneur Charles Halpern about his remarkable life is reviewed here by Copthorne Macdonald. http://www.wisdompage.com/HalpernReview.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 7:45:00 -0400 The book is reviewed here by Copthorne Macdonald who considers it a valuable read for those interested in personal/societal wisdom development. http://www.wisdompage.com/ChowdhuryReview.html Sun, 10 Feb 2008 8:15:00 -0400 This interview in Tom Fox's Contemplation/Meditation Series was added to the Tom Fox Podcasts page. http://www.wisdompage.com/foxpodcasts.html Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:00:00 -0400 A poem by Alan Nordstrom. Added to his compendium of wisdom verses. http://www.wisdompage.com/wisdomverses.doc Sun, 20 Jan 2008 9:00:00 -0400 A poem by Alan Nordstrom. Added to his compendium of wisdom verses. http://www.wisdompage.com/wisdomverses.doc Mon, 14 Jan 2008 9:30:00 -0400 Sometimes the best way to get a handle on some aspect of societal wisdom is to take a close look at its opposite. That is what Chris Lucas does in this penetrating essay. http://www.calresco.org/lucas/state.htm Mon, 14 Jan 2008 9:30:00 -0400 Alan Nordstrom argues "for the universal notion: that all human beings are constituted to grow toward a common end, which I’ll call 'wisdom'." http://www.wisdompage.com/ACommonGround.html Mon, 14 Jan 2008 9:30:00 -0400 Alan Nordstrom's answer: "To embody more of your potential humanity and to grow more humane." http://www.wisdompage.com/OfWhatUseAreTheHumanities.html Thu, 10 Jan 2008 8:15:00 -0400 This interview in Tom Fox's Contemplation/Meditation Series was added to the Tom Fox Podcasts page. http://www.wisdompage.com/foxpodcasts.html Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:00:00 -0400 A poem for Nick Maxwell by Alan Nordstrom. Added to his compendium of wisdom verses. http://www.wisdompage.com/wisdomverses.doc Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:15:00 -0400 Reviewer Copthorne Macdonald feels that this 2007 book and the CD that comes with it provide a powerful introduction to attentiveness practice. http://www.wisdompage.com/FehmiBook.html Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:15:00 -0400 Two new poems by Alan Nordstrom added to his compendium of wisdom verses. http://www.wisdompage.com/wisdomverses.doc Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:25:00 -0400 Metanexus Institute promotes "the constructive engagement of science, religion and the humanities in the communal pursuit of wisdom in order to address humanity’s most profound questions and challenges." http://www.wisdompage.com/Metanexus.html Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:00:00 -0400 An essay on the nature and development of wisdom by Glenn Shipley http://www.sophology.org/wisdom2.htm Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:00:00 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Susan Bluck. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/SusanBluck.html Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:00:00 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Monisha Pasupathi. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/MonishaPasupathi.html Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:00:00 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Masami Takahashi. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/MasamiTakahashi.html Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:55:00 -0400 Douglas Reay presents his own and other's thoughts on the subject. http://www.toothycat.net/wiki/wiki.pl?Wisdom Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:00:00 -0400 This interview in Tom Fox's Contemplation/Meditation Series was added to the Tom Fox Podcasts page. http://www.wisdompage.com/foxpodcasts.html Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:00:00 -0400 This interview in Tom Fox's Contemplation/Meditation Series was added to the Tom Fox Podcasts page. http://www.wisdompage.com/foxpodcasts.html Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:00:00 -0400 Two new verses by Alan Nordstrom added to his compendium of wisdom verses. http://www.wisdompage.com/wisdomverses.doc Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:00:00 -0400 Mark Winston's exciting program at Simon Fraser University. http://www.sfu.ca/dialogue/undergrad/ Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:15:00 -0400 Alan Nordstrom's to-the-point addition to the PERSONAL QUESTS section of The Wisdom Page. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisingUp.doc Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:15:00 -0400 A chapter by Nicholas Maxwell for the forthcoming book on his life work, to be published by Rodopi in 2008. http://www.nick-maxwell.demon.co.uk/FAQs.htm Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:15:00 -0400 A new poem by Alan Nordstrom concerning our relationship with kosmos, added to his collection of wisdom poetry. http://www.wisdompage.com/wisdomverses.doc Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:30:00 -0400 Some comments by Copthorne Macdonald on Anthony Judge's insightful essay: "Imagining the Real Challenge." http://www.wisdompage.com/TransformationalDilemma.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:30:00 -0400 Exploring the potential of the Internet and Wisdom Page for recruiting and communicating with research subjects. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomPageAndResearch.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:30:00 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Anne Adams. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/AnneAdams.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:30:00 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Monika Ardelt. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/MonikaArdelt.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:30:00 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Paul B. Baltes. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/PaulBaltes.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:30:00 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Ursula M. Staudinger. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/UrsulaStaudinger.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:30:00 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Robert J. Sternberg. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/RobertSternberg.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:30:00 -0400 Links to materials of wisdom researcher Richard H. Trowbridge. http://www.wisdompage.com/WisdomResearchers/RichardTrowbridge.html Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:00:00 -0400 John Uebersax shows how Plato's four kinds of human knowledge relate to the disordered public and government thinking that led to the Iraq situation. http://www.wisdompage.com/UebersaxPlatoArticle.html Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:30:00 -0400 An article by Copthorne Macdonald in the World Wisdom Rising (Fall/Winter 2007) issue of the journal Kosmos. http://www.wisdompage.com/MacdonaldKosmosArticle.html Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:30:00 -0400 This is John Uebersax's welcomed contribution to our understanding of words associated with wisdom. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jsuebersax/Lexicon.htm Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:30:00 -0400 This is a chapter that will appear in a forthcoming (Rodopi, 2008) book, a chapter that explores the relationship of Maxwell's wisdom theses to the contemporary global interest in wisdom. http://www.wisdompage.com/MaxwellinContext.html Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:30:00 -0400 Rich Heffern interviews James Conlon, director of the Sophia Center in Culture and Spirituality. http://ncrcafe.org/node/1321 Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:30:00 -0400 Tom Fox interviews Hameed Ali about his quest to understand "What is the spirit?" http://ncrcafe.org/node/1382 Fri, 2 Nov 2007 05:30:00 -0400 A compelling piece of writing by Thomas Lombardo. A rich, thought-stimulating, feeling-stimulating, mind-massaging trip. http://www.wisdompage.com/TheTimeOfYourLife.pdf Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:10:00 -0400 "...this conference has been designed to consider and further the possibility of broad-based, wisdom-centered education." (PDF format) http://www.wisdompage.com/wisdombrochure.pdf Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:30:00 -0400 Available free on this site are video Kabbalah lessons, authentic Kabbalah texts, books for download, introductory lessons and courses, and feature and documentary films on Kabbalah. http://www.kabbalah.info Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:10:00 -0400 A proposal by Chris Thomson to create an institute that would bring together personal development, exploration of the "deep causes" of humanity's problems, visioning a future that works for all, and action to help realize that future. http://www.wisdompage.com/JanusProjectproposal.html Wed, 10 Oct 2007 9:20:00 -0400 A publication of India-based Shikshantar, an organization dedicated to transforming existing models of education and development. http://www.swaraj.org/shikshantar/vimukt_02.html Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:20:00 -0400 This new website is a rich trove of wisdom resources. http://wisdomcenteredlife.org/ Sun, 7 Oct 2007 12:40:00 -0400 Pentire Press announces the publication in November of the updated second edition of this seminal work. http://www.pentirepress.plus.com/ Thu, 4 Oct 2007 15:30:00 -0400 A page of links "to multiple sites, primarily related to educational reform." It is part of the Chad C. Osborne and OZ Associates web site. http://ozpk.tripod.com/index-59.html Thu, 4 Oct 2007 15:30:00 -0400 A page of links to a wide range of wisdom resources compiled by Chad Osborne and OZ Associates. http://ozpk.tripod.com/wise Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:40:00 -0400 It is "a $2 million research program on the nature and benefits of Wisdom." Up to 20 research grants will be awarded to scholars from around the world. http://www.wisdompage.com/uchicagopgm.html Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:30:00 -0400 Edited by Luis Guiterrez, this e-newsletter is "a monthly digest of the most critical issues at the intersection of technology, religion, and society." http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisust.html Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:30:00 -0400 This is an editorial by Nicholas Maxwell and Ronald Barnett that appeared in the London Journal of Education and made available in e-form in the SSNV Newsletter. http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv03n09maxwell-barnett.html Sat, 1 Sep 2007 08:00:00 -0400 The Institute is headed by Dr. Paul H. Ray and associated with Wisdom University. It will "formulate and work toward implementing a positive vision of the emerging wisdom culture." https://www.wisdomuniversity.org/institute-emerging-culture.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0400 This is a new Wisdom Page section. The two items below are the first two postings in the section. http://www.wisdompage.com/#600 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0400 Formerly at the top of the home page, this feature invites us to visit (or revisit) some important questions, share our current take on them, and suggest other questions. http://www.wisdompage.com/LivingTheQuestions.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0400 A list of books that document the personal quests of individuals (real of fictional) for greater understanding, personal development, and wisdom. http://www.wisdompage.com/questbooks.html Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:30:00 -0400 An essay by Chris Thomson that examines modernity's "relentless pursuit of money and things," the "spiritual poverty" that goes with that, and the possibility of replacing them with spiritual wealth. http://www.wisdompage.com/SpiritualWealth.html Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:40:00 -0400 Alan Nordstrom addresses the "selfish and egotistical story that predominates in the postmodern society," and has us consider a much more positive story. http://www.wisdompage.com/nordstromessay05.html Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:00:00 -0400 Debashis Chowdhury presents his thesis that for humanity to deal effectively with the challenges and opportunities we face, a higher, more comprehensive, transformative wisdom is needed. http://www.wisdompage.com/TransformativeWisdom.html Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:30:00 -0400 A selection of articles by Copthorne Macdonald http://www.wisdompage.com/articles.html Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:00:00 -0400 Added this interview to the Tom Fox Podcasts page. http://www.cop.com/foxpodcasts.html Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:30:00 -0400 Adapted from Chapter 13 of Copthorne Macdonald's book TOWARD WISDOM http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode16.mp3 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:30:00 -0400 "supports the development of wisdom in people, organizations, and communities..." Of special interest is their Wisdom Resources section and Caroline Bassett's insightful model of wisdom. http://www.wisdominst.org Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:15:00 -0400 Excerpts from the NY Times article "In the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind." Plus links to online organizations and resources that address the issue. http://www.cop.com/MindfulnessEd.html Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:30:00 -0400 This is an article by Thomas Lombardo from the June 2007 issue of the World Futures Study Federation publication, Futures Bulletin. http://www.cop.com/LombardoArticle02.html Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:30:00 -0400 from Club of Budapest Canada President David Woolfson http://www.cop.com/Woolfson4JUN07.html Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:10:00 -0400 Tom Fox's tightly focused "crash course" in wisdom, presented in his 2007 Commencement Address at Saint Peter's College. http://www.cop.com/MAGICWisdomGuidelines.html Thu, 31 May 2007 11:10:00 -0400 The Center for Spirituality and Health at the University of Florida makes available on their web site (in WMV streaming video) talks by highly respected speakers. http://www.ufspiritualityandhealth.org/ Mon, 28 May 2007 06:50:00 -0400 An overview of this prominent wisdom researcher's view of wisdom as an integration of congnitive, reflective, and affective personality characteristics http://www.cop.com/Ardelt01.html Wed, 10 May 2007 14:20:00 -0400 Adapted from Chapter 11 of Copthorne Macdonald's book TOWARD WISDOM http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode15.mp3 Sun, 6 May 2007 09:00:00 -0400 Presented 19 March 2007 at the ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) 2007 Annual Conference in Anaheim, California http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode14.mp3 Tue, 1 May 2007 10:40:00 -0400 Adapted from Chapter 10 of Copthorne Macdonald's book TOWARD WISDOM http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode13.mp3 Sat, 29 Apr 2007 16:00:00 -0400 Added this interview to the Tom Fox Podcasts page. http://www.cop.com/foxpodcasts.html Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:10:00 -0400 This movement is making free educational courses, materials, and curricula-creating software available to educators and learners worldwide. http://www.cop.com/OpenSource.html Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:30:00 -0400 Wisdomology has its database of wise sayings, but it is more than that. It is a site where visitors are invited to "Share your own insights with the world. Your thoughts, hopes, inspirations, meditations." http://wisdomology.com Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:30:00 -0400 Adapted from Chapter 9 of Copthorne Macdonald's book TOWARD WISDOM http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode12.mp3 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:10:00 -0400 Core Commitments is an initiative "on educating students for personal and social responsibility" that already includes 25 colleges and universities. http://www.aacu.org/core_commitments/index.cfm Wed, 4 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400 Adapted from Chapter 8 of Copthorne Macdonald's book TOWARD WISDOM http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode11.mp3 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:30:00 -0400 Jason Merchey interviews Cop Macdonald and Alan Nordsrom about Cop's book Getting a Life and its use in Alan Nordstrom's Rollins College writing class. (1 hour total, MP3 streaming or download.) http://www.cop.com/cop-av.html#001 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:30:00 -0400 Character Counts! is a value-based approach to character education from the Josephson Institute based on six basic values or "pillars of character": trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. http://www.charactercounts.org/defsix.htm Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:00:00 -0400 Nonduality.com is a rich compendium of resources to help us comprehend oneness, not-two -- the nondual nature of reality. http://www.nonduality.com Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:00:00 -0400 Insightful poems by Alan Nordstrom, in which he shares his views on wisdom and his concerns about humanity's relationship to it. (In MS Word format) http://www.cop.com/wisdomverses.doc Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:00:00 -0400 A new Wisdom Page section, with a first item by Alan Nordstrom http://www.cop.com/wisdompg.html#008 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:15:00 -0400 Adapted from Chapter 7 of Copthorne Macdonald's book TOWARD WISDOM http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode10.mp3 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:30:00 -0400 A question added to LIVING THE QUESTIONS http://thewisdompage.blogspot.com/ Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:00:00 -0400 How can positive-change initiatives be successful, and relate in positive ways to other initiatives? Anthony Judge explores the many considerations. http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs00s/resonan.php Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:00:00 -0400 A proposal by the Network of Spiritual Progressives who say that it is the "Strategy of Generosity that is the real point of the plan." http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=20070226095019665 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:20:00 -0400 "The 14 billion year epic of Cosmos, life, and humanity told as a sacred story, glorifying all." http://www.thegreatstory.org/ Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:00:00 -0400 If you are serious about wanting to create a wiser and more functional global society, immerse yourself in the information- and idea-rich world of Anthony Judge. http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/ Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:50:00 -0400 LIVING THE QUESTIONS is a new Wisdom Page feature that invites us to visit (or revisit) some significant questions and to share our current take on them. http://thewisdompage.blogspot.com/ Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:50:00 -0400 Adapted from Chapter 6 of Copthorne Macdonald's book TOWARD WISDOM http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode9.mp3 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:50:00 -0400 Added this interview to the Tom Fox Podcasts page. http://www.cop.com/foxpodcasts.html Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:00:00 -0400 Nurturing the Now, "a path to non-duality," is Vicki Woodyard's web site. She focuses on Self-realization and transcending adversity in her writing, her blog, and her "Nurturing the Now" CD http://www.bobwoodyard.com/ Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:00:00 -0400 WisdomOut is the web site (and forthcoming book) of Elle Allison. The focus is on "contemporary wisdom strategies for transforming adversity into positive growth." http://www.wisdomout.com/ Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:00:00 -0400 Wisdom links and resources includes the bibliography associated with the doctoral dissertation of Elle Allison. http://www.wisdomout.com/links.html Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:00:00 -0400 Adapted from Chapter 6 of Copthorne Macdonald's book TOWARD WISDOM http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode8.mp3 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:00:00 -0400 worldchanging.com "was founded on the idea that real solutions already exist for building the future we want. It's just a matter of grabbing hold and getting moving." This information-rich web site has been called "the most important web site on the planet," and its worldwide team of dedicated reporters is intent on making it that. http://worldchanging.com/ Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:00:00 -0400 Papers and links related to systems thinking. http://www.thinking.net/Systems_Thinking/systems_thinking.html Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:00:00 -0400 MSP resources from the UNED Forum. http://www.earthsummit2002.org/msp/ Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:00:00 -0400 This web site will introduce you to a new theory and methodology of human development called appreciative inquiry (AI). http://www.appreciative-inquiry.org/index.htm Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:00:00 -0400 Academic resources and practical tools on Appreciative Inquiry and the rapidly growing discipline of positive change. http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/ Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:00:00 -0400 An overview of appreciative inquiry from The International Institute for Sustainable Development. http://www.iisd.org/ai/default.htm Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:00:00 -0400 A Hames Group list of examples of social innovation. http://www.hamesgroup.com/index.php/hg/connect/social_innovation Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:00:00 -0400 A custom search engine focusing on wisdom-related issues has been added to THE WISDOM PAGE http://www.cop.com/wisdompg.html#010 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:30:00 -0400 Added interviews with Beatrice Bruteau and Thomas Berry. http://www.cop.com/foxpodcasts.html Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:00:00 -0400 EARTH VISION is inviting readers to download, free of charge, one of Josef Graf's five spiritual ecology eBooks. You get to choose which one. http://www.evbooks.net/earth_vision_018.htm Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:00:00 -0400 EARTH VISION has a spiritual ecology theme and is dedicated to raising awareness about the depth of the human-nature interweave, the spirit of wilderness, and reverence for the natural world. http://www.evbooks.net/ Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:30:00 -0400 Adapted from Chapter 5 of Copthorne Macdonald's book TOWARD WISDOM http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode7.mP3 Tue, 9 January 2007 08:30:00 -0400 A statement about the status of the WWA made in late December 2006 by Club of Budapest President David Woolfson. http://www.cop.com/WWAdec06.html Tue, 9 January 2007 07:00:00 -0400 In this article Ursula Franklin says humanity could use a navigation system to aid us on our collective journey. http://www.cop.com/wisdompg.html#301 Thu, 4 January 2007 14:15:00 -0400 This book by John P.Miller very effectively makes the case for meditation as a powerful facilitator of the educational process. http://www.cop.com/millerbook.html Mon, 1 January 2007 11:30:00 -0400 This new section has been added to The Wisdom Page http://www.cop.com/wisdompg.html#007 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:30:00 -0400 These two new books by Thomas Lombardo paint an amazingly comprehensive picture of humanity's relationship to the future. http://www.cop.com/lombardobooks.html Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:30:00 -0400 A video podcast episode in which Professor Maxwell talks about a wisdom focus in academia, and a new book he is writing. http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode6.m4v Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:30:00 -0400 A video podcast episode in which Professor Maxwell talks about a wisdom focus in academia, and a new book he is writing. http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode6.wmv Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:30:00 -0400 Bruce Lloyd's talk given at the October 2006 BUSINESS AS AN AGENT OF WORLD BENEFIT conference. The full paper is at http://www.collectivewisdominitiative.org/papers/lloyd_wisdom.htm http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode5.mp3 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:30:00 -0400 A paper presented by Bruce Lloyd at the October 2006 BUSINESS AS AN AGENT OF WORLD BENEFIT conference. http://www.collectivewisdominitiative.org/papers/lloyd_wisdom.htm Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:00:00 -0400 by Stephanie Pace Marshall is a brilliant and compelling book that calls us to transform industrial-era education into a life-affirming form that meets the real needs of children and 21st-century society. http://www.cop.com/marshallbook.html Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:30:00 -0400 Adapted from Chapter 4 of Copthorne Macdonald's book TOWARD WISDOM http://www.cop.com/TWPP/TWPPepisode4.mp3 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:30:00 -0400 by Richard Hawley Trowbridge. This helpful set of principles or maxims are one part of Richard's Wisdom as Skill course. (MS Word format.) http://www.cop.com/Principles.doc Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:30:00 -0400 (in PDF format) by Gola Wolf Richards and a variety of audio and other materials are available from mottocitizens.com http://www.mottocitizens.com/read/thewaytoseewhole.pdf Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:00:00 -0400 Selected Wisdom Page materials in iTunes podcast format, hosted by The iTunes Store http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=204701603 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:00:00 -0400 Selected Wisdom Page materials in audio format, supplied directly from The Wisdom Page http://www.cop.com/TheWisdomPagePodcast.html Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:00:00 -0400 The "About Us" page has been updated http://www.cop.com/wpaboutus.html Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:30:00 -0400 Information about how to make a donation to The Wisdom Page. http://www.cop.com/donatetext.html Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:30:00 -0400 A thought-provoking article by Tom Lombardo that appeared in the 2006 World Future Society anthology: Creating Global Strategies for Humanity's Future. See also his Odyssey of the Future web site at http://www.odysseyofthefuture.net/ (The article is in MS Word format.) http://www.cop.com/LombardoWFSarticle01.doc Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:30:00 -0400 (also know as LAWH-I-HIKMAT) is a Baha'i text by Bahaullah. http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/tb-10.html Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:30:00 -0400 (also known as The Wisdom of Solomon) appears to have been written by an Alexandrian Jew familar with classical Greek thought. This is the Revised Standard Version translation. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/RsvWisd.html Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:30:00 -0400 by Anne Adams is an article that appeared in Volume 3 of The Journal of Conscious Evolution http://www.cejournal.org/GRD/educonevol.htm Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:30:00 -0400 Addition to Tom Fox Podcasts at http://www.cop.com/foxpodcasts.html http://ncrcafe.org/node/525 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:30:00 -0400 Addition to Tom Fox Podcasts at http://www.cop.com/foxpodcasts.html http://ncrcafe.org/node/495 Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:30:00 -0400 The World Cafe Conversation is a creative process for leading collaborative dialogue, sharing knowledge and creating possibilities for action in groups of all sizes. http://theworldcafe.com/worldcafe.html Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:30:00 -0400 An eclectic assortment of articles and papers just a click away. http://www.cop.com/onlinearticles.html Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:00:00 -0400 Here, Scott C. Brown and Jeffrey A. Greene detail their efforts to develop a valid and reliable Wisdom Development Scale -- a scale to measure the wisdom construct described in Scott Brown's "Learning Across the Campus" paper. (In Acrobat .pdf format.) http://www.cop.com/WisdomDevelopmentScale.pdf Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:00:00 -0400 A paper by Scott C. Brown that explores this important issue. (In Acrobat .pdf format.) http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/careers/cdcintro/staff/learning.pdf Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:00:00 -0400 Editor/publisher/journalist Tom Fox is conducting a series of streaming audio interviews with spiritual seekers and guides. http://www.cop.com/foxpodcasts.html Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:30:00 -0400 A new Wisdom Page section http://www.cop.com/wisdompg.html#405 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:30:00 -0400 From gratefulness.org, practice sessions to "deepen your understanding of gratefulness and, better yet, send it out in ripples, transforming our world." http://www.gratefulness.org/p/index.htm Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:30:00 -0400 A CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company) "Ideas" radio documentary about Copthorne Macdonald by writer/broadcaster Deirdre Kessler. (55 minutes. Streaming Windows Media Player 28K to hi-speed feed) http://www.cop.com/Cop-IDEAS.wma Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:30:00 -0400 Doug Huskelson of CBC TV (Canadian Broadcasting Company) interviews Copthorne Macdonald about wisdom on the occasion of the publication of Cop's book Toward Wisdom. (6 minutes. Streaming RealPlayer 28K to hi-speed feed) http://www.cop.com/CBCWisdomInterview.smi Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:30:00 -0400 A doctoral dissertation by Anne Adams concerning education for wisdom -- integral education -- education that purposefully develops and integrates the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual intelligences. http://www.cop.com/adamsdown.html Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:30:00 -0400 The World Wisdom Alliance (WWA) is a new community of like-minded groups, organizations and individuals actively addressing our shared societal and environmental challenges and opportunities, both global and local. http://www.cop.com/wisdompg.html#100 Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:30:00 -0400 Elisabet Sahtouris is a member of the World Wisdom Council, an evolutionary biologist, futurist, UN consultant, and author of EarthDance and several other books. http://www.cop.com/sahtouris1.html Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:30:00 -0400 Audrey Kitagawa is a member of the World Wisdom Council, member of many advisory boards, and author of articles on spirituality, global security, and globalization. http://www.cop.com/kitagawa1.html Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:30:00 -0400 Alan Nordstrom attended the WWA launch, and wrote this essay that appeared on the editorial page of the August 11, 2006 Orlando Sentinel. http://www.cop.com/nordstromessay04.html Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:00:00 -0400 is Jone Johnson Lewis's compilation of challenging, inspiring, and interesting quotes - organized by topic, and searchable as well. http://www.wisdomquotes.com/ Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:00:00 -0400 is an eclectic mix of quotations: proverbs, inspirational thoughts, and more. http://www.wow4u.com/ Fri, 25 Jun 2006 15:36:00 -0400 Subtitled A Unique Anthology of Essays on Values and Ethics by Contemporary Writers, this book presents the views of 75 writers. http://www.valuesofthewise.com/Public/Books-Programs/LivingaLifeofValue/index.cfm Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:00:00 -0400 Download free, screen-readable, eBook editions of Matters of Consequence (concerning personal and societal wisdom in the 21st century), Getting a Life (about practical, everyday-life wisdom), and Toward Wisdom (concerning big-picture, existential wisdom). http://www.cop.com/ebooksinfo.html Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:30:00 -0400 offers Masters level programs in Wisdom Spirituality and Indigenous Mind as well as a Doctor of Ministry program. http://www.wisdomuniversity.org/ Wed, 16 Jun 2006 08:30:00 -0400 In this essay Alan Nordstrom focuses on our role as creative contributors to the "universal creative process," and the moral imperative implicit in that. http://www.cop.com/nordstromessay03.html Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:22:08 -0400 This is a list of links to Internet sites involved with systems - some with systems per se, others with socio-cultural systems. http://www.cop.com/systemsonline.html Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:19:21 -0400 A website "created to help make visible an emerging field of collective wisdom, its study and practice." http://www.collectivewisdominitiative.org/ Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:08:11 -0400 Streaming audio and audio-with-slides presentations using RealPlayer and Windows Media Player software. (They work well with a dialup connection.) http://www.cop.com/cop-av.html Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:06:27 -0400 A text-with-slides transcript of Cop's 2006 talk at Orlando's University Unitarian Universalist Society. http://www.cop.com/UUUSTalkText/uuustalk.html Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:03:38 -0400 An illuminating talk that deals with key issues. To be presented to the World Future Society in July 2006 by Bruce Lloyd, a Professor of Strategic Management. http://www.cop.com/blloyd02.html Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:58:48 -0400 Alan Nordstrom on the challenges of the 21st century, and the potential for turning things around and creating a wiser world. http://www.cop.com/nordstromessay02.html