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 2006-2008 by the individual authors of the items that appear on this site Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:30 -0400 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:30 -0400 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