midwifing change
we’re caught in a liminal space that’s colored more by the war of the worlds than the transition between them. what might it mean to consider the space of the threshold — hospicing the old and midwifing the new?
midwifing change
Our elders say that ceremonies are the way we “remember to remember
Robin Wall Kimmerer • Braiding Sweetgrass
Death is a part of life... but have you ever thought about how your life affects those who come after you?
Explore the intertwined grief of losing loved ones and species extinction in our 5 powerful zines. Get ready to reflect on mortality like never before! Learn more
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While speaking at the Ai4 conference, the “godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton warned that superintelligent AI could outsmart or control humans.
He said humanity’s survival may depend on building AI systems with “maternal instincts” so they genuinely care for humans.
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instagram.comThrough our ability to acknowledge the layers of loss, we can truly discover our capacity to respond, to protect, and to restore what has been damaged.
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
Practices for Transitions in a Time Between Worlds (SSIR)
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The process of crossing the threshold is demanding for each and every one of us. When the cracks appear in a long-held belief, it causes anxiety and pain. As the certain world is replaced by great uncertainty, the risk is that we cling to what we know more than ever. The gravitational pull of the familiar exerts itself, no matter how dysfunctional
... See moreJon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
When we mourn the extreme levels of suffering in the world together as a community, we can be held and hold others as we each go through our own personal cycles of grief, or what the Germans refer to as Weltschmerz (a deep sadness about the imperfection of the world). Such communal solidarity can get us through our darkest moments and ensure we red
... See moreJoe Lightfoot • A Collective Blooming: The Rise Of The Mutual Aid Community
hospicing, which recognizes the eventual inevitable end of modernity’s fundamentally unethical and unsustainable institutions, but sees the necessity of enabling a “good” death through which important lessons are processed.