Eminent biochemist Professor Pauline Rudd talks about communication, participation and cooperation in nature
‘Our genes are very ancient; we share them with all other creatures. Also we are all made by the same spirit. So we have these two hugely important planks of our lives in common with the whole creation.’
Robert Hirschfield presents the work of a dedicated lover of nature
‘A haiku poet cannot be a witness alone. He must be a spokesperson as well.’
Dylan Esler talks about the ancient contemplative tradition of Dzogchen Buddhism – the ‘effortless path’ – and the 84000 Project, which is preserving the precious heritage of Tibetan Buddhism
‘Once we learn to dissolve that sense of having to react to whatever occurs, then we open up to a more spacious perspective, and that is the perspective of non-duality.’
Michael Murphy, co-founder of the Esalen Institute in California, reflects on the contribution of an institution that has revolutionised our understanding of spirituality
‘We’re all, whether we know it or not, together involved in a cosmic jailbreak, breaking out of our golden chains.’
Writer and art historian Diana Darke brings to light the largely unacknowledged influence of Islamic architecture and craftsmen on the iconic buildings of Europe
‘If you are building a prestige project, of course you’re going to go for the best, wherever it comes from.’
Gabriel Rosenstock gives a poetic response to twelve visionary paintings by the ‘myriad-minded’ writer and polymath
‘[Through his works] we may see the world once more in its primal beauty, may recover a sense of the long-forgotten but inextinguishable grandeur of the soul’