Category Archives: Thrivability

An Ancient Lineage Yet Alive in Your Heart

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Larry Glover

There is an ancient tradition yet alive in the lineage of every human on the planet of taking one’s body and mind and soul and going into the mountains or the deep forest or into the desert or to the … Continue reading →

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Human Resilience, Adaptation, Transformation and Development

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Larry Glover

Perhaps it is we who are the Noahs we have been waiting for. And the Ark capable of carrying us into that future is the developmental transformation of our consciousness. Continue reading →

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Reinventing Human Identity

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Larry Glover

Turns out elephants are more ‘human’ than we thought; or perhaps we’re more elephant than we thought! Continue reading →

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When Neurobiology and Culture Conflict: Finding Our Way From Here

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Larry Glover

This is a story of identity that can be rewritten in each of our spirits, minds and bodies as we come to experience and know and identify our self—with Life itself, with nature. Inherent within this new-yet-ancient story is a biognosis, the moist intimate wisdom-knowledge of Life, of our place within it. It is a story that each of us must claim for ourselves if we are to know and embody the birthright of our own belonging and the resiliency of nature as our own. Continue reading →

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Enhancing Resiliency Through Nature: Part 1

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Larry Glover

Spending time in natural settings is clearly a life-affirming path to strengthening our resilience. Research confirms that as little as 15 or 20 minutes a day can make a significant difference in your life, not only in your sense of vitality but also in your social intelligence. Consider what two, three or more days in a wild setting might do! Continue reading →

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Growing Roots Into Earth

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Larry Glover

…grounded in the reality of Life’s reciprocity and its consequent preference for strategies of mutualism. Mutualism is an evolutionary symbiotic strategy of wellness, hardiness and wholeness that can incorporate both competitive and cooperative hinging between species and individuals, resulting in ‘mutual benefit.’ Continue reading →

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When I look into your eyes…

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Larry Glover

This Self seeking birth is, I believe, the experience and knowledge of our Wholeness. We are not separate. We belong. To gift our selves with such love as this? This is the most radical political act any of us can commit! Continue reading →

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The Entangled Human: Health & Resiliency

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Larry Glover

…research shows the value of social connectivity. Is it not naive to assume such social connectivity to the other than human world is any less vital to our well being and resiliency? Continue reading →

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Not Two!

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Larry Glover

Damn if I didn’t walk around

a corner last night

and bumped right into myself;

stubbed my ego and nose too

same as if I’d walked into a foggy mirror

or a clear windowed door. Continue reading →

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Power of One: 10.10.10

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Larry Glover

The opening of the heart is always wild! We never know where it might lead for such vulnerability is always a transformational unfolding of the Self. Continue reading →

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