Villa Unspunnen, Interlaken, Switzerland · August 25–29, 2025 A Living Field for the Integral City There are moments when a gathering becomes more than a retreat. More than a program. More even than a shared intention. The Spirit of Oneness Retreat, held at Villa Unspunnen in the heart of Europe, was one such moment [...]
There comes a moment in every cycle of transformation when preparation gives way to presence. Not because the work is finished — but because the threshold has revealed itself. As we approach the December Solstice of 2025, it is increasingly clear that this year has not been a sequence of disconnected events, but a [...]
By the time we reached the September Equinox of 2025, the question was no longer whether our systems were breaking down — but whether we could see clearly what the breaking was making possible. The year 2025 had already carried us far. In March, we remembered the Planetary Soul — the deep intelligence [...]
By the time we reached the June Solstice of 2025, something had unmistakably shifted. The call of the Planetary Soul, heard earlier in the year, had begun to work its way through human systems — communities, cities, institutions, and relationships. What had been sensed in March was now inhabited. June revealed the Human Hive [...]
There are moments in our collective journey when something ancient stirs beneath our feet — a tremor, a whisper, a pulse rising through the living body of the Earth. The beginning of 2025 felt like such a moment. Even as the world wrestled with fragmentation, volatility, and a rising chorus of collapse narratives, another [...]
At IEC 2025, Said Dawlabani stood once again at the crossroads of history and evolution. Known for his work with Spiral Dynamics integral and as author of Second Sapiens (for which I was honoured to write the foreword) and Memenomics, Dawlabani invited us to see today’s upheavals as part of a profound life cycle [...]
Tough Love and Collective Responsibility Every living system evolves. Ecovillage Findhorn is no exception. As our governance structures shift from the legacy of the Findhorn Foundation Scottish Charity Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) toward a more community-based model, we are learning what it means to embrace tough love alongside collective responsibility. Entanglement Recently, I have [...]
What if Cities are Gaia’s Organs? What if cities are more than just built environments? What if they are living organs within Gaia — expressing her consciousness through our human systems? At Ecovillage Findhorn, this idea is not metaphorical for me; it is a guiding principle for how I understand our place in the [...]
What makes a place truly hospitable to the soul? At Ecovillage Findhorn, this phrase has become a touchstone. It describes not only how people feel when they arrive, but also how the community organizes itself around deeper values: Beauty, Truth, and Goodness. Gift from Soil and Soul The phrase was gifted to the [...]
From the Personal to the Planetary Ecovillage Findhorn may be a small community, yet the frameworks it draws upon — Integral Theory, Spiral Dynamics, and systems thinking — are designed to scale consciousness from the personal to the planetary. Fractal Patterns of Development Over the course of my career, nurturing human systems, I [...]