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The Power of Reconciliation and Forgiveness

Posted on Nov 15th, 2007 by Malcolm : Green Man Malcolm

Often personal trauma haunts us until we find a place of healing and forgiveness. And often the trauma of war reaches down the generations and centuries, only to explode again when the time is ripe.... More »

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A New Paradigm for Trauma Healing

Posted on Nov 7th, 2007 by Malcolm : Green Man Malcolm

I’ve just returned from a 10-day training run by the Institute for the Study of Peak States (ISPS). I’ve been studying their ideas for some time, and this was an opportunity not only to clarify... More »

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Creating the Future

Posted on Sep 4th, 2007 by Malcolm : Green Man Malcolm

I’ve written quite a few entries arguing that trauma is a root cause of our problems as a civilization, species and planet. There are many other threads from this theme that I could discuss in... More »

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Self-actualization and Trauma

Posted on Aug 21st, 2007 by Malcolm : Green Man Malcolm

One of the simplest and most powerful models of human psychology is Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs. I have thought for a long time that many of the problems of the rich world arise... More »

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Trauma and its effect on society

Posted on Jul 6th, 2007 by Malcolm : Green Man Malcolm

In my last post, I described Riane Eisler’s partnership and dominator models of society and suggested that trauma is the reason we are stuck in the dominator part of the spectrum. In this entry, I... More »

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Why is it so hard to change the world?

Posted on Jun 21st, 2007 by Malcolm : Green Man Malcolm

As I look back over my last 5 entries, I am amazed and awestruck by the immense power we humans have to create the future. Exciting as this power is, it’s also scary. We have... More »

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