Sofia University Keynote Bites - Crisis as an Opportunity

Our World Crisis - Business as usual must fall - a time of Deep Grieving - Crisis as an opportunity to Change for the Greater Good

Paul Raskin, an eco-psychologist and philosopher, highlights the importance of grieving humanity's harm to the Earth, in his book entitled Journey to Earth land. Also, Edgar Morin, Homeland Earth, writes that business as usual needs to fall and requires a time of deep grieving.

Both authors suggest that grief can initiate transformative processes to improve the relationship between humans and the planet. Raskin and Morin emphasize viewing the Earth as our shared home - urging us to care for it, as its destruction would ultimately mean our own.

We are in a world crisis. Any crisis is also always an opportunity to change for the better of the Greater Good. Barabar Marx-Hubbard drew the metaphor of a birth: In this crisis, we as humanity are in birthing process to a spiritual human in harmony with all and caring for all relations.

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Dr. Regina U. Hess, Visionary Founder/Director

Regina U. Hess, Ph.D. (Netherlands/Portugal), is a clinical psychologist from Germany and holds a joint Ph.D. in transpersonal psychology (USA/UK). Regina is the visionary founder/director of Birthing an Ancient Future - Multidisciplinary Psychedelic Council, bridging ancient wisdom traditions and modern psychedelic science, a globalinitiative offering events, retreats, and different educational programs ‘Stewards of a New Earth.’ Regina is a faculty at international universities such as the Alef Trust, UK, and transpersonal educational institutes and is an independent researcher. Dr. Regina U. Hess is on the Board of Directors of the EUROTAS Global Transpersonal Network and the International Transpersonal Association.

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