Vote for the World You Want
As I am writing these words, we are in the final days leading up to the 2020 US Presidential...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Oct 29, 2020 | Politics, Spirituality | 0 |
As I am writing these words, we are in the final days leading up to the 2020 US Presidential...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | May 19, 2020 | Politics | 0 |
I often write here about how tribal we have become. We retreat into our own “camps”,...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Nov 15, 2019 | Politics | 2 |
As I write these words, the US House of Representatives is holding “impeachment...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Sep 8, 2019 | Culture, Politics, Spirituality | 0 |
Today, this quote came across my desk: “Remember, you can’t be stuck in traffic; you are the traffic.” — Kevin Slavin What this speaks to is our tendency to blame the world out there for things we don’t like...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Jul 30, 2019 | Politics | 0 |
Republicans are trying to co-opt the term “socialists” as some kind of boogeyman term to strike fear in the hearts of Americans. Don’t fall for it! Catherine Rampell of the Washington Post recently wrote an...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Jul 22, 2019 | Culture, Politics | 2 |
I have long been a recycler of my trash that could be reprocessed. I have memories of years ago driving my car to a paper recycling center and getting my vehicle weighed in and out so they could pay me a buck or two for the bags...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Jul 21, 2019 | Politics | 0 |
Earlier this month I wrote about the importance of keeping Marianne Williamson’s voice in...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Jul 20, 2019 | Politics | 0 |
Today I want to highlight another great blog that came across my desk…..and like all things it connects back to the one discussed yesterday (see: Transcending Polarization). In his article, writer John Perkins asks the...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Jul 19, 2019 | Politics | 0 |
I’ve been hoarding unread articles in my email in box. Today I cleared a bunch out (yea, me!)….in the mix was one by author Charles Eisenstein entitled “The Polarization Trap”. It’s worth a read but...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Jul 18, 2019 | Commentary, Politics | 0 |
I know we all have “Trump fatigue”….yet we must try to remain vigilant and call out misguided and hurtful behavior when it occurs. The recent news, of course, was that Trump tweeted that four Democratic...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Jul 1, 2019 | Politics | 0 |
My readers know that I am a progressive. In 2016 I supported Bernie Sanders. I stated so here on Conscious Bridge at that time. Although I don’t normally fund candidates, I did donate to Bernie. I went to the caucus and...
Read Moreby Mark Gilbert | Mar 5, 2019 | Culture, Politics | 0 |
Got to thinking today after seeing another email from Marianne Williamson. Her latest note was...
Read MoreMark Gilbert publishes Conscious Bridge. He is a former United States government leader, an ordained New Thought minister, a spiritual teacher and the author of 4 books.