Creativity Unleashed

e-Notebook: March 2014

In this comprehensive web feature we explore *Creative Expression,* one of Seven Pillars' three Pathways. Within, you will find pieces by Tobin Hart, Denise Boston and Lee Irwin. Also included is a rich multimedia presentation highlighting how the performing arts community in Los Angeles has imaginatively explored the process of The Seven Pillars. Lastly, we are delighted to announce the first of a series of weekend programs that explore The Seven Pillars at the Abode conference center in New Lebanon, New York this summer. read more »

Exploring Pillar Two: The Living Universe

On Tuesday, January 14th, Seven Pillars, in partnership with the Sufi Order International, hosted a special screening of the award-winning documentary, Journey of the Universe, followed by a conversation between Guiding Voice and guest Sister Miriam MacGillis & Seven Pillars' Founder and Sufi teacher Pir Zia Inayat-Khan. read more »

Sacred Harvest

e-Notebook: November 2013

Happy Thanksgiving! Are there two words more welcoming and heartfelt? In this edition, we take a look at what really lies at the core of this holiday with an exceprt from "Bless this Food: Ancient & Contemporary Graces from Around the World," a gallery of recipes from "Grould Farm Cookbook & Recipes: A Hundred Years of Good Food" and an article by Robert Karp titled "Agriculture and the Sacred." We would also like to invite you to Seven Pillars Holiday Open House! read more »

Soldier of the Stage

e-Notebook: October 2013

This special multimedia feature explores Robin Becker Dance troupe's commitment to peace and spiritual activism through the universal language of dance in their expressive piece, titled "Into Sunlight." Within, you will find an exclusive interview with dancer and choreographer Robin Becker, a video interview produced for Seven Pillars with the dancers of "Into Sunlight," inspirations for the production and an evokotive gallery of images from the performance. See the performance schedule inside, and join Seven Pillars staff and Board at the upcoming show. Also, only 5 days left to support Seven Pillars Journey fo Wisdom! read more »

Pathways to Wisdom

e-Notebook: July 2013

In this edition, we begin an exploration of the paths to wisdom, inspired by our recently launched Pathways. We invite you to experience a "snip" of Wendy Jehanara Tremayne's creative life as "a maker of things;" bear witness to Winona LaDuke's passionate invocation of the spiritual "presence" within, and ongoing imperialistic threat to, sacred places; and drink in Lee Irwin's soulful meditation on heart-centered conversation. read more »

What Change Looks Like

e-Notebook: May 2013

Seven Pillars would like to bring our community's attention to the inspiring new documentary film, "Elemental." Global Oneness Project, the producers of this film, use the printed word, video and photography to explore the threads that connect culture, ecology, and beauty. "Elemental," which is now showing in select major cities, is a poignant expression of this mission and its connection to transformative change. Inside this edition you will find an exclusive interview with Co-Director, Co-Producer and Co-Composer, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and a gallery of images from the filming and production. read more »

Finding Purpose in Spirituality

e-Notebook: May 2013

This meaningful web feature includes a dialogue between Zachary Markwith and Adam Bucko on the role of religion in modern time, icons of compassion and service by Br. Robert Lentz, the prologue of Adam Bucko and Rory McEntee's manifesto on New Monasticism and a gallery of images from Reciprocity Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 by Taz Tagore and Adam Bucko to help homeless, runaway, and foster care youth from all five boroughs of New York City to realize their full potential. read more »

“The Seven Pillars” Come Alive

e-Notebook: April 2013

It is officially spring in the northeast, and this is the time of year when we awaken to new life! In that vein, "The Seven Pillars" are coming to life in many exciting ways. Within this intallment you will find an update on Seven Pillars, an evocative visual exploration of "The Seven Pillars" by Said Osio, a gallery of images from our recent Pillars of Sophia Benefit Concert in New York City and a letter of gratitude from friend and Benefit attendee Lori Hanau. You will also find a comprehensive list of our upcoming events. read more »

Following the Old Indian Path

Laurie Lane-Zucker

Several months ago, on an exquisite early autumn morning, I dropped my children at the school bus before beginning my first commute to the Seven Pillars House of Wisdom’s office in New Lebanon, NY, where I had recently accepted a staff position. As they crossed the parking lot, I watched closely to make sure they were being wary of the other cars, and that those drivers were wary of them. Trailing his twin siblings, my youngest turned back, waved and smiled before he disappeared up the bus’s first step. read more »

Sacred Investing

Charles Eisenstein

In a sacred economy, investment has a meaning nearly opposite of what it means today. Today, investing is what people do to preserve or increase their wealth. In a sacred economy, it is what we do to share our wealth. Excess wealth, whether inherited from family or from an earlier time in one’s own life, is a dharma, a call to service. To squander it on baubles, to give it away senselessly, or to devote oneself to its increase are all ways of refusing that call. read more »

Reflections on the NYC Peacewalk

Jack Kornfield

On a misty Sunday afternoon, Central Park became a temple of Peace for the many hundreds who joined or observed the NY Silent Peacewalk in support of peace in the Middle East. There were intermittent soft showers, the smell of autumn leaves, lovers holding hands, homeless people on park benches, and beside them a stream of nearby traffic and taxis. In the midst of it all we walked as peacewalkers carrying a palpable, reverent, dignified and joyful silence. read more »