Every so often I record a conversation that feels absolutely vital for the stuckness of these times.
Full of insight, provocation, intelligence, trouble and beautiful fertiliser for what could be.
This is one of those episodes.
A conversation with Alnoor Ladha and Lynn Murphy - both long term activists, political strategists and in their words ‘accidental philanthropy advisors’.
Alnoor and Lynn are two of the wisest souls I’ve hosted here.
Their ability to articulate with clarity, nuance, honesty and humility to the mess we are in as a species and how we got here, while gesturing towards beautiful ways through is remarkable, and is a true gift in my opinion.
They draw on this knowledge through wisdom, experiences and learnings from a vast diverse web of life, traditions, cultures, professions and expertise past and present, and the extraordinary book they created is a synthesis of all of that.
Post Capitalist Philanthropy - Healing Wealth in the Time of Collapse
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This Episode is a longer one. - However, we do offer you an intentional reflective pause half way through, a place to breathe and check in on yourself or take a break.
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This conversation is deep, it sets out a dynamic perspective on ’the waters we are swimming in’ today and the ‘Age of Consequence’ we are now experiencing.
We explore:
* Navigating the polycrisis/metacrisis - how did we get here - understanding the systems through ‘structural, historical, constellational world views.’
* The inevitability of financial collapse and currency devaluation as the model of debt-based, growth-based logic self-terminates.
* The incompatibility between the Earth’s System and Neo-liberal late stage- capitalist modernity
* Ontological shifts and returning to life force - somatics, disembodiement, separation, identity, ancestry and death
* What is Post-Capitalism - values and realities
* Becoming ‘conscientious objectors’ of the dominant extractive culture
* Shifting to solidarity with all life: the power of connection and dialogue with the living world and ancient wisdom in modern activism and regenerative change
* Growing post-capitalist realities, cultures and infrastructure through community and practices
* Living and practicing new and ancient ways of being, knowing and relating
* Creating post capitalist infrastructure: a call to philanthropy and wealth redistribution
* Reflections on wealth, identity and the journey of collective liberation and transformation.
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Are we willing to walk away from cultures of domination, control and violence ?
To recognise our smallness in the great mystery of life and begin to trust the life force within us and around us to guide us into practicing new ways of being and new cultures that put life at the centre again.
I really hope you appreciate this Episode, please do comment, share and post far and wide if it brings things up for you, we’d love to hear from you.
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