There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground, there are a thousand ways to go home again. Jalal al-Din Rumi “I love this quotation. In the first part, there are a thousand ways to knell and kiss the ground, I feel very inspired by how Rumi poetically…

I swam in what shone at me only able to endure it by being no one and so specifically myself I thought I’d die from being loved like that. Annunciation, a poem by Marie Howe   “Poetry is a big part of everything that I do and teach and live.…

  As many of our listeners are aware, our attention is being bought and sold by attention entrepreneurs and organizations. This highly curated digital environment may make us feel comfortable, but it ultimately stifles personal development by preventing exposure to challenging or unfamiliar ideas. There are those who are exploring…

Why would you prefer to crawl when you’ve been given wings? Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (1207-1273) was a 13th-century Persian poet   “I feel like this is truly the mandate of our life. There are two ways to live. There’s a way of a limited and struggling smaller self or…

We left the camp singing. Esther “Etty” Hillesum was a Dutch Jewish author of confessional letters and diaries. In 1943, she was deported and murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. “Etty was a young Dutch Jewish scholar of Russian origin. When she got to Westerbork, a staging camp for the…

Ever widening Circles and Mystical Moments: an autobiography Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.   “Since publishing my first book, The Tao of Psychology, I’ve experienced my books and my recorded talks going out into the world and inspiring an ever-larger circle of readers and listeners. My thirteen books have been translated…

The seed of inspiration that created and continues to guide New Dimensions programming is the invitation to focus on new perspectives and effective, forward-thinking solutions. It encourages us to follow our heart’s joy and give our unique gifts to our community of influence even in these most challenging times. I’m…

  We are looking for a volunteer to help us update program descriptions on newly restored programs from our deep archive. We can mentor you as to what is required. It will give you access to some wonderful programs filled with wisdom and inspiration. You’ll need access to a computer…

I’ve had the enormous pleasure of being inspired by several deep dialogues with Dean Sluyter, a wisdom guide par excellence. I was transported in conversation as he most delightfully and profoundly opened my understanding of such literary geniuses as William Blake, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Dr. Suess, and more. He…

  The New Dimensions program archives are filled with wisdom from many of the pioneers who have inspired us with their vision of moving towards a more just, sustainable, equitable future. These older dialogues are golden and the wisdom they provide is relevant to us today. They are the change…