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Rogue valley voice
Advocating for Planetary Sustainability and
Emerging Global Consciousness of Our Relational Wholeness
Our voice in southern Oregon for evolving eco-spirituality
Our Mission is to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet. This blog complements the Rogue Valley Voice Facebook page.
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Is Religion Obsolete?
According to a massive new Pew Research Center survey released in February 2025 (The Religious Landscape Study of U.S. Adults ...
Rick Bonetti
4 hours ago2 min read
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May 2025 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person, eco-spiritual activities that may be of interest to you. Check back, as...
Rick Bonetti
5 hours ago5 min read
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Theology Beer Camp 2025
“Quest for the Holy Stein” Theology Beer Camp 2025 is coming to St. Paul, Minnesota and online October 16-18, 2025 . T his year’s Monty...
Rick Bonetti
1 day ago2 min read
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Civil Resistance
"It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 182 min read
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Integral Christianity
Stages of Development used by Paul Smith in his book, “Integral Christianity” I have three books next to one another on my shelf:...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 163 min read
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Panicans
On April 7, 2025 President Trump posted on Truth Social: "Don't be a PANICAN (a new party based on Weak and Stupid people.)" The name is...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 161 min read
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India - Between China, the West, and the Global South
Presented via Zoom by WorldOregon, in conjunction with the annual Great Decisions series at Portland State University, March 14, 2025...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 121 min read
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The Current U.S. Trade War with China
I write about the current U.S. trade war with China in order to try to make sense of the incomprehensible. Will we ever again have an...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 123 min read
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Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science
May 3-4, 2025 - The Center for Christogenesis is having their virtual 2025 Conference: Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science: From...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 111 min read
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Earth Community
David Korten , in his 1995 book When Corporations Rule the World , tried to make a case for the unworkability of current economic systems...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 75 min read
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Evolving in a Shifting World
Sunday, April 13, 2025 , from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. PDT - A New Republic of the Heart is offering a webinar : Taking Responsibility for...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 62 min read
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Responding to Cruelty, Bullying and Chaos
On March 17, 2025 Aspen Initiative (Wisdon From the Top of the World) offered a free webinar with some of the foremost non-dual...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 292 min read
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Harnessing the Energies of Love
Ilia Delio, in her February 2025 talk "Old God, New God, Part 2" , responded to a question by Susan Izard , retired spiritual director...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 281 min read
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April 2025 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person, eco-spiritual activities that may be of interest to you. Check back, as...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 256 min read
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Religious Naturalism
Wikipedia defines " religious naturalism " as a "framework for religious orientation in which a naturalist worldview is used to respond...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 252 min read
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Revenge/Tribute Politics & U.S. Hegemony
Some are dealing with the current crisis and chaos in American politics by taking a break from media. I choose the opposite approach by...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 152 min read
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America in Search of a Soul
On March 12, 2025 a Creation Justice Webinar: America in Search of a Soul was co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. Brooks Berndt , who serves as...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 124 min read
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InterSpiritual Unity Consciousness
Father Thomas Keating Father Thomas Keating (1923-2018) had a prophetic vision of Oneness as both an inner state of consciousness and an...
Rick Bonetti
Feb 274 min read
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March 2025 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
A Participatory Cosmos - from Center for Christogenesis Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person, eco-spiritual...
Rick Bonetti
Feb 248 min read
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A World United: Exploring the Unknown Frontiers of Global Consciousness
In today's fast-paced world, the dream of a connected global community is more than just an aspiration; it is a crucial requirement....
Rick Bonetti
Feb 114 min read
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Not Talking about Climate Change
Reference to "Climate Change" is being scrubbed from Federal government websites. Politico reported on January 31, 2025 that according...
Rick Bonetti
Feb 62 min read
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2025 Project Drawdown Strategies
In the YouTube video above, Project Drawdown Executive Director Jonathan Foley, Ph.D., discussed the importance of putting our energy...
Rick Bonetti
Feb 31 min read
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February 2025 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person, eco-spiritual activities that may be of interest to you.
Rick Bonetti
Jan 195 min read
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The Source of Hope
For nearly half of U.S. voters, the new year 2025 does not easily bring hope. The values expressed by the new administration about social...
Rick Bonetti
Jan 123 min read
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January 2025 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley, in-person, eco-spiritual activities that may be of interest to you. Check back,...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 28, 20244 min read
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The Origins of Consciousness
I understand the internet and ChatGPT as amazing expressions of the noosphere - the notion of an emerging global mind. ChatGPT is able to...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 21, 20249 min read
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The Noosphere & the Global South
Human Energy and the Institute for Advanced Studies are presting the N2 2024 conference: The Noosphere & the Global South on December...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 14, 20245 min read
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Inner Development Goals
"In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) gave us a comprehensive plan for a sustainable world by 2030. Although we have...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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Integral Worldview
Charles Taylor argued in his seminal work, Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity (1989) that our contemporary...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 5, 20244 min read
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Beauty, Truth & Goodness
In his 2007 book Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution: How the Integral Worldview Is Transforming Politics, Culture and...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 5, 20242 min read
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