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My 2024 ACTION Report: Words and deeds of care and gratitude for people and planet

Robertson Work

4 days ago1 min read

My 2024 ACTION Report: Words and deeds of care and gratitude for people and planet

2024 has been a year of a stressful hurricane and election, sincere actions of service and care, and feelings of grief, happiness, and...

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Robertson Work

4 days ago1 min read

2024 Holiday Gift Giving

Please consider giving an inspiring holiday gift to your family members and friends of my book A Compassionate Civilization. Available...

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Enjoy Reading, Viewing, and Hearing 2023 Outputs of Compassionate Civilization Collaborative (C3)

Robertson Work

Dec 11, 20231 min read

Enjoy Reading, Viewing, and Hearing 2023 Outputs of Compassionate Civilization Collaborative (C3)

C3 is an informal, expanding network of individuals and organizations promoting climate chaos and ecocide mitigation and adaptation,...

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Transforming Self and World through Mindful Listening and Speaking

Robertson Work

May 26, 20231 min read

Transforming Self and World through Mindful Listening and Speaking

After “retiring”, why have I worked these past seventeen years? I experienced a powerful call to be a consultant, facilitator, and...

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Robertson Work

Mar 9, 20231 min read

Memes of A Compassionate Civilization

The following memes, containing quotes from my book on mindful activism, A Compassionate Civilization, were created by Caeri Bertrand,...

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Audiobook of A Compassionate Civilization Released Today! Sample Included.

Robertson Work

Feb 4, 20231 min read

Audiobook of A Compassionate Civilization Released Today! Sample Included.

Enjoy listening to Caeri Bertrand narrate A Compassionate Civilization: The Urgency of Sustainable Development and Mindful Activism. With...

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Robertson Work

Dec 20, 20226 min read

My 2022 Report to People and Planet

For many years, I have shared an annual report of caring for community and world, and for friends, family, and self. I do this as mindful...

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After the Attack on New York City: A Call to Create a World of Justice and Peace

Robertson Work

Mar 21, 202210 min read

After the Attack on New York City: A Call to Create a World of Justice and Peace

As a student of the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and UNDP's principal policy advisor of decentralized governance based in NYC , I wrote...

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Robertson Work

Mar 8, 20225 min read

Four Faces of War and Peace

The piece below is excerpted from my speech to the Creative Peacemaking Symposium in 2014 at Oklahoma City University. It makes use of...

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UN Senior Officials Review A Compassionate Civilization

Robertson Work

Mar 2, 20226 min read

UN Senior Officials Review A Compassionate Civilization

From a UN senior official in the Middle East: “In his book A Compassionate Civilization, Robertson Work does not mince words when it...

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Progressive, Engaged Buddhist Understandings

Robertson Work

Jan 30, 202214 min read

Progressive, Engaged Buddhist Understandings

Below, please find selections of my Buddhist writings from 2004 to 2017. After being raised a Christian, attending theological seminary,...

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Robertson Work

Dec 30, 20212 min read

My 2022 Intentions and Actions

I will continue my journey as a nonfiction author and ecosystem/justice activist, while caring for friends, family, and self In 2022, my...

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To Write or Not to Write? That Is Not the Question.

Robertson Work

Dec 19, 20211 min read

To Write or Not to Write? That Is Not the Question.

In the beginning were the words. No, actually, experiences were first, then feelings, then awareness, then thoughts, then words. Words...

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My 2021 Report to People and Planet: A year of creativity, care, and courage

Robertson Work

Dec 16, 20215 min read

My 2021 Report to People and Planet: A year of creativity, care, and courage

Activities as a Nonfiction Author In 2021, I wrote, edited, with layout and design assistance by Amnet (India), published, by my imprint...

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Robertson Work

Dec 14, 20212 min read

An Exquisitely Special Story

Somewhere in the unimaginable vastness of the cosmos lives a beautiful spiral galaxy. Even with billions of galaxies, there is one that...

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Life Against Death by Norman O. Brown: My Commentary

Robertson Work

Dec 2, 20218 min read

Life Against Death by Norman O. Brown: My Commentary

The Myth In the beginning was Primal Unity. The God of the day was Dionysus. Humanity was a child. There was of yet no time to speak of;...

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Robertson Work

Oct 25, 20211 min read

My Five Prayers

My five books on a Tibetan rug. May they help catalyze a compassionate civilization, serve people and planet, celebrate Earthling love,...

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Three Nested Systems: Self, Society, Planet

Robertson Work

Oct 21, 20217 min read

Three Nested Systems: Self, Society, Planet

This is an excerpt from my essay "Orchestrating Organizational Energy within a Whole System Transition of Self, Society, and Planet"...

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The Christology of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Robertson Work

Oct 17, 202111 min read

The Christology of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

I wrote this essay in 1967 at Chicago Theological Seminary. It is published in the book Society, Spirit & Self: Essays on the One Dance,...

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Jennifer Hawthorne's review of Society, Spirit, Self

Robertson Work

Sep 29, 20212 min read

Jennifer Hawthorne's review of Society, Spirit, Self

Jennifer Read Hawthorne is the author of four bestsellers. Below is her generous review of my new book. "'Society, Spirit, Self: Essays...

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