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Author Archives: Erik Assadourian

Meditations That Might Make You Sweat
31 May 2022

Meditations That Might Make You Sweat

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 2

There’s sometimes a fine line between exercise and meditation. Here are a few exercises that blur that line a bit farther, while connecting you to Gaia a bit further.

Gaia, Gaian Way, meditation, nature awareness
The Confused Choices of the Eternals
15 May 2022

The Confused Choices of the Eternals

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 2

How our comic portrayal of the world undermines the birth of an ecological consciousness

collapse, consumerism, film, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Space, sustainability, wisdom
Nukes Are Environmentalists’ Problems Too
1 May 2022

Nukes Are Environmentalists’ Problems Too

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 5

Why environmentalists should care about nukes and what we can do about them

collapse, Gaian Way, nuclear, Prepare, security, sustainability, wisdom
Non-Billionaires of the World Unite!
17 Apr 2022

Non-Billionaires of the World Unite!

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 0

You have everything to gain but the chance to be filthy rich.

Gaia, Gaian Way, money, philanthropy, sustainability, wisdom
My Recent Conversation with a Tree
11 Apr 2022

My Recent Conversation with a Tree

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Understanding Gaia | 0

What I learned from talking with a tree.

ecology, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, sustainability, wisdom
The Parable of the Truss
27 Mar 2022

The Parable of the Truss

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Parables, Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening | 2

It is the relationships between members (whether of a bridge or a community) that provide strength.

collapse, Community, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom
We’re All Ukrainian. We’re All Russian. We’re All Gaian.
12 Mar 2022

We’re All Ukrainian. We’re All Russian. We’re All Gaian.

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, The Quickening | 0

All humans share one life-giving planet. Even if we never learn to stop fighting over who gets to control it.

Amusing Ourselves to Death, collapse, conflict, consumerism, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, sustainability, wisdom
Sugar Here I Come?
6 Mar 2022

Sugar Here I Come?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals | 1

Reflecting on the conclusion of my family’s sweet fast, and what happened when sugar returned to the scene.

consumerism, Diet, Gaian Way, health, sustainability, wisdom
An Actual Gaian Interpretation of the World
20 Feb 2022

An Actual Gaian Interpretation of the World

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 0

Responding to an essay that makes some inaccurate assumptions about Gaianism.

Christianity, Climate Change, collapse, Disasters, ecology, Gaia, Gaian Way, Religion, suffering, sustainability, Technology
Soylent Green is People! So What?
6 Feb 2022

Soylent Green is People! So What?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening | 9

Is it a problem that Soylent Green was made out of people? Or was the problem simply a lack of transparency?

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, Diet, health, Resilience, sustainability
The Importance of Reminding People to Look Up (Over and Over and Over Again)
30 Jan 2022

The Importance of Reminding People to Look Up (Over and Over and Over Again)

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 2

Exploring the value of media—when used intentionally—to spark change.

Climate Change, communication, consumerism, education, Gaia, sustainability
A Month Living Sweet-Free
23 Jan 2022

A Month Living Sweet-Free

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals | 4

Some reflections one week into a month-long sugar and alcohol fast.

consumerism, Diet, Gaian Way, health, Prepare, sustainability, wisdom

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