Here are some of the things we have pondered in the past

(& may ponder again):

 

Play!  Does the Universe want to play?  Do we need to reconsider the role of play

in our lives?

 

Friend of the Devil--How do you define/describe a person or an act that is "criminal?"

 

How do you think Obama is doing so far?

 

September 11—What do you think happened?

 

What are the essential elements of a civilized society?

 

Bring your own topic:  Everyone brings something provocative to talk about—a paragraph, a line, a single word, an image—on a half-sheet of paper.  We put them all in a bowl, pull one out, talk it into the ground, pull out the next, etc.

 

Automobiles and America

 

Is this the End Times?

 

Debt—What is it doing to our economy and our lives? & such possibilities as Debt Jubilee & Debt Revolution

 

Are we on the precipice of significant change?

 

The Middle Class.

 

Holidays, Festivals, Celebration, Collective Joy.

 

People v. Baby-Boomers

 

Mental Health:  is there such a thing as mental illness?  How about Normal?

 

The Ideal Economic System

 

Marriage, Monogamy, and Imaginable Alternatives Thereto.

 

Aphrodisiacs

 

Education in America

 

Death

 

War

 

What is Art?

 

What do you know of Great Love?

 

Virtue & Vice

 

Conspiracies

 

Candy

 

Inebriate of Air am I:  Poetry (including the creation of Ransom Note Poetry)

 

Into the Arms of America.  What does America mean to you?  What do you think it means to others?

 

Childhood.  What was that all about, anyhow?

 

Spirituality.  What is the role of the sacred in contemporary life?  Are Americans becoming more, or less, spiritual?

 

Truth, Honesty & Integrity.  What is “truth enough?”

 

Human Sexuality in Millennium America

 

Home.  The home environment as personality mirror, human conditioner, social movement, art form, playpen, sanctuary, asylum, etc.

 

History.  Are we the United States of Amnesia?  Can sound humanitarian decisions be made without regard for history?

 

Culture

 

Gender

 

The Psychic Sciences

 

The Generation Gap

 

The Mystery of Me. When I say, “that’s me,” what am I referring to?

 

Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do. Personal freedom . . . and responsibility.

 

Hope, Optimism & Happiness in a Time of Mad Cow Disease

 

Truth & Illusion

 

The Democrats

 

The Republicans

 

What, If Anything, Desirable May Be Salvaged From the ‘60s?

 

Epiphanies & Joy

 

Eros

 

Love

 

Fear

 

Time.  Do we have healthy relationships with time?

 

Humor

 

Live Simply

 

Montage of Dreams

 

That Which Common Sense Hesitates to Confront

 

Metamorphosis.  Do we prefer constancy to change?  Is it desirable to minimize or maximize change in one’s life?

 

Calling All Soothsayers!

 

Taboos

 

Get Out of Jail Free: If you could commit a crime and get away with it, what would it be?

 

Ragged Joy—Contemplating the Possibility of Reclaiming the Active Experience of Entertainment

 

What is God

 

No man is an Island, "intire of itself".

 

Ideals and Idealism

 

Wild-Eyed Visions:  An imagination collage.

 

The Millennium Household

 

The Ideal Political System

 

Money.  What is its effect, real and imagined, on choices people make?

 

The Ideal Social Gathering

 

Community

 

Myth Metaphor, Poetry & Ritual

 

And Justice for All

 

That Ain’t Workin’! What is work, and what is not? What is the ideal occupation?

 

Hope I die before I grow old! Bad perms, dorky cars, boring music—is the Woodstock Nation doing that?  What is the ideal role for aging Beats & Boomers?

 

Secrets & Lies

 

Creativity

 

Tribe. What are the advantages of strong group identity and group-centered lifestyles/value systems?