Chet Shupe

To understand how humans once built communities but now build only cities, we must first understand the instruments of awareness we carry inside our skulls. Emotional intelligence is not sentimentality; it is the operating system of our species.

The Fourth of July, a celebration of fireworks and passionate declarations, annually invites us to reflect on "independence." We wave flags, honor hard-won freedoms, and embrace the story of self-determination.

In a spiritually free culture, there is no good or evil. It's all about feelings. To serve life, we do things that feel good and our enjoyment is our reward. In a civil culture, everything is about good and evil.

What, specifically, happened that threatens to bring down the spaceship, Planet Earth? It wasn't much, really. Just an innocent mistake so innocent that it's hard to believe it has caused so much chaos and suffering.

The rustle of dead leaves, a symphony of decay, whispers a truth humanity has long sought to silence: the earth yields no dominion. Once, we moved with the shadows, a part of the tapestry, not its weaver.

Men: Lovers of War Evolution commissioned sisterhoods to be the caretakers of life, and brotherhoods to be life's protectors, Shupe says.

I have pretty much stayed away from women since my second divorce some 40 years ago. This is not because I don't like, respect, or admire women. Indeed, I see them as significantly more emotionally intelligent than men.

Author and Lifelong human relationships observer Chet Shupe today announced the release of his provocative book, Rediscovering the Wisdom of Human Nature.