Spring 2025:
THE MYSTERY OF TIME
“A half century ago, the first issue of Parabola appeared in mailboxes and on newsstands. The times were right for such a magazine…”
Current Issue
- Parabola at Fifty!
The first ten years - In Time
An acclaimed director on time in art and cinema - A New World
To heal, we must feel - What Is Time?
A panoramic overview - The Harvard Gurdjieff Conference
Notes from a Centennial, December 4-5, 2024
Online Exclusives
Four times a year for 50 years Parabola has gathered the wisdom of the world’s spiritual traditions to illuminate the central questions of life.
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Parabola’s Editorial Director, Tracy Cochran, has a new book!
‘In 20 short, gem-like chapters, meditation teacher Tracy Cochran invites us to explore living fully in the present moment as a revolutionary practice.’
‘Presence: The Art of Being at Home in Yourself’ is now available to order at Shambhala Publications.
Listen to Tracy Cochran on the Art of Presence, Mistakes as Practice, & the Grief of Awakening | Contemplify Podcast
The Golden Rule Pledge
All life strives to incorporate the principle of the Golden Rule. Directing our attention toward understanding this most basic principle gives us a reasonable, common sense, and compassionate direction in anything we do. Remembering to use the Golden Rule in our own lives transforms our relationship with ourselves, with others, and with planet Earth.
AN INVITATION TO ALL:
1st—Strive and Incorporate: I will strive to understand the meaning of the Golden Rule for myself and how I wish to incorporate it in my life, recognizing that this effort is sometimes hard and yet always helpful. This is my pledge.
2nd—Invite and Request: I will invite others to do the same: live by the Golden Rule. We can change the world for the better when we apply the Golden Rule in all organizations: environmental, civic, legal, economic, educational, political, or social entities, including religious and faith traditions. This is my petition.
3rd—Stand in Unity: I will join with those on this planet who wish to take real responsibility toward compassion and fairness; and to build an understanding with others about what is to be done based upon the principle of the Golden Rule. Simply stated,
Treat others and the Earth the way you want to be treated
Respect for All Life is the foundation.
The Great Law of Peace, Native American
The Golden Rule Project will continuously make the results of this pledge/petition/proclamation available for all to see and utilize. The more of us who agree and sign, the more power we share as we petition our representatives to live by and apply the Golden Rule in real life situations. This is our Proclamation.
Parabola regrets the transcription errors made in our reprinting of John Roger Barrie’s “The Future is an Illusion” from his book The Deepest Silence and Other Essays in Contemporary Spirituality (Sky Parlor Publications, 2024).