Anne Bollman, H.W., M., a long-time student and Prosperos Trustee, goes over Lewis Mumford’s classic text that explores the human dilemma through Freudian psychology and the characters of Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest.

It seems to be dawning on us, collectively, that the answer to the COVID crisis - and to other large scale challenges - has to come from all of us. We look at the spirit of the season, the benefits of simple gratitude, and a winning strategy from an old friend, Ken Wauchope.

Heart is seen as a COVID word because of the huge role it plays in navigating times like these. We talk about heart, about courage, and finally about bigness.

Mobility is crucial to our sense of freedom and power. We explore the frustration around feeling immobilized and some ways of getting beyond appearances to a different kind of patience - and the secret to calling forth a principle of freedom.

In this talk, Calvin invites you to share in an in-depth conversation with Emily Otto, a Business Mentor who works with those who want to get out of Corporate America. Those who know they have the creativity for doing their own thing and dreams of fulfilling a greater purpose in life. Who know that the job they have isn’t what they were “meant to do”, but they are not quite sure how to go from present career to starting their own business, while still being able to pay their bills, and still have time in their life for some freedom and flexibility. Her challenge is to move Millennials and Gen Z Women out of traditional corporate structure and pay scales and into a new definition of Career Achievement and Fulfillment. Emily works with clients on their goals, timelines, and dreams for quitting the 9-5 job and starting their own business. Together, they craft an actionable timeline and plans that align with the client’s life purpose and passions. Followed by one-on-one phone call coaching, using resources and tools to work the client's goal to quit and live within their unique business brand. You can learn more about Calvin’s guest at emily-otto.com.

This conversation took place on October 18, 2020, and runs about 56 minutes. Richard Hartnett does the introduction.

The closing song, “Change” is performed by Tracy Chapman in a video available on YouTube.

We started out by remarking that Mars is retrograde (in Aries) and will remain so until mid-November. After thinking it over we decided the word Compression best described the unique situation of energy that is not flowing outwards but gathering inwards. This led to some very interesting observations about the nature of energy. As Al put it, when you understand the nature of this kind of cycle:

“You're sitting on a personal powerhouse of creative expression.”

Debate was the word of the day, and the upcoming evening’s ‘entertainment’. We look at the word’s roots and explore a surprising side of the word “argue”.

Al and William discuss blockages and flow, and how blockages can point to areas where something needs to be released, let go.

This chat looks into Energy and explores on important component energy, Rest.

This chat looks into the many ways we view and practice (or try to) control. Interestingly, the technology let us know that whatever illusions we had about being in charge were infantile. Bad connections were only the beginning. The good news is that we practiced discipline, as prescribed herein, and ended up with a recording that’s as good as any we’ve done.

William quoted Frank Herbert and got it wrong. The correct quote is :

“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”

Al has a great quote from Stephen Mitchell’s excellent interpretation of the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu