A free library · The Ecosystem
Four courses and a podcast archive, free for every member of the Ecosystem. Physics and Ayurveda, sound and sacred geometry: different doors into the same old question of how the living world fits together, and how you fit into it.
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Why a commons
In an old village, the commons was the meadow everyone could use. You could graze a cow there, gather firewood, or sit under the big oak at the edge and watch the evening come in. Nobody owned it, and everybody looked after it.
This library works the same way. The five elements, the rhythm of a day, the shape of space, the sound of your own voice: these ideas are old, and they belong to everyone. So this corner of the Ecosystem is free.
It’s also where I nerd out the most. What I’m good at is making little video lessons and getting excited about how reality works. This is where that lives.
What’s inside
6 short lessons · about an hourFive laws of nature that shape galaxies, trees and the psyche alike. Space has shape. Energy moves in doughnut-shaped fields, from galaxies to the heart. Systems hold together at every scale. And the kindest survive. Built on Buckminster Fuller, with the name borrowed from Richard Schwartz.
6 lessons · about 2¾ hoursAyurveda as living wisdom. The five elements, the three doshas (a hummingbird, a tiger and an elephant), and how their rhythms move through a lifetime, a year and a single day.
4 lessons and a practice · about 2 hoursIn Ayurveda, sound is the first of the subtle elements, which makes your own voice the oldest instrument you own. Learn low toning, open vowels carried down through the body on a full out-breath, then follow a 30-minute guided session.
A two-day masterclass · about 6½ hoursGeometry, physics and Vedic philosophy at the same table. From a single dot to the five Platonic solids to the shape of your own field, it asks how the subtle stuff of consciousness might take shape as the world you can touch.
5 conversationsLong talks with podcast hosts about change, Ayurveda, integrity and the space between chapters, from The Energy Blueprint to From the Ashes. Good company on a walk.
Where to begin
There’s no right order and no finish line. Here are four ways in.
Start with The Power of Sound. Five minutes of low toning, morning and evening, is plenty.
Start with Essence of Ayurveda, and skip ahead to the lesson on the Ayurvedic day if you like.
Start with Inner Physics. When you want the long version, settle in with Multi Dimensional Essentials.
Start with the Podcast Library. Put one on and go for a walk.
Yes. Membership in the Ecosystem is free, and every member can open the Common Knowledge library. There’s nothing to buy and nothing renews.
Not a thing. Every course starts at the beginning, and new words get explained on the spot. You can start anywhere.
In the Ecosystem’s menu, under Common Knowledge. Each course is its own space, so you can wander from one to another.
No. Ayurveda and sound practice are shared here as traditional practices and as my own experience, for reflection and self-care. If something about your health worries you, please talk with a health professional.
Common Knowledge is free for every member. The Threshold Library ($22 a month) keeps the three Threshold Book programs, Space Craft, Astro 101 and the Self-Care Kit, open after your 60 days.
Step onto the commons
Make your free profile in the Ecosystem, Ecotone Academy’s online community. It takes about a minute, and the library is waiting in the menu under Common Knowledge.