Letters to Russ / May 2018
It has been just over nine months since Russ passed. There is an immense hole in our lives. At his ocean ceremony in Monterrey California, I expressed how Russ helped me believe in humanity again. The absolute joy and love on his face when he looked at Jeannie, the love and kindness in his eyes when he looked into my soul, the gratitude, respectful love, and excitement he shared with Eric, blessed us so very much in his last few …
Letters to Russ / May 2018
I wanted to add a short message of appreciation to those many others
who have already expressed their deep regard for Russ. In my case it
was his ongoing encouragement to write; initially three articles for
The Integral Leadership Review and then later to sign a book contract
with him. I was delighted to complete the articles but I still,
haven’t completed the book. Russ could see more than I could and
when he couldn’t he just stayed open to …
Letters to Russ / August-November 2017
Dear Russ,
It is an honor to know you and a grace to belong to the wide and yet tight-knit community of integral, holistic, evolutionary thinkers and practitioners who are bringing into being a new consciousness into the planet. I want to thank you for your leadership and clarity of vision. You have been a mentor and guide to me and to so many. I want to thank you for believing in me. You have always been supporting and encouraging …
Letters to Russ / August-November 2017
Dear Russ,
Deeply sorry to hear you are gone. While we have not been in contact for a few years, our contact concerning the publication in 2012 of an essay I wrote about Yin, Yang and Thinking Styles has meant a lot to me. As did the few appreciative responses it got from all over the globe. Thank you. I hope your work is continued and your way of thinking and living keeps on growing.
Arthur ten Wolde…
Letters to Russ / August-November 2017
Letters to Russ / August-November 2017
My experience with Russ began in 2004, when we were both invited to become board members for ARINA, and subsequently both became involved in Integral Review. I remember being enchanted by the breadth and depth of his knowledge, and the deep curiosity he had towards learning from everyone and everything!
I also experienced the vast network of people he worked with, either though interviewing them for ILR, or when I had the good fortune to be invited to participate in …
Letters to Russ / August-November 2017
Our lives intersected in so many accidental ways that I thought it was destiny speaking to us. We were both graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley. I first met Russ during a protest rally on campus. I just knew him as Russ and didn’t know much about his history or biography. I was in a doctoral program at the School of Education and I believe he was getting a doctorate in political science. At the time we …
Letters to Russ / August-November 2017
Footprints to Integral Leadership
‘In a quiet way, you shake the world” – Mahatma Gandhi
I only saw a slight portion of Russ’s life, like watching the light from a candle through a narrow slit a long way away. I live in Perth, Australia, Russ was in the United States, a long way away. My contact with him was only through emails and phone calls. I knew him as the editor, originator, guardian, power source, gate keeper, supporter, and Merlin …
Letters to Russ / August-November 2017
I find myself caught up by the horrible surprise of Russ’ passing. And even surprised by my surprise. For I did not know Russ that well, except toward the end of his work-life. Russ was our publisher with Eros/Power: Love in the Spirit of Inquiry, Integral Publishers, 2016. Indeed it was the wonderful personal connection that my co-author, Bill Torbert had with Russ that allowed its publication.
And so it happened that Russ and I worked to complete the …
Letters to Russ / August-November 2017
I first got to know Russ at the Vision/Action ODN Conference in San Francisco. One of the results of that conference was the publication of the Bay Area ODN called Vision/Action. I was a member of its Editorial Board and Russ was the Editor. He encouraged me to write for it and provided keen editorial insights. We became friends as well as colleagues. Time and distance separated us but we still kept contact over almost forty years. I will miss …