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In the flow of rupture | December – Council on the Uncertain Human Future
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In the flow of rupture | December

December 19, 2025

On Monday December 12, CUHF member Michael Lipson opened the year’s final session of our 2025 Council series, In the flow of rupture, with a reflection prompting us to question the nature of knowing and our notion of “problem-solving”.

Initially launched over two sessions in February/March 2025 as On the rim of rupture, In the flow of rupture offers ongoing opportunities for reflection among CUHF community members in the wake of upheaval created by the current U.S. administration. Each month, in Council, we ask:

What is happening and how do we stay present, compassionate, grounded and in community amidst the convulsions? Can we together expand our insight and perspective, while being realistic, agile, skillful and of service?

This recording is among the resources CUHF has shared to support the In the flow of rupture Councils in 2025. See the homepage of our site for more.

 

About the speaker

Michael Lipson

Trained as a clinical psychologist, Michael worked with Mother Theresa in Calcutta; he went on to serve for nine years as Chief Psychologist for children with AIDS at Harlem Hospital. Michael now has a private practice in Great Barrington, MA and teaches the arts of meditation, blessing, and engagement with the living universe; his teaching work derives from his lifelong training in Buddhist, Christian and Jewish mysticism.