World as Lover, World as Self: A Guide to Living Fully in Turbulent times

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Parallax Press, 28.10.2007 - 260 Seiten
A new beginning for the environment must start with a new spiritual outlook. In this book, author Joanna Macy offers concrete suggestions for just that, showing how each of us can change the attitudes that continue to threaten our environment. Using the Buddha's teachings on Paticca Samuppada, which stresses the interconnectedness of all things in the world and suggests that any one action affects all things, Macy describes how decades of ignoring this principle has resulted in a self-centeredness that has devastated the environment. Humans, Macy implores, must acknowledge and understand their connectedness to their world and begin to move toward a more focused effort to save it.
 

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Inhalt

Foreword by Stephanie Kaza
7
Introduction
11
HARVESTING WISDOM FROM THE PAST
15
World as Lover World as Self
17
Its All Connected
30
Self and Society
42
The Coarising of Doer and Deed
53
Mother of All Buddhas
61
The Bestiary
87
Despair Work
91
Faith Power and Ecology
103
Three Lessons in Compassion
113
The Shambhala Warriors
120
Spiritual Practices for Activists
123
SOWING Seeds for the Future
137
The Great Turning
139

CULTIVATING THE PRESENT
73
Gratitude
75
The Greening of the Self
148
Urheberrecht

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Autoren-Profil (2007)

Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, Ph.D., is one of the best know spiritual activist in this country. She is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. A respected voice in movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship with four decades of activism. 
Her wide-ranging work addresses psychological and spiritual issues of the nuclear age, the cultivation of ecological awareness, and the fruitful resonance between Buddhist thought and contemporary science. Her group methods have been adopted and adapted widely in classrooms, churches, and grassroots organizing. Her work helps people transform despair and apathy, in the face of overwhelming social and ecological crises, into constructive, collaborative action. The author of 10 previous books Mrs., Macy travels widely giving lectures, workshops, and trainings in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Bibliografische Informationen

TitelWorld as Lover, World as Self: A Guide to Living Fully in Turbulent times
Autor/inJoanna Macy
Ausgabeüberarbeitet
VerlagParallax Press, 2007
ISBN188837571X, 9781888375718
Länge260 Seiten
  
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