Many of us feel called to respond to the ecological destruction of our planet, yet we feel overwhelmed, immobilized, and unable to deal realistically with the threats to life on Earth. Noted spiritual and environmental thinkers Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown contend that this crippling response to world crisis is a psychological defense mechanism that has been endemic since the years of the Cold War arms race, when we had to adapt within a single generation to the horrific possibility of...
A spiritual/activist handbook to help move us toward real solutions to the planet's environmental and social crisis.
PermissionsMessage from the Dalai LamaForeword1Preface5Preface91To Choose Life152The Greatest Danger: Apatheia, The Deadening of Mind & Heart253The Basic Miracle: Our True Nature and Power394The Work That Reconnects575Guiding Group Work636Affirmation: Coming From Gratitude817Despair Work: Owning And Honoring Our Pain For The World918The Shift: Seeing With New Eyes1139Deep Time: Reconnecting With Past And Future Generations13510The Council Of All Beings: Rejoining The Natural World14911Going Forth16712Meditations For Coming Back To Life183App. AChief Seattle's Message197App. BThe Bestiary203App. CA Council of All Beings: The Site Speaks207Reference Notes211Resources215