We all know our earth is in trouble. But is it beyond repair? Are we stuck with a planetary disaster we cannot hope to address? Despite the reality we find ourselves in, Zen practitioner and author Susan Murphy reminds us of the astounding intelligence and magnificence of nature and argues that not only is it not too late, but that we all have the capacity to embrace this challenge with a sense of hope and reason. By shining a sober light on the current state of emergency, Murphy delivers a brilliant rethink of the crisis we face, radically reimagining the stories we tell ourselves about the world, and illuminating the ways humanity might become the solution, rather than the problem. What if we were to choose courage and resolve, rather than fear? What if we discovered the difference each of us could make and started to listen closely to what the earth is saying, and to our own connections with it? In the tradition of the great eco-theologian Thomas Berry, Minding the Earth, Mending the World offers a profoundly hopeful second chance to engage with what it means to deeply mind the earth once more.
When we see truly, we see that black is also not black, and white is also not white, and that this is perfection. Likewise, ordinary life may present situations that seem black or white yet it is finally neither black nor white but the ...
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From prayers to be shared with family, friends or community, to prayers that take you within to your own soul’s depths, this is a collection to be used and cherished.
Through daily meditations and exercises, Borysenko helps us to let go of fear and realize the light of peace.
the precise behavior they had hoped to suppress by making thievery appear commonplace—when, in fact, only 2% of the park's millions of visitors have every taken a piece of wood” (p. 8).7 To investigate the impact that descriptive versus ...
This is vital and necessary if we are to help bring the world as a living whole back into balance. “It’s hard to imagine finding a wiser group of humans than the authors represented here, all of them both thinkers and do-ers in the ...
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Praise for Sabbath “Muller's insights are applicable within a broad spectrum of faiths and will appeal to a wide range of readers.”—Publishers Weekly “One of the best spiritual books of the year.”—Spirituality and Health ...
Minding the Earth, Mending the World: Zen and the Art of Planetary Crisis. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint. Nanthakun, Pra Kru Pitak. 1998. “Reviving Ritual, Conservation, and Community in Thailand.” In Fugitive Faith: Conversations on ...