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The Essential Spiral is available
late summer, 2002.
The terrorist attacks on September
11, 2001 changed the world, now an environment framed by fear, uncertainty,
hatred and fanaticism. Terror seizes the mind, our deepest fears amplify
it. Wise teachings about the mind bring spiritual warriors to the fore
to champion peace, environmental care, and non-violent reconciliation.
The skills and methods of cooling anger, of dealing with the terrorist
within, of putting the brakes on anger's translation into deadly harm,
are found in meditation traditions with practical down to earth exercises.
Ecopsychology, traditional ecological knowledge, and globalization, are
brought into a discussion of cultural processes that take the reader on
a sweep of history, from Chief Seattle's speech of 1854 to the World Trade
Organization, and beyond - to the Tobin Tax and the reconfiguration of
our global order. Models of reality from the cold war mentality of the
20th century, and from the 14th century dissension within Islam, are outmoded.
This is the 21st century. New models and understandings must be cultivated
through the art and science of mindfulness, to avert the collision course
between fundamentalist Islam and Western hegemony. Concrete proposals for
a paradigm shift are provided. The illusory assumptions of the global order
shattered after 9/11. This enables a radical rethink about leadership,
ethics, and responsibility to usher in a Consciousness Revolution for the
21st century - a new mind. We are at a major threshold for our civilization.
Radical shifts in human consciousness are needed to transform the world
and make it habitable for our species. This is a different kind of book
about Ecology and Consciousness.
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