World As Lover, World As Self: A Guide to Living Fully in Turbulent Times » (REV)

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.

Foreword   Stephanie Kaza     7
Introduction     11
Harvesting Wisdom from the Past
World as Lover, World as Self     17
It's All Connected     30
Self and Society     42
Karma: The Co-arising of Doer and Deed     53
Mother of All Buddhas     61
Cultivating the Present
Gratitude     75
The Bestiary     87
Despair Work     91
Faith, Power, and Ecology     103
Three Lessons in Compassion     113
The Shambhala Warriors     120
Taking Heart: Spiritual Practices for Activists     123
Sowing Seeds for the Future
The Great Turning     139
The Greening of the Self     148
Perseverance for the Long Haul: A Dharma Lesson from Tibet     159
To Reinhabit Time     171
In League with the Beings of the Future     191
Reference Notes     203
Acknowledgments     207