Consciousness in Action: The Power of Beauty, Love and Courage in a Violent TimeConsciousness in Action features the thoughts of Julia Butterfly Hill, Deena Metzger, Joanna Macy, Ralph Metzner, John Mack, and many others in an inspiring dialogue between environmental and spiritual activists. Their subject is the seven attributes of consciousness that they have employed in their activism and that have demonstrated their viability across time and cultures to bring about change. The seven attributes discussed are:
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Contents
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Relationship with the Earth | 21 |
Dislocation and Disruption | 34 |
Social Ecology | 48 |
Conscious Business The Trouble with Corporations | 63 |
The First Attribute Nonviolence Kindness in the Midst of Passion | 79 |
The Second Attribute Not Knowing | 95 |
The Third Attribute Introspection for SelfDiscovery | 113 |
The Evolution of Consciousness | 183 |
The Fourth Attribute Eros the Art of LovingKindness | 199 |
The Fifth Attribute CoCreating a Healthier World There Is No Enemy | 215 |
The Sixth Attribute Vision Free of Reaction | 230 |
The Seventh Attribute Being Joyful without Attachment to Goals | 252 |
Conclusion and Seven Attributes Summary | 267 |
About the Author | 281 |
Index of Contributors | 282 |
Expanding Personal Consciousness | 125 |
Personal Transformation and Social Change | 141 |
Liberation Pathways | 161 |
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Page 3 - Gaia as a complex entity involving the Earth's biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and soil; the totality constituting a feedback or cybernetic system which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on this planet.