"This book deals with a very important and contemporary topic--breaking out of casual patterns of a reductive sort into more holistic non-reductive ways of thinking and explanation. It also brings together Western and Eastern ideas combining a particularly important aspect of Buddhist thought with new Western conceptions. It belongs to movements toward global integration." -- Henry Le Roy Finch, Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York This book brings important new dimensions to the interface between contemporary Western science and ancient Eastern wisdom. Here for the first time the concepts and insights of general systems theory are presented in tandem with those of the Buddha. Remarkable convergences appear between core Buddhist teachings and the systems view of reality, arising in our century from biology and extending into the social and cognitive sciences. Giving a cogent introduction to both bodies of thought, and a fresh interpretation of the Buddha's core teaching of dependent co-arising, this book shows how their common perspective on causality can inform our lives. The interdependence of all beings provides the context for clarifying both the role of meditative practice and guidelines for effective action on behalf of the common good.

Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems (Suny Series, Buddhist Studies) (Suny Buddhist Studies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Macy, Joanna

Philosophy

State University of New York Press

In this absorbing, and sometimes thrilling memoir, well-known eco-philosopher, Buddhist scholar, and deep ecology activist /teacher Joanna Macy recounts her adventures of mind and spirit in the key social movements of our era. Macy's autobiography reads like a novel as she relates her multi-faceted life experiences and reflects on how her marriage and family life enriched her service to the world. Macy's formative years with an abusive father and oppressed mother set her on an irrevocable path of self-definition and independence. A short-lived stint with the CIA exposed Macy first hand to the Cold War's darkest threats: the construction of the hydrogen bomb and the building of the Berlin Wall. With three children in tow, Macy and her husband traveled with the Peace Corps to Africa, India, and Tibet, where her encounter with the Dalai Lama and Buddhism led to Macy's life-long embrace of the religion and a deep commitment to the peace and environmental movements. In Widening Circles, the unique synthesis of spiritualism and activism that define Macy's contribution to the world are illuminated by the life-events and experiences that have paved her uncommon path. Joanna Macy has created an international following over her 20-year career and continues to be a tireless speaker and workshop leader (she is already scheduled for 30 national, international, and internet events in 2000). She is the author of seven previous books including Despair and Personal Empowerment in the Nuclear Age (New Society Publishers, 1983) and Coming Back To Life (New Society Publishers, 1998). She teaches in these San Francisco Bay area graduate schools: The California Institute of Integral Studies, The Starr King School for Ministry, and The University of Creation Spirituality. Macy lives in Berkeley, California. Marketing for Widening Circles: National advertising campaign Author events and publicity in San Francisco Bay area Autographed bookplates available Co-op money available Also available by Joanna Macy Coming Back to Life PB $16.95, 0-86571-391-X USA Thinking Like a Mountain PB

Widening Circles: A Memoir

Religion & Spirituality

New Society Publishers

Personal empowerment in the face of planetary despair 
 Deepening global crises surround us. We are beset by climate change, fracking, tar sands extraction, GMOs, and mass extinctions of species, to say nothing of nuclear weapons proliferation and Fukushima, the worst nuclear disaster in history. Many of us fall prey to despair even as we feel called to respond to these threats to life on our planet. 
 Authors Joanna Macy and Molly Brown address the anguish experienced by those who would confront the harsh realities of our time. In this fully updated edition of Coming Back to Life , they show how grief, anger, and fear are healthy responses to threats to life, and when honored can free us from paralysis or panic, through the revolutionary practice of the Work that Reconnects. New chapters address working within the corporate world, and engaging communities of color as well as youth in the Work. 
 The Work that Reconnects has spread around the world, inspiring hundreds of thousands to work toward a life-sustaining human culture. Coming Back to Life introduces the Work's theoretical foundations, illuminating the angst of our era with extraordinary insight. Pointing the way forward out of apathy, it offers personal counsel as well as easy-to-use methods for group work that profoundly affect peoples' outlook and ability to act in the world. 
 Joanna Macy is a scholar, eco-philosopher, teacher, activist, and author of twelve previous books including Coming Back to Life . 
 Molly Young Brow n is a teacher, trainer, counselor, and author of four previous books on psychology and Earth-based spirituality.

Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects

Self-Help

Brown, Molly Young

Motivational

An extraordinary and prescient conference took place at Salva Regina College in Newport, Rhode Island, in June 1983. The theme was "Re-Imagining the End of the World." The audience brought together a radical mix of peace activists, clergy, poets, psychoanalysts, military historians, and officers from Newport's Naval War College.Facing Apocalypse presents the brilliant papers of those two days and the force of ten speakers' knowledge and conviction, including Norman O. Brown's radical reflections on Islam, David L. Miller's and Wolfgang Giegerich's unveiling of the theological fantasies hidden in the "end of the world," and James Hillman's invocations of the god Mars.

Facing Apocalypse

Health, Fitness & Dieting

LEVERTOV, Denise

Hillman, James

Giegerich, Wolfgang

LIFTON, ROBERT JAY

Miller, David L.

Brown, Norman O.

Watkins, Mary

Bosnak, Robert

DOLCI, DANILO

Psychology & Counseling

Spring Publications

The predecessor to Buddhism at Work, this book concretely describes how a village movement in Sri Lanka draws on indigenous cultural and religious values to redefine the nature and purpose of development. It mobilizes and encourages popular participation, and mounts distinctive organizing strategies. It illustrates the relevance of religious traditions for any alternative development efforts in the developing and industrialized worlds.

Dharma and development: Religion as resource in the Sarvodaya self help movement

Religious Studies

Kumarian Press

This two-DVD set presents the teachings and methods of The Work That Reconnects, empowering people to respond with truth and creativity to the overwhelming social and ecological crises facing our planet. A powerful visual tool building on Joanna Macy’s book Coming Back to Life, this valuable resource is a light in the political darkness of our time. The lively, personal presentation of Joanna’s work will appeal to workshop facilitators and participants alike, as well as anyone with an interest in personal transformation.
 Joanna Macy is an eco-philosopher, scholar, teacher, activist, and the author of seven previous books.

Joanna Macy: The Work That Reconnects

New Society Pub

A new translation of two key works by the renowned twentieth-century poet includes Sonnets to Orpheus, a reflection of the writer's deep reverence for nature; and Duino Elegies, a meditation on human impermanence and its link to all life and times. 15,000 first printing.

In Praise of Mortality

Literature & Fiction

Barrows, Anita

Poetry

Riverhead Hardcover

The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, the depletion of oil, economic upheaval, and mass extinction together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects, the authors guide us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the mess we’re in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society.

Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy

Johnstone, Chris

New World Library

A new translation of two key works by the renowned twentieth-century poet includes Sonnets to Orpheus, a reflection of the writer's deep reverence for nature, and Duino Elegies, a meditation on human impermanence and its link to all life and times. Reprint.

Riverhead Trade

The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, political polarization, economic upheaval, and mass extinction together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects, the authors guide us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the mess we're in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society.

Active Hope (revised): How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power

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