... of Joanna Macy & others
The central purpose of Joanna Macy's the Work that Reconnects is to help people
uncover and experience their innate connections with each other and
with the systemic, self-healing powers in the web of life, so that they
may be enlivened and motivated to play their part in creating a
sustainable civilization. In order to do this, we pursue these
contributing goals:
- to provide people the opportunity to experience and share with
others their innermost responses to the present condition of our world
- to reframe their pain for the world as evidence of their
interconnectedness in the web of life, and hence of their power to take
part in its healing
- to provide people with concepts--from systems science, deep
ecology, or spiritual traditions--which illumine this power, along with
exercises which reveal its play in their own lives
- to provide methods by which people can experience their interdependence with, their responsibility
- to, and the inspiration they can draw from past and future generations, and other life-forms
- to enable people to embrace the Great Turning as a challenge which
they are fully capable of meeting in a variety of ways, and as a
privilege in which they can take joy
- to bring people into mutual support and collaboration in working for the world
One of the great strengths of this work is its power both in itself and in combination with other work, including the Be The Change and Transition work above, and the 5 Rhythms®
For more see:
Joanna Macy's website
About Bernadette
For shamans, discipline is an art;
the art of facing infinity without flinching,
not because they are filled with toughness,
but because they are filled with awe.
- Carlos Castaneda
© 2010-2012 Bernadette Ryder & all quoted sources.
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