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Transcending Paradigms Pt. 10: Primitive Humans > The Trauma of Modern Society > Global Citizens

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"A new order on earth will not begin"until we all learn to see the pollution in our own hearts. And that will not happen until many of us, a critical mass, experience with remorse, a real change of consciousness."

James George

"Well-being and wholeness depend on, and exist in constant and complex intimacy with, the well-being and wholeness of the Earth.

"It is well past time for us to come home, to return to the matrix from which we came, to recover what we have lost, to remember again the wisdom and balance of the natural world--

Chellis Glendinning

"This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the trauma of our world. So don't be afraid of the anguish you feel, or the anger or fear, because these responses arise from the depth of your caring and the truth of your interconnectedness with all beings."

Joanna Macy

Introduction

In the previous essay we explored the effects of humans' severance from nature.

I suggested that this gradual occurrence has induced a massive, unacknowledged trauma in much of the human species. The first part of this piece will review the symptoms of this trauma, while the second part will touch on visions for a positive future.

Chellis Glenndining writes:

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I work as a psychotherapist with an emphasis on transformational learning - a blend of psychoanalytic and transpersonal approaches, and am the author of Self Actualization and Unselfish Love and co-author of Families Helping Families: Living with (more...)
 

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