Table of Contents
Foreword David Abram ix
Editors Preface Stephanie Kaza xix
Introducing Joanna's Stories Kaye Jones xxv
Part 1 Our Planet, Our Self 1
Trust in Life Joanna Macy 3
No Separate Self Joanna Macy 7
Gaia Consciousness in the Great Turning Stephan Harding 11
Sarvodaya Means Everybody Wakes Up A. T. Ariyaratne 19
Developing a Socially Engaged Buddhism Donald Rothberg 24
Widening the Circle Philip Novak 32
The Work Takes Root in the UK Pat Fleming 38
The Rainforest Protecting Itself: Australia Rising Bobbi Allan 49
Houseguest Catherine Johnson 63
Part 2 Sustaining the Gaze 69
Thunderclap Joanna Macy 71
The First Truth Mandala Joanna Macy 75
To Behold Worlds Ending Susanne Moser 79
The Thrumming Relationality of All Things Andy Fisher 89
Grieving My Way into Loving the Planet Dahr Jamail 98
We Almost Didn't Make It Beverly Naidus 104
"You, Darkness"-Meeting the Other in Rilke Anita Barrows 112
Breaking the Silence in Germany Gunter Barbara Hamburger 117
Ecological and Social Justice Healing Jeanine Canty 127
Re-Conectando in the Wounded Land of Colombia Helena ter Ellen 134
Part 3 The Interplay of Reality 145
The Blessing Joanna Macy 147
The Carp in the Castle Moat Joanna Macy 151
Everything Leans: The Creativity of Dependent Arising Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel 155
The Dharma of Natural Systems Christopher Queen 165
Decomposing the Ego Wendy Johnson 174
Rites of passage Brontë velez 181
Canticle Farm-Emerging Like a River Anne Symens-Bucher 189
Power and Privilege in Indra's Net Tova Green 197
Transform Yourself, Transform the World Sherry Ellms 205
Part 4 Deep Time 215
Pilgrimage to Greenham Common Joanna Macy 217
The Presence of the Future Beings Joanna Macy 221
Being Time and Deep Time Taigen Dan Leighton 226
Liberating the Spirit of the Ancestors in Africa Liz Hosken 236
Deep Ecology Courage in Nuclear Russia Oleg Bodrov Ludmilla Zhrina 245
Citizen Ambassador Linda Seeley 256
The Journey of a Nuclear Guardian Kathleen Sullivan 261
Finding Our Way Forward after Fukushima Yuka Saito Hide Enomoto 274
Nothing Is Impossible Daniel Ellsberg 286
Part 5 On the Move Together 293
Outcome Uncertain Joanna Macy 295
Mother of All Buddhas Joanna Macy 300
For Love of Gaia Sean Kelly 305
Healing Our Broken World: Pathways to Peacebuilding Paula Green 313
The Eagle, Condor, and Quetzal Adrián Villaseñor Galarza 322
On the Road for the Great Turning Sarah Vekasi 328
A Pilgrim Returns to China Zilong Wang 336
Notes from a Zen Monastery Susan Moon 342
Our Compassionate Nature Matthew Fox 347
Afterword Joanna Macy 357
Joanna Macy Biography 363
Bibliography of Works by and about Joanna Macy 365
About the Contributors 377