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01 mai 2018
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9781771422550
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English
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1 Mo
A different kind of hope for living in these turbulent times
Climate disruption. Growing social inequality. Pollution. We are living in an era of unprecedented crises, resulting in widespread feelings of fear, despair, and grief. Now, more than ever, maintaining hope for the future is a monumental task.
Intrinsic Hope offers a powerful antidote to these feelings. It shows how conventional ideas of hope are rooted in the belief that life will conform to our wishes and how this leads to disappointment, despair, and a dismal view of the future. As an alternative, it offers "intrinsic hope," a powerful, liberating, and positive approach to life based on having a deep trust in whatever happens. The author, a hopeful survivor, shows how to cultivate intrinsic hope through practical tips and six mindful habits for living a positive, courageous life in these troubled times.
Whether working directly on ecological or social issues or worried about children and grandchildren, this book is for everyone concerned about the future and looking for a deeper source of hope for a better world.
AWARDS
Foreword by Vicki Robbin
Introduction: Where On Earth Are We Going?
The Global Eco-social Crisis and Its Impacts
Psychological Impacts
The Psychological Context
Where On Earth Are We Going?
Uncovering and Nurturing Hope
1. Naming Our Feelings about the Global Eco-social Crisis
Fear
Disappointment
Self-Righteous Anger and Frustration
Shame and Guilt
Sadness and Despair
Grief
Denial and Apathy
Concluding Thoughts
2. Reasons for Hope
Life Is Inherently Hopeful
We Know More Than Ever Before
The Future Is Uncertain
We May Be Able to Resolve This Crisis Because We Caused It
Humankind Is Beginning to Think Globally
History Tells Us Positive Social Change Is Possible
The Growing Global Citizens' Movement
Hope Can Be Learned
It Is Our Responsibility To Be Hopeful
Just Because. . .What Else Would We Do?
3. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Hope
Extrinsic Hope
Intrinsic Hope
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Hope Compared
The Relationship Between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Hope
4. Being Present
Mindfulness
Distraction
Selective Attention
Meditation
Using Our Senses
Wonder
Bearing Witness
Being Present to the Universe
5. Expressing Gratitude
Choosing to Feel Grateful
Things To Be Grateful For
Expressing Gratitude
Appreciation and Problems
Joy
Gratitude and Consumerism
6. Loving the World
Love and Compassion
Community
Loving Places
Loving the Earth
Loving Future Generations
7. Accepting What Is
Opening Up to Painful Emotions
Forgiveness
Reframing
Expressing Feelings
8. Taking Action
Scientific Information
Results, Responsibility, and Virtue
Purpose and Commitment
Do No Harm
Small Steps
9. Persevering for the Long Haul
Self-Discipline
Resilience
Long-Term Thinking
Curiosity
Looking After Ourselves
Celebrating Good News
Conclusion: Pandora's Gift
Invitation
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
Publié par
Date de parution
01 mai 2018
Nombre de lectures
0
EAN13
9781771422550
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
1 Mo
Praise for Intrinsic Hope
After many decades of working on the climate crisis, I m someone who hope does not come naturally to every day. That makes the insights in these pages all the more valuable to me, and I suspect to others.
- Bill McKibben, author of Radio Free Vermont , co-founder and Senior Advisor of 350.org
There is no healing or transformation without hope, yet we are in times of global crisis that breed denial, hopelessness and despair. This deeply wise book guides us in nurturing the intrinsic hope that evolves our consciousness and frees our heart to act on behalf of this world we love.
- Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge
If you feel despair for our endangered world, read this remarkable book and then act. Saving ourselves and much of life on Earth requires us to take brave and visionary action, but doing that requires hope-the kind that arises from the depths of our own human psyches, from our souls, and from Earth herself. Assisting us to tap this crucial resource is what Kate Davies accomplishes with her love-offering of Intrinsic Hope . This wise, adeptly crafted, inspiring, and practical book deepens and amplifies our capacities as agents of cultural renaissance and executors of ecological regeneration.
-Bill Plotkin, Ph.D., author of Soulcraft and Wild Mind
Kate Davies book Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times is a fresh and inspirational guide for practicing deep ecology. Her ideas about hope and the tools she offers to nurture it ground us in the Earth s inherent goodness and provide a path forward when everything seems to be falling apart. That inherent goodness-intrinsic hope-lives within each one of us, as well as in all life. In this book, Kate shows us how to access it and how to take action based on it. I cannot recommend Intrinsic Hope highly enough.
- John Seed, founder and director of the Rainforest Information Centre and co-author of Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings .
We are becoming aware that the eco-social crisis is not only an external reality, but also an internal psychological, spiritual and moral crisis. In order to survive the increasing devastation, hope is essential. Kate Davies explores the psychological and spiritual dimensions of intrinsic hope and how it can be a light to guide us in these darkening times. Her book contains valuable insights into our inner landscapes and describes the qualities we need if we are to survive and live together on this Earth, full of wonder, beauty and love.
- Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Ph.D., Sufi teacher and author of Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth .
Kate Davies whole working life and career has led to this distillation of intrinsic hope. Her experience as scientist, as Quaker, as mother and activist forged a commitment to reject despair and forge a new, more resilient type of hope. This is a prescription in a book we all need.
- Elizabeth May, OC, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands.
To be an activist you have to be an optimist. Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times confirms this conviction. In her inspiring book, Kate Davies explores the state of our planet and the way we can transform our present predicament into positive possibilities. This beautifully written book weaves together the practical with the political, the social with the spiritual and economical with the ecological. It is a remarkable achievement!
- Satish Kumar, Editor Emeritus, Resurgence Ecologist Magazine.
Have you ever read a book that is so wise and so important that you immediately recommend it to your friends? Have you ever read a book so full of transformative insights and brilliant aphorisms that you underline and dog-ear and exclaim YES in ink all over the margins? Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times is such a book. In a time of terrible peril, and so a time of deep and debilitating despair, Kate Davies powerfully, convincingly re-invents hope, just when we need it the most.
- Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Great Tide Rising and Piano Tide , winner of the 2017 Willa Cather Award for contemporary fiction
Being mindful of hope may be our most urgent challenge in the face of growing eco-social problems. Kate Davies points toward multiple ways to activate hope. May her book be read by many who are seeking a path forward into the arena of transformative change.
- Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology
Copyright 2018 by Katherine Davies. All rights reserved.
Cover design by Diane McIntosh. Cover image: iStock 532520587. Text: p. xiii YB, p. 17 Dmitry/Adobe Stock.
Printed in Canada. First printing April, 2018
Inquiries regarding requests to reprint all or part of Intrinsic Hope should be addressed to New Society Publishers at the address below. To order directly from the publishers, please call toll-free (North America) 1-800-567-6772, or order online at www.newsociety.com
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New Society Publishers P.O. Box 189, Gabriola Island, BC V0R 1X0, Canada (250) 247-9737
L IBRARY AND A RCHIVES C ANADA C ATALOGUING IN P UBLICATION
Davies, Kate, 1956-, author
Intrinsic hope : living courageously in troubled times / by Kate Davies, M.A., D. Phil.
Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN 978-0-86571-867-8 (softcover).- ISBN 978-1-55092-660-6 ( PDF ).- ISBN 978-1-77142-255-0 ( EPUB )
1. Hope. 2. Human ecology-Psychological aspects. 3. Environmental degradation-Psychological aspects. I. Title.
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New Society Publishers mission is to publish books that contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just society, and to do so with the least possible impact on the environment, in a manner that models this vision.
Contents
Foreword by Vicki Robbin
Introduction: Where On Earth Are We Going?
The Global Eco-social Crisis and Its Impacts
Psychological Impacts
The Psychological Context
Where On Earth Are We Going?
Uncovering and Nurturing Hope
Part I: Uncovering Intrinsic Hope
1. Naming Our Feelings about the Global Eco-social Crisis
Fear
Disappointment
Self-Righteous Anger and Frustration
Shame and Guilt
Sadness and Despair
Grief
Denial and Apathy
Concluding Thoughts
2. Reasons for Hope
Life Is Inherently Hopeful
We Know More Than Ever Before
The Future Is Uncertain
We May Be Able to Resolve This Crisis Because We Caused It
Humankind Is Beginning to Think Globally
History Tells Us Positive Social Change Is Possible
The Growing Global Citizens Movement
Hope Can Be Learned
It Is Our Responsibility To Be Hopeful
Just Because...What Else Would We Do?
3. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Hope
Extrinsic Hope
Intrinsic Hope
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Hope Compared
The Relationship Between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Hope
Part II: Habits of Hope
4. Being Present
Mindfulness
Distraction
Selective Attention
Meditation
Using Our Senses
Wonder
Bearing Witness
Being Present to the Universe
5. Expressing Gratitude
Choosing to Feel Grateful
Things To Be Grateful For
Expressing Gratitude
Appreciation and Problems
Joy
Gratitude and Consumerism
6. Loving the World
Love and Compassion
Community
Loving Places
Loving the Earth
Loving Future Generations
7. Accepting What Is
Opening Up to Painful Emotions
Forgiveness
Reframing
Expressing Feelings
8. Taking Action
Scientific Information
Results, Responsibility, and Virtue
Purpose and Commitment
Do No Harm
Small Steps
9. Persevering for the Long Haul
Self-Discipline
Resilience
Long-Term Thinking
Curiosity
Looking After Ourselves
Celebrating Good News
Conclusion: Pandora s Gift
Invitation
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
Foreword
Hope-like faith, love, and charity-is just a word until the truth of it actually enters our lives, often through a crisis. My own understanding was superficial until, in 2004, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer.
Strangely, I felt more relieved than frightened. Hearing the sentence no one ever wants to hear, I surprised myself with a sense of humor-and sass. I didn t battle cancer. I didn t try to get back to anything. I wasn t even trying to survive. Rather, I entered it and dove under the surface of what to all appearances was a successful and meaningful life. I wanted to find my true self, whether I lost my life or not.
With officially less than 50% chance of survival and on the advice of two naturopaths, I began a 6-round protocol of chemotherapy. Because of a dream that said ..., by water I will be healed, I d moved into a basic one-room house teetering on a cliff overlooking Puget Sound and Mt. Rainier. I needed the twice daily 20-foot tides to wash my soul.
If you ve had chemo or supported someone going through it, you know it is an indignity. My body rejected it in ways the docs had not before seen. One day as I lay on the floor near the bathroom awaiting the every quarter hour expulsion of the poison, I noticed the absence of something I d had my whole life and never knew it. What left me was like a seventh sense: a sense of the future. I wasn t afraid of dying, of having no future in the future. Rather, I saw in that moment that the future is actually a need of the soul like water is a need of the body. In disappearing, the future revealed itself as a necessary fiction, not a reality. In the absence of this sense of the future, thought stopped. It was not Nirvana. It was stark, yet reassuringly real. I saw that anything we build in our lives-love, learning, work, relationships, and so forth-we must generate sense of the future. Hope is a creative act, a product of soul, will, and imagination. It is projection from within us, not a movie we are watching with b