When you look at what is happening to our world-and it is hard to look at what's happening to our water, our air, our trees, our fellow species-it becomes clear that unless you have some roots in a spiritual practice that holds life sacred and encourages joyful communion with all your fellow beings, facing the enormous challenges ahead becomes nearly impossible.
The wave of the future is on the local level. Don't waste your heart and mind trying to pull down what is already destroying itself. But come into wh… - Joanna Macy
The wave of the future is on the local level. Don't waste your heart and mind trying to pull down what is already destroying itself. But come into wh…
- Joanna Macy
Out of this darkness a new world can arise, not to be constructed by our minds so much as to emerge from our dreams. Even though we cannot see clearl… - Joanna Macy
Out of this darkness a new world can arise, not to be constructed by our minds so much as to emerge from our dreams. Even though we cannot see clearl…
The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world. - Joanna Macy
The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world.
You don't need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough. - Joanna Macy
You don't need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough.
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. S… - Joanna Macy
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. S…
The future is not out there in front of us, but inside us. - Joanna Macy
The future is not out there in front of us, but inside us.
The sorrow, grief, and rage you feel is a measure of your humanity and your evolutionary maturity. As your heart breaks open there will be room for t… - Joanna Macy
The sorrow, grief, and rage you feel is a measure of your humanity and your evolutionary maturity. As your heart breaks open there will be room for t…
Because the relationship between self and world is reciprocal, it is not a matter of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work t… - Joanna Macy
Because the relationship between self and world is reciprocal, it is not a matter of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work t…
To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe -- to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, org… - Joanna Macy
To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe -- to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, org…
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