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The Blue Sapphire of the Mind - Notes for a Contemplative Ecology (Hardcover)
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The Blue Sapphire of the Mind - Notes for a Contemplative Ecology (Hardcover)
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'There are no unsacred places,' the poet Wendell Berry has written.
'There are only sacred places and desecrated places.' What might it
mean to behold the world with such depth and feeling that it is no
longer possible to imagine it as something separate from ourselves,
or to live without regard for its well-being? To understand the
work of seeing things as an utterly involving moral and spiritual
act? Such questions have long occupied the center of contemplative
spiritual traditions. In The Blue Sapphire of the Mind, Douglas E.
Christie proposes a distinctively contemplative approach to
ecological thought and practice that can help restore our sense of
the earth as a sacred place. Drawing on the insights of the early
Christian monastics as well as the ecological writings of Henry
David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard, and many others,
Christie argues that, at the most basic level, it is the quality of
our attention to the natural world that must change if we are to
learn how to live in a sustainable relationship with other living
organisms and with one another. He notes that in this uniquely
challenging historical moment, there is a deep and pervasive hunger
for a less fragmented and more integrated way of apprehending and
inhabiting the living world-and for a way of responding to the
ecological crisis that expresses our deepest moral and spiritual
values. Christie explores how the wisdom of ancient and modern
contemplative traditions can inspire both an honest reckoning with
the destructive patterns of thought and behavior that have
contributed so much to our current crisis, and a greater sense of
care and responsibility for all living beings. These traditions can
help us cultivate the simple, spacious awareness of the enduring
beauty and wholeness of the natural world that will be necessary if
we are to live with greater purpose and meaning, and with less
harm, to our planet.
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