A practical and inspiring approach to tackling our environmental
crisis, from a master spiritual teacher. We can heal our earth by
choosing a simpler, more fulfilling lifestyle, as trustees of a
compassionate universe. Eknath Easwaran presents a penetrating
analysis of the spiritual roots of our current predicament and
offers a realistic and hopeful way forward. Each of us has a role
to play in making wise choices, and each of us can genuinely make a
difference. Drawing inspiration and insight from Mahatma Gandhi,
Saint Francis, and his own experience of living in the East and the
West, Easwaran shows the connections between individual thoughts
and actions that move beyond consumerism to the unity of life.
Mahatma Gandhi formulated a series of diagnoses of our seemingly
perpetual state of crisis, which he called "the seven social sins":
knowledge without character, science without humanity, wealth
without work, commerce without morality, politics without
principles, pleasure without conscience, and worship without
self-sacrifice. Easwaran explores each of these diagnoses in turn
and presents an alternative hypothesis of who we are and how we fit
into the universe. This is ecology as a great adventure, filled
with the challenges and rewards of inner growth. Easwaran tells us
that "once we open our eyes to cooperation, artistry, thrift, and
compassion, we begin to see thousands of little things we can do to
help restore the environment - and restore dignity and deeper
fulfillment to our own lives." Eknath Easwaran is renowned as a
teacher of meditation and for his translations of the Indian
scriptures. His writings express timeless spiritual insights and
are illustrated by stories from East and West. His books reflect
two cultures: India, where he grew up in a self-supporting agrarian
village, and the United States, where he taught and lectured for
over thirty years. His early experiences of living in harmony with
nature, his firsthand acquaintance with Gandhi's India, and his
long familiarity with an American audience have resulted in this
book: a deeply thoughtful examination of our present situation, and
a blueprint for living as trustees of a compassionate universe, in
a world that we would want our children and grandchildren to
inherit.
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