The well-being of the Earth is not separate from the well-being of our souls, the encyclical makes clear; to care for the Earth is to care for the soul.
“In the case of human exceptionalism, the story conceals the possibility that there might be alternatives to encountering the more-than-human world through the lens of mechanistic thought. It also conceals the possibility that there might be (self)consciousness, intelligence, and agency beyond the species divide.”
― Being Salmon, Being Human: Encountering the Wild in Us and Us in the Wild
― Being Salmon, Being Human: Encountering the Wild in Us and Us in the Wild
“As Neil Evernden has pointed out, our freedom lies not primordially in our actions within a story, but rather in the choosing of our story.”
― Being Salmon, Being Human: Encountering the Wild in Us and Us in the Wild
― Being Salmon, Being Human: Encountering the Wild in Us and Us in the Wild
“The development of a kind of local patriotism for the firm, of an “esprit de corps” similar to that of college and university students, as recommended by Wyatt and other British social psychologists, would only reinforce the asocial and egotistical attitude which is the essence of alienation. All such suggestions in favor of “team” enthusiasm ignore the fact that there is only one truly social orientation, namely the one of solidarity with mankind. Social cohesion within the group, combined with antagonism to the outsider, is not social feeling but extended egotism.”
― The Sane Society
― The Sane Society
“When a man follows the way of the world, or the way of the flesh, or the way of tradition (i.e. when he believes in religious rites and the letter of the scriptures, as though they were intrinsically sacred), knowledge of Reality cannot arise in him.”
― The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West
― The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West
“There is,” wrote William Penn, “something nearer to us than Scriptures, to wit, the Word in the heart from which all Scriptures come.”
― The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West
― The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West
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