Compassion
A New Philosophy of the Other
Published on 1. January 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-90-420-0903-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book makes compassionate caring and connectedness the central themes. Imbedded in the human psyche we find a deep yearning for connection. This book explores the many roadblocks that human beings put in the way of a healthy and respectful dialogue with each other, with nature, and with the universe. It also cites numerous examples from literature, philosophy, and society of a reawakening sense of connectedness.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-0903-5 (9789042009035)
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Content
Editorial Foreword by Riane Eisler
Guest Foreword by Sonja Servomaa
Introduction
PART I Transcendental Perspectivism: A New Enlightenment
ONE The Voodoo Connection
TWO The Sacred Wheel
THREE Perspectives from the Edge of Chaos
PART II The Human Perspective
FOUR The Quest for Happiness: Perspectivist Ethics, A Way Out of the Confusion
FIVE The Partnership Way
SIX The Years of the Horses Came: The Roots of Domination
SEVEN Chasing Amy: Our Sexual Selves
EIGHT Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
NINE Healing the Body and the Mind
TEN Mission or Mission Impossible: Rediscovering Community?
PART III The Animal Perspective
ELEVEN Animals: Our Teachers and Healers, Our Brothers and Sisters
TWELVE Horse Whispering
PART IV Inanimate Nature
THIRTEEN Where Does Mind Originate? Plotting Out a New Science of Awareness
FOURTEEN Panexperientialism, Panpsychism, and Quantum Animism
PART V: Infinity: The Super Perspective of the Absolute
FIFTEEN Numinous and Mystical Experiences
SIXTEEN Holotropic States of Consciousness and Mystical Encounters: Two Case Histories
SEVENTEEN Transcendental Meditation and Nowtime: The Experience of Emptiness
PART VI Breaking New Ground: Principles and Trends of Transcendental Perspectivism
EIGHTEEN Pleasure and Pain: Are We a Generation of Vampires?
NINETEEN Travel in Safety: The Perspective of Evil
TWENTY Sacred Pleasure: Re-Evaluating Cultural Priorities
TWENTY-ONE Life Control and Self-Empowerment: Can Perspectivist Techniques Reverse the Course of Self-Destruction?
TWENTY-TWO The E3 Revolution: Entertainment, Education, Empowerment
TWENTY-THREE Emotional Intelligence: The Third Enlightenment
TWENTY-FOUR Multiple Intelligences: The Perspectivist Brain
TWENTY-FIVE Teaching Perspectives: The Partnership Way
TWENTY-SIX In Memoriam Easter Island: Whither Humanity?
TWENTY-SEVEN Talking to Heaven: The Communicating Universe
TWENTY-EIGHT: Toward a Cosmic Consciousness
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Index
Guest Foreword by Sonja Servomaa
Introduction
PART I Transcendental Perspectivism: A New Enlightenment
ONE The Voodoo Connection
TWO The Sacred Wheel
THREE Perspectives from the Edge of Chaos
PART II The Human Perspective
FOUR The Quest for Happiness: Perspectivist Ethics, A Way Out of the Confusion
FIVE The Partnership Way
SIX The Years of the Horses Came: The Roots of Domination
SEVEN Chasing Amy: Our Sexual Selves
EIGHT Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
NINE Healing the Body and the Mind
TEN Mission or Mission Impossible: Rediscovering Community?
PART III The Animal Perspective
ELEVEN Animals: Our Teachers and Healers, Our Brothers and Sisters
TWELVE Horse Whispering
PART IV Inanimate Nature
THIRTEEN Where Does Mind Originate? Plotting Out a New Science of Awareness
FOURTEEN Panexperientialism, Panpsychism, and Quantum Animism
PART V: Infinity: The Super Perspective of the Absolute
FIFTEEN Numinous and Mystical Experiences
SIXTEEN Holotropic States of Consciousness and Mystical Encounters: Two Case Histories
SEVENTEEN Transcendental Meditation and Nowtime: The Experience of Emptiness
PART VI Breaking New Ground: Principles and Trends of Transcendental Perspectivism
EIGHTEEN Pleasure and Pain: Are We a Generation of Vampires?
NINETEEN Travel in Safety: The Perspective of Evil
TWENTY Sacred Pleasure: Re-Evaluating Cultural Priorities
TWENTY-ONE Life Control and Self-Empowerment: Can Perspectivist Techniques Reverse the Course of Self-Destruction?
TWENTY-TWO The E3 Revolution: Entertainment, Education, Empowerment
TWENTY-THREE Emotional Intelligence: The Third Enlightenment
TWENTY-FOUR Multiple Intelligences: The Perspectivist Brain
TWENTY-FIVE Teaching Perspectives: The Partnership Way
TWENTY-SIX In Memoriam Easter Island: Whither Humanity?
TWENTY-SEVEN Talking to Heaven: The Communicating Universe
TWENTY-EIGHT: Toward a Cosmic Consciousness
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Index