Coming Back to Life, Third Edition
The Evolving Guide to the Work That Reconnects
3rd Edition
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-77406-007-0 (ISBN)
Description
A timeless manual for transforming despair into active hope
In the face of overwhelming interconnected social and ecological crises, the Work That Reconnects has inspired and empowered hundreds of thousands of people to transform despair and apathy into constructive, collaborative action. Coming Back to Life, Third Edition is the essential guide to using the Work in group settings, facilitating the creation of a life-sustaining and equitable human culture.
This fully revised 25th anniversary edition further illuminates and deepens the extraordinary practice of the Work, with a particular emphasis on inclusivity and addressing wide-spread systemic racism and injustice. Authors Joanna Macy and Molly Brown:
Completely expand and update the context, foundations, and core concepts of the Work, from Business as Usual to the Great Unraveling, to the Great Turning
Illustrate its central framework-a spiral journey through gratitude, honoring our pain for the world, seeing with new eyes, and going forth
Outline powerful perspectives, teachings, exercises, and rituals, evoking the interconnectedness of all life and awakening a desire to contribute to the Great Turning
Offer specific guidance for anti-oppressive and trauma-informed facilitation of the Work That Reconnects.
Grief, anger, and fear are natural responses to the harsh realities of our time. By honoring these feelings through the revolutionary practices of the Work That Reconnects, space is created for compassion and forgiveness, along with the courage to take creative action on behalf of life.
In the face of overwhelming interconnected social and ecological crises, the Work That Reconnects has inspired and empowered hundreds of thousands of people to transform despair and apathy into constructive, collaborative action. Coming Back to Life, Third Edition is the essential guide to using the Work in group settings, facilitating the creation of a life-sustaining and equitable human culture.
This fully revised 25th anniversary edition further illuminates and deepens the extraordinary practice of the Work, with a particular emphasis on inclusivity and addressing wide-spread systemic racism and injustice. Authors Joanna Macy and Molly Brown:
Completely expand and update the context, foundations, and core concepts of the Work, from Business as Usual to the Great Unraveling, to the Great Turning
Illustrate its central framework-a spiral journey through gratitude, honoring our pain for the world, seeing with new eyes, and going forth
Outline powerful perspectives, teachings, exercises, and rituals, evoking the interconnectedness of all life and awakening a desire to contribute to the Great Turning
Offer specific guidance for anti-oppressive and trauma-informed facilitation of the Work That Reconnects.
Grief, anger, and fear are natural responses to the harsh realities of our time. By honoring these feelings through the revolutionary practices of the Work That Reconnects, space is created for compassion and forgiveness, along with the courage to take creative action on behalf of life.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Gabriola Island
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
20 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77406-007-0 (9781774060070)
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Persons
Joanna Macy is an eco-philosopher, activist, and scholar of Buddhism, systems theory, and deep ecology. A respected voice for over sixty years in movements for global peace and social and environmental justice, she has developed a large international following. Her wide-ranging work addresses psychological and spiritual issues, the cultivation of ecological awareness, and the resonance between Buddhist thought and postmodern science. As the root teacher of the Work That Reconnects, Joanna has created a ground-breaking framework for personal and social change, as well as a powerful methodology for its application. Many thousands of people around the world have participated in her workshops and trainings, and her methods have been adopted and adapted widely in classrooms, community centers, and grassroots organizing. Joanna is the author of thirteen books including two earlier editions of Coming Back to Life and her memoir, Widening Circles . She lives in Berkley, CA.
Molly Young Brown, M.A., M.Div. is a facilitator, teacher, life coach, and writer who draws on the Work That Reconnects, ecopsychology and psychosynthesis to support people struggling with feelings of despair and helplessness in the face of political, social, and environmental crises. A close colleague of Joanna Macy's for several decades, she is a founding Weaver of the Work That Reconnects Network, editor of its Deep Times journal, and co-director of the Spiral Journey Facilitator Development Program in the Work That Reconnects. She offers mentoring to individuals and speaks and conducts workshops internationally, all rooted in an understanding of the interconnectedness of all life. Molly is the author of seven books including the two earlier editions of Coming Back to Life , as well as Growing Whole: Self-realization for the Great Turning . She lives in Mt. Shasta, CA.
Molly Young Brown, M.A., M.Div. is a facilitator, teacher, life coach, and writer who draws on the Work That Reconnects, ecopsychology and psychosynthesis to support people struggling with feelings of despair and helplessness in the face of political, social, and environmental crises. A close colleague of Joanna Macy's for several decades, she is a founding Weaver of the Work That Reconnects Network, editor of its Deep Times journal, and co-director of the Spiral Journey Facilitator Development Program in the Work That Reconnects. She offers mentoring to individuals and speaks and conducts workshops internationally, all rooted in an understanding of the interconnectedness of all life. Molly is the author of seven books including the two earlier editions of Coming Back to Life , as well as Growing Whole: Self-realization for the Great Turning . She lives in Mt. Shasta, CA.
Content
Foreword
Preface to the Third Edition
Chapter 1: To Choose Life
Chapter 2: The Greatest Danger - The Deadening of Heart and Mind
Chapter 3: The Basic Miracle - Our True Nature and Power
Chapter 4: What Is The Work That Reconnects?
Chapter 5: Guiding The Work That Reconnects
Chapter 6: Coming From Gratitude
Chapter 7: Honoring Our Pain For The World
Chapter 8: Seeing With New Eyes
Chapter 9: Deep Time - Reconnecting with Past and Future Generations
Chapter 10: Going Forth
Chapter 11: The Work That Reconnects with Children and Teens
Chapter 12: Learning with Communities of Color
Chapter 13: Meditations for the Great Turning
Appendix A: The Bestiary by Joanna Macy
Appendix B: Ethics and Declarations of Rights
Appendix C: Bodywork and Movement and Using the Spiral in Writing Workshops
Endnotes
Resources
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Preface to the Third Edition
Chapter 1: To Choose Life
Chapter 2: The Greatest Danger - The Deadening of Heart and Mind
Chapter 3: The Basic Miracle - Our True Nature and Power
Chapter 4: What Is The Work That Reconnects?
Chapter 5: Guiding The Work That Reconnects
Chapter 6: Coming From Gratitude
Chapter 7: Honoring Our Pain For The World
Chapter 8: Seeing With New Eyes
Chapter 9: Deep Time - Reconnecting with Past and Future Generations
Chapter 10: Going Forth
Chapter 11: The Work That Reconnects with Children and Teens
Chapter 12: Learning with Communities of Color
Chapter 13: Meditations for the Great Turning
Appendix A: The Bestiary by Joanna Macy
Appendix B: Ethics and Declarations of Rights
Appendix C: Bodywork and Movement and Using the Spiral in Writing Workshops
Endnotes
Resources
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Authors