
Awaken 101
Discovering Meaning and Purpose in Uncertain Times
Toplight Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
270 pages
978-1-4766-8231-0 (ISBN)
Description
Discovering our meaning and purpose--our reason for being--can seem like an impossible task, especially given the tumultuous times in which we find ourselves. Through challenging provocations, uplifting narratives, and profound insights, this book emboldens readers to experience their lives, not as spectators, but as reflective, courageous and purposeful participants. We can turn toward the problems, look them in the eye, and begin the work of setting things right--we can begin the process of awakening.
Organized as a five-part journey, it explores, both cognitively and experientially, what it might mean to assume the rightful authorship of your life. By breaking out of the dominant narrative of how life should be lived, and by becoming more aware of the world around us, we can gain the tools essential for becoming open-minded, embodied, introspective and soulful human beings.
Organized as a five-part journey, it explores, both cognitively and experientially, what it might mean to assume the rightful authorship of your life. By breaking out of the dominant narrative of how life should be lived, and by becoming more aware of the world around us, we can gain the tools essential for becoming open-minded, embodied, introspective and soulful human beings.
Reviews / Votes
"Awaken 101 is a work of vision and courageous vulnerability. As you delve in, hold beliefs about your life goals and the nature-of-things loosely, trusting the book to awaken dreams beyond your wildest plans."-Jamie K. Reaser, author of RidgeLines: A View of Nature and Human Nature "Awaken 101 takes readers on a journey that strikes me as revolutionary to both our perceptions and our life choices. I predict that it has the potential for a wide and even redemptive cultural impact and that it will be eagerly taken up by young people in search of meaning and purpose in these tumultuous times, as well as by educators, parents and helping professionals."-Joanna Macy, author of Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We are in Without Going Crazy (with Christopher Johnstone) "Awaken 101 offers readers a chance to explore what it means to pursue transformational education experiences. The authors' deep sense of commitment to student well-being and their quest for universities to be places that embrace an ethic of care are evident with every turn of the page.... A must-read for college students."-Jacqueline Edmondson, Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer, Penn State Greater Allegheny "For members of the anxious generation who were born after 9/11, who grew up during the Great Recession, and who came of age in a time of climate emergency, here is a book unlike others. Not a study guide for the college entrance exams or a standard text for a major chosen with an eye on paying off educational debt, this book draws wisdom from a wide range of sources to invite young adults to awake, reflect, connect, and choose to live in more mindful, engaged, and satisfying ways. Themselves from different generations and genders, DiJulio and Uhl offer with clarity and concision a compelling call to Awaken!"-Julia Spicher Kasdorf, author of Shale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields "Who am I? Why am I here? How can I be of service to life? These are the kinds of big questions that readers are invited to explore in Awaken 101. As such, this book would be a great choice for college first-year seminar courses aimed at guiding emerging adults in the quest for self-discovery, as well as for teachers seeking ways to support young people in their development as engaged learners and citizens."-Jeff Adams, Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at Penn State University.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McFarland & Co Inc
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
notes, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-8231-0 (9781476682310)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Christopher Uhl is an author and professor emeritus of biology at Penn State University. His research centers on environmental conservation and sustainability. He lives in University Park, Pennsylvania. Melissa DiJulio is an ecopsychologist, writer, and storyteller, living outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Content
Table of Contents
Foreword by Tressa J. Gibbard
Prologue
Part I: Waking
Introduction
Asleep or Awake?
What We Believe, We Become: Are you living
or are you being lived?
Questions Rather Than Answers
Education for What?
Truthspeaking as a Catalyst for Awakening
The Story That Lives Us
Coda: Waking Up
Part II: Breakdown:
Stepping into the Unknown
Introduction
Breakdown as a Catalyst for --Self-Discovery
Rites of Passage as Gateways for Awakening
Success from the Inside Out
The Seed in Each of Us
Hearing the Call
From Breakdown to Breakthrough
Coda: Breakdown
Part III: A Curriculum for Waking
Introduction
Transcending Dualism
Recovering Imagination and Play
Reclaiming Wildness
Discovering --Full-Body Intelligence
Opening to Love
Living Life Now
Befriending Our Shadow
Coda: A Curriculum for Waking Up
Part IV: Awakening in Action
Introduction
Each Day as a Call to Presence
Stuff: Living Within the Story of Enoughness
Food: From Passive Consumer to Awakened Participant
Transportation: An Exercise in Awakening
Community: What Can We Do for Each Other?
Happiness from the Inside Out
Coda: Awakening in Action
Part V: Personal and Cultural Transformation
Introduction
A New Story of Self
A New Story of the Human Other
A New Story of Earth
A New Story of the Universe
Healing: Breakdown Revisited
It All Comes Down to Choice
Coda: Personal and Cultural Transformation
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
About the Authors
Foreword by Tressa J. Gibbard
Prologue
Part I: Waking
Introduction
Asleep or Awake?
What We Believe, We Become: Are you living
or are you being lived?
Questions Rather Than Answers
Education for What?
Truthspeaking as a Catalyst for Awakening
The Story That Lives Us
Coda: Waking Up
Part II: Breakdown:
Stepping into the Unknown
Introduction
Breakdown as a Catalyst for --Self-Discovery
Rites of Passage as Gateways for Awakening
Success from the Inside Out
The Seed in Each of Us
Hearing the Call
From Breakdown to Breakthrough
Coda: Breakdown
Part III: A Curriculum for Waking
Introduction
Transcending Dualism
Recovering Imagination and Play
Reclaiming Wildness
Discovering --Full-Body Intelligence
Opening to Love
Living Life Now
Befriending Our Shadow
Coda: A Curriculum for Waking Up
Part IV: Awakening in Action
Introduction
Each Day as a Call to Presence
Stuff: Living Within the Story of Enoughness
Food: From Passive Consumer to Awakened Participant
Transportation: An Exercise in Awakening
Community: What Can We Do for Each Other?
Happiness from the Inside Out
Coda: Awakening in Action
Part V: Personal and Cultural Transformation
Introduction
A New Story of Self
A New Story of the Human Other
A New Story of Earth
A New Story of the Universe
Healing: Breakdown Revisited
It All Comes Down to Choice
Coda: Personal and Cultural Transformation
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
About the Authors