“It is not just contemporary industrial society that is dysfunctional; it is civilization itself. We humans are born to be creatures of the land and the sea and the stars; we are relations to the animals, cohorts to the plants. Our well being, and the well-being of the very planet depend on our pursuance of our given place within the natural world.” WorldHumansWellsGivenStarsBornNaturalAnimalSeaLandPlanetsDependsCivilizationCreaturesRelationPlantContemporaryWell BeingNatural World Author:Chellis Glendinning
“The important thing is to go back to wholeness. It's time for human beings to come into a sustainable world.” WorldHumansImportantHuman BeingsImportant ThingsWholeness Author:Chellis Glendinning
“Most pointedly, nature-based people manifest the very qualities that contemporary psychotherapy, the recovery movement, and spiritual practices continually aim for: a visible sense of inner peace, unselfconscious humility, an urge to communal cooperation, and heartfelt appreciation for the world around them.” PeopleWorldSpiritualQualityPracticeMovementHumilityAimAppreciationInner PeaceContemporaryRecoveryVisibleUrgesManifestCooperationHeartfeltPsychotherapySpiritual Practice Book:My Name Is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization Source: My Name Is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization
“If we cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible.” IfsWorldInspirationalBelieveImaginationCreationEnviromental Author:Chellis Glendinning
