“You don't need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough.” NeedsHeartEnoughActionUnstoppable Author:Joanna Macy
“Confirming an intuitive sense I've always felt for the interconnectedness of all things, this doctrine has provided me ways to understand the intricate web of co-arising that links one being with all other beings, and to apprehend the reciprocities between thought and action, self and universe.” WaySelfActionUniverseFeltMoralityEthicsAll ThingsDoctrineLinksIntuitiveIntricateReciprocityInterconnectednessThoughts And Actions Author:Joanna Macy
“In the early Buddhist view, then, a persons identity resides not in an enduring self but in his actions (karma)- that is in the choices that shape these actions. Because the dispositions formed by previous choices can be modified in turn by present behaviour, this identity as choice-maker is fluid, its experience alterable. While it is affected by the past, it can also break free of the past.” PersonsSelfActionPastTurnsChoicesViewsBreakIdentityMoralityShapesEthicsEndureKarmaBuddhistAffectedMakersBehaviourDispositionFluid Author:Joanna Macy
“Action isn't a burden to be hoisted up and lugged around on our shoulders. It is something we are. The work we have to do can be seen as a kind of coming alive. More than some moral imperative, it's an awakening to our true nature, a releasing of our gifts.” KindActionMoralAliveBurdenAwakeningShouldersImperativesTrue Nature Author:Joanna Macy
“There are the holding actions, the changing actions, and the vision of the future - what we want to see happen for the Earth. All are essential.” WantHappensActionEarthWomenVisionEssentialsVisions Of The Future Author:Joanna Macy
