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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a remarkably personal, honest, and passionate trip into the mindless violent world we have created, and how through meditation and mindfulness practice we can change ourselves and our world. With clarity and vision Ian Prattis illustrates thatwhat the Buddha realized 2,600 years ago is directly applicable to our current quest for peace and justice. This is an uncompromising and direct application of Buddhism to our contemporary situation. -- David Percival, Order of Interbeing, New Mexico * The Mindfulness Bell *
This is an effective and useful synthesis of Buddhism, meditation, and the global political climate of the twenty-first century. -- Richard Arnold * The Trumpeter *
In 'The Essential Spiral' Ian Prattis achieves a remarkable synthesis of academic integrity while at the same time illustrating the value of spiritual awareness in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. . . . He has taken on a difficult task by questioning the dominant paradigm in politics and science as he introduces compassionate outcome assessments and conjoins scientific integrity with the integrity of a researcher who recognizes that evolution of consciousness adheres to inherently different principles than that which a Darwinian model suggests for organisms. . . . A gifted storyteller, Prattis opens the reader's mind and heart with touching narratives from his own life experience and from carefully selected literary masterpieces from various traditions. -- Helmut Wautischer, Department of Philosophy, Sonoma State University * Journal Of Ritual Studies *
This is a remarkably personal, honest, and passionate trip into the mindless violent world we have created, and how through meditation and mindfulness practice we can change ourselves and our world. With clarity and vision Ian Prattis illustrates that what the Buddha realized 2,600 years ago is directly applicable to our current quest for peace and justice. This is an uncompromising and direct application of Buddhism to our contemporary situation. -- David Percival, Order of Interbeing, New Mexico * The Mindfulness Bell *
This is an effective and useful synthesis of Buddhism, meditation, and the global political climate of the twenty-first century. -- Richard Arnold * The Trumpeter *
In 'The Essential Spiral' Ian Prattis achieves a remarkable synthesis of academic integrity while at the same time illustrating the value of spiritual awareness in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. . . . He has taken on a difficult task by questioning the dominant paradigm in politics and science as he introduces compassionate outcome assessments and conjoins scientific integrity with the integrity of a researcher who recognizes that evolution of consciousness adheres to inherently different principles than that which a Darwinian model suggests for organisms. . . . A gifted storyteller, Prattis opens the reader's mind and heart with touching narratives from his own life experience and from carefully selected literary masterpieces from various traditions. -- Helmut Wautischer, Department of Philosophy, Sonoma State University * Journal Of Ritual Studies *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Violence, Leadership and Ethics in the 21st Century: Meditation I: Into the Future; Meditation II: Walking Meditation; Meditation III: Developing Compassion Chapter 3 The Art of Deep Listening: Meditation IV: Open Hearted Listening Chapter 4 Nutriments for the Spiritual Pilgrimage: Meditation V: Who are You?; Meditation VI: Letting Go of Cravings Chapter 5 Meditation for Gaia: Meditation VII: Meditation for Gaia; Meditation VIII: Peace on Earth Chapter 6 From Chief Seattle to Globalization: Postscript: Christmas Exams and Consciousness Chapter 7 At the Threshold: UNESCO's Manifesto 2000 Chapter 8 Guidelines to Recreate Our World: Meditation IX: SO HUM Meditation; Meditation X: Standing Like a Tree Chapter 9 Epilogue: The Merchant and the Diamond Chapter 10 Index Chapter 11 About the Author
