Description
Book SynopsisIntegrating modern science with traditional wisdom, The Web of Meaning investigates humanity's age-old questions—Who am I? Why am I? How should I live?—from a fresh perspective, laying down the foundation for a new worldview of interconnectedness that could foster sustainable flourishing on a thriving Earth.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part One: Who Am I?
1. The Nameless Uncarved Wood
2. The Original AI: Animate Intelligence
3. The Most Important Relationship in Your Life
Part Two: Where Am I?
4. The Patterns of the Universe
5. The Harmonic Dance of Life
Part Three: What Am I?
6. The Deep Purpose of Life
7. The Tao in My Own Nature
Part Four: How Should I Live?
8. Flourishing as an Integrated Organism
9. Cultivating Integrated Values
10. Human/Nature
Part Five: Why Am I?
11. Everything Is Connected
12. From Fixed Self to Infinite Li: The Fractal Nature of Identity
Part Six: Where Are We Going?
13. Weaving a New Story of Meaning
Glossary
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Notes
Permissions
Illustrations
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers