RADICAL MIND SHIFT:
An uncompromisingly honest analysis of the likely future trajectories of Civilization and our relationship with the rest of Nature suggests that humanity is hurtling – with only slightly awakened eyes – toward several simultaneous natural and political/economic crises.
PROJECTS BY CARLETON SCHADE
My intention is, as Thomas Berry suggested, “to fix our minds on the magnitude of the task before us,” not to paralyze us, but rather to motivate us to the appropriate level of commitment, so that we may act and serve wisely. The assumption here is that right action is based on right awareness. To access right awareness requires us to surrender our beliefs, the ornamentations of our existence, and to willingly delve to the root and ground of our being. That, by definition, is being radical. Neither optimism nor pessimism is in order. The glass is both half empty and half full, and ultimately refillable. Let us not delude ourselves: honesty — here at least — does not mean speaking our minds and having exchanges of beliefs and thoughts; it means deeply questioning our own beliefs and thoughts.
rad·i·cal
/ˈradək(ə)l/ · adjective
(especially of analysis) going to the root, basic principle, or foundation; (of change or action) affecting the fundamental nature of something.
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