My Wake-Up Call

The Inner Limits of Mankind Part 6

THE INNER LIMITS OF MANKIND HERETICAL REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S VALUES, CULTURE AND POLITICS ERVIN LASZLO One World Publications                   1989 PART VI   Appendix: A Long Way to Grow. A Bird’s-eye View of the Current Goals of the World’s Peoples In order to provide a more informed background for the proper assessment of the crucial question …

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The Chaos Point Part 4

THE CHAOS POINT THE WORLD AT THE CROSSROADS ERVIN LASZLO PIATKUS BOOKS               2006 PART IV   PART ONE: THE TIDES OF TRANSFORMATION   Chapter 3: The Drivers of Chaos (Cont.) Social unsustainabilities The fourth driver: The unsustainability of established social structures Stresses within human communities are nearing a critical point: Traditional social structures are …

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Bruce Lansdale Memorial Part 1

AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL BRUCE LANSDALE MEMORIAL PART I THE INSTITUTION MADE THE MAN AND THE MAN RE-MADE THE INSTITUTION   Introduction Two years ago, on February 2, 2009, Bruce Lansdale, Director of the American Farm School from 1955 to 1990, died. We honoured him on Psycho Sabbato – the day when Greece remembers those who …

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Man's Search for Meaning Part 4

MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING VIKTOR E. FRANKL WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS                        1959 PART IV PART ONE: EXPERIENCES IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP (Cont) There were always choices to make. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to …

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Eating Animals Part 3

EATING ANIMALS JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER BACK BAY BOOKS                       2009 PART III   Chapter 3: Words/Meaning Animal agriculture makes a 40% greater contribution to global warming than all transportation in the world combined; it is the number one cause of climate change. ANIMAL Before visiting any farms, I spent more than a year wading through literature …

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Man' Search For Meaning Part 3

MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING VIKTOR E. FRANKL WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS                        1959 PART III   PART ONE: EXPERIENCES IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP (Cont)   As the inner life of the prisoner tended to become more intense, he also experienced the beauty of art and nature as never before. Under their influence he sometimes even forgot his …

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Man's Search for Meaning Part 2

MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING VIKTOR E. FRANKL WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS                        1959 PART II   PART ONE: EXPERIENCES IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP (Cont) Another sensation seized us: curiosity. Cold curiosity predominated even in Auschwitz, somehow detaching the mind from its surroundings, which came to be regarded with a kind of objectivity. We were anxious to know …

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