Book Review A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED E. F. SCHUMACHER ABACUS 1977 PART II Chapter 2. Levels of Being PART I Our task is to look at the world and to see it whole. We see what our ancestors have always seen; a great ‘Chain of Being’ divided naturally into four sections or …
Book Review A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED E. F. SCHUMACHER ABACUS 1977 PART I Introduction A Guide for the Perplexed was published shortly after Dr Schumacher’s (better known for his book Small is Beautiful in which he proposes a dramatically new perspective on economics) death and was described by one reviewer as ‘last words …
SEKEM A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY IN THE EGYPTIAN DESERT IBRAHIM ABOULEISH FLORIS BOOKS 2004 PART II Chapter 2: Return to Egypt (Cont.) My heart tries to understand I continued to work with anthroposophy and became acquainted with its practical applications in many areas of life. I repeatedly found life changing solutions presenting themselves after intense …
In Sekem: A Sustainable Community in the Egyptian Desert by Ibrahim Abouleish, we learn that: In 1977 the Sekem initiative was established with the setting up of agriculture, and over the years there followed commercial businesses, education centres and medical centres to complete the venture. Now Sekem has spread throughout Egypt. Many people, hearing about …
THE FIVE LESSONS OF LIFE BILL ADAMS RIDER 2000 PART V Chapter 7: The Philosophy of the Amchi It was six in the morning, the day after my meeting with Sangratan in Chinie, and again I was setting out to meet him. This time he had promised to teach me about the Amchi, and …
MOTHER TERESA: HER PEOPLE & HER WORK DESMOND DOIG COLLINS FOUNT PAPERBACK 1976 PART III Chapter 4: The First Sisters: Poverty their Dowry My earliest recollection of Mother Teresa is her attending to lepers in the slums of Howrah, a Calcutta suburb, that is in fact a twin city across the river Hooghly. If …
Book Review 2011 Week 2 MOTHER TERESA: HER PEOPLE & HER WORK DESMOND DOIG COLLINS FOUNT PAPERBACK 1976 PART II Chapter 2: Calcutta: Setting for a Mission • Calcutta, once known as the City of Palaces because of its pretentious public buildings and its extravagant private residences set in well-tended gardens, has always been a …
MOTHER TERESA: HER PEOPLE & HER WORK DESMOND DOIG COLLINS FOUNT PAPERBACK 1976 PART I Prayer of St Francis of Assisi Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is …
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR GOD MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE COLLINS/FOUNT PAPERBACKS 1977 PART I Chapter 1: Something Beautiful for God I should explain, in the first place, that Mother Teresa has requested that nothing in the nature of a biography or biographical study of her should be attempted. ‘Christ’s life’, she wrote to me, ‘was not written during …
MOTHER TERESA PART I A life of service A life of service is out of fashion today when success is measured by the size of your greed and how well you manipulate the financial system to your personal benefit. But what gives work real meaning is when it is done in the service of others. …
