Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Thomas Berry: The Great Work


"The Great Work...is to carry out the transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner.

The deepest cause ...of the present devastation is found in a mode of consciousness that has established a radical discontinuity between the human and other modes of being and the bestowal of all rights on the humans.

All human activities, professions, programs, and institutions must henceforth be judged primarily by the extent to which they inhibit, ignore, or foster a mutually enhancing human/Earth relationship."


- Thomas Berry, cultural historian and ecotheologian


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My gratitude for the Wise Ones is without bounds. May they inspire 
each of us to awaken, to take steps deeper and deeper and 
deeper into remembrance... ♥ Molly

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