BEING ONE WITH THE PLANET: Experiencing the ‘Sacred’ in a ‘Secular’ Mind

The paper traces the current unprecedented climate crisis to human alienation from nature and argues that human/nature dichotomy is concomitant with the sharp psychological boundary between the self and the world. The ways of looking at nature and the world are a function of our attention, implying...

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Auteur principal: V, Hari Narayanan (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Dharmaram College 2022
Dans: Journal of Dharma
Année: 2022, Volume: 47, Numéro: 2, Pages: 167-182
Sujets non-standardisés:B Gaia Hypothesis
B Mysticism
B Iain McGilchrist
B Colonialism
B Corpuscularism
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Résumé:The paper traces the current unprecedented climate crisis to human alienation from nature and argues that human/nature dichotomy is concomitant with the sharp psychological boundary between the self and the world. The ways of looking at nature and the world are a function of our attention, implying that it is possible to regain the lost connection with the planet by rewiring the ways of attention. At least some mystic experiences can be understood in terms of different ways of attention, and this suggests that it is possible to experience unity with all that exists even without entertaining any supernatural beliefs.
ISSN:0253-7222
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma