Consciousness in Action: The Power of Beauty, Love, and Courage in a Violent Time

Consciousness in Action features the thoughts of Julia Butterfly Hill, Deena Metzger, Joanna Macy, Ralph Metzner, John Mack, and many others in an inspiring dialogue between environmental and spiritual activists. Their subject is the seven attributes of consciousness that they have employed in their activism and that have demonstrated their viability across time and cultures to bring about change.

The seven attributes discussed are: nonviolence amid passion; introspection and self-discovery; not knowing and spontaneity in the moment; eros, the way of loving-kindness; no enemies and co-creating a healthier world; vision free of reaction to others; joy in opening of the heart.

This is a vital contribution to ongoing efforts toward a peaceful, habitable earth.

Author Bio: Andrew Beath is the founder of the EarthWays Foundation in Malibu, California, as well as several other nonprofit social justice and environmental organizations. His foundation has initiated projects to protect wilderness and assist threatened communities in South, Central and North America.