Blinded by Progress: Breaking Out of the Illusion That Holds Us - Ham, Lee van

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Résumé :
Why does so much human activity continue in the illusionary bubble where lifestyles and societies require the resources of more than one Earth? In his first book, Blinded by Progress, Lee Van Ham contributed to a deeper understanding of that question. This book takes us on the heroic journey to relocate outside of that illusion.



With a 1.5? Celsius temperature rise above pre-industrial levels now certain by 2026, we must immediately and massively scale-up many excellent ecological efforts in order to have any chance of avoiding 2? by mid-century. It requires we take a heroic journey on which our most challenging choices are met with new thinking, aroused imaginations, and a greater consciousness where we live out our truest human capacities.



From Egos to Eden guides us on this journey, moving from ego to Self, from civilization to Earth-size living, from smaller topographies of consciousness to transforming ones. We metamorphose into our fuller capacities as humans-people eager to leave MultiEarth living and join Earth in co-creating OneEarth societies. The powers of our imagination help us crossover into a world in which we take our place with other species in Earth's interdependent community of life-a OneEarth livable world.



The author reclaims Eden from a morality tale of human failure and returns it to the cutting edge it had when its creators told it in protest of the coercive, over-sized ways of empires. In their case it was the Babylonian Empire of the 6th century BCE; in our case, Eden turns its spotlight on the United States superpower, China's rapidly emerging super-status, and the globalization driven by transnational corporations. All are revealed as flawed, MultiEarth models that need to unravel or be radically re-imagined to fit with nature's demands.



Guides on this heroic journey include First Peoples who have resisted for millennia the Civilization Project of MultiEarth living; Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, who gives a psychological-spiritual basis for believing we can be new humans; and David Korten whose map shows us five topographies of consciousness through which we can and must journey.



Coming to see clearly that living with the thinking of a MultiEarth paradigm can never get us to OneEarth living, we can undergo the metamorphosis to the greater OneEarth standards of thought and choice that the current context requires of us.

Biographie:
Blinded by Progress is an eye-opening look at our current economic and social system that is both heart-centered and intellectually accurate. It's one-of-a-kind perspective, based on deep research as well as first-hand experience, takes the reader quickly to the very foundation of what is wrong with our current world situation in order to fix it.
- Nikki Lyn Pugh, published author and journalist and 2011 USD Women Peacemaker Project Selected Peace Writer

'El mundo que queremos es uno donde quepan muchos mundos' - 'We want a world where many worlds can coexist.' These words spoken by the Maya Indigenous people in resistance add color and meaning to the important and timely message of this book.... This book is a must read for people and communities committed to collectively raise consciousness. It is a guide in creating concrete steps toward being responsible citizens of one earth.
- Marco Tavanti, PhD, International Sustainable Development Prof., DePaul University, Chicago; Pres. of World Engagement Institute (WEI).

System thinker Lee Van Ham has brought decades of reflecting about the dynamics of our predicament and gifted us with this book.... Blinded by Progress is our wake up manual, our guide to deprogramming ourselves from the limitations of MultiEarth vision. (Excerpt from the Foreward)
- Chuck Collins, senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, author of several books on wealth inequality and the transition to a new economy.

Blinded by Progress demonstrates that faith can lead humanity into re-visioning ourselves and our relationship with the planet. Based in extensive research, Lee Van Ham has found a way to hold and maintain a generous view of people and our shared futures. This book challenges the reader and provides hope at one and the same time.
- Lisa Spaulding, Ph.D., Professor of English and Humanities, Penn Valley Community College