Meet Me on the Other Side
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Inspiration & Meditation, Spirituality, Philosophy
| Author: | Jeffrey Siegel | ISBN: | 9781452480657 |
| Publisher: | Jeffrey Siegel | Publication: | November 8, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jeffrey Siegel |
| ISBN: | 9781452480657 |
| Publisher: | Jeffrey Siegel |
| Publication: | November 8, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Think of a lifetime as 70 years. Lay out 143 of those lifetimes one after another and you’ll see a chain of people reaching back 10,000 years. Just 143 lifetimes back and we’re all the way to the dawn of human civilization. And the choices made in every one of those lifetimes have brought us to where we are now.
But the way we’ve been living all these years is not sustainable. We compete for resources and hoard them, we make war instead of resolving conflicts, we let greed trump love, we willingly embrace ignorance if it suits us. In short, we act like children.
It is now time for humanity to grow up.
We’ve made it through 10,000 years guided by a strong survival sense, an on-again, off-again moral vision, and a good dose of luck. But that won’t do the trick anymore. The risks are too high and getting higher. And we’ve pushed so hard on the earth, on our human societies, and on our spirits that everything is now pushing back and demanding change.
Meet Me on the Other Side is about the world that we could build on the other side of that change.
In quick, clear prose, the book shines a brilliant light on specific elements of contemporary life and shows how a change of focus could help to create a world after the change that serves each of us better and moves us closer to the promise of humanity.
It’s not about revolution or evolution – it’s about humanity growing up. And it’s an optimistic message worth hearing and sharing.
Think of a lifetime as 70 years. Lay out 143 of those lifetimes one after another and you’ll see a chain of people reaching back 10,000 years. Just 143 lifetimes back and we’re all the way to the dawn of human civilization. And the choices made in every one of those lifetimes have brought us to where we are now.
But the way we’ve been living all these years is not sustainable. We compete for resources and hoard them, we make war instead of resolving conflicts, we let greed trump love, we willingly embrace ignorance if it suits us. In short, we act like children.
It is now time for humanity to grow up.
We’ve made it through 10,000 years guided by a strong survival sense, an on-again, off-again moral vision, and a good dose of luck. But that won’t do the trick anymore. The risks are too high and getting higher. And we’ve pushed so hard on the earth, on our human societies, and on our spirits that everything is now pushing back and demanding change.
Meet Me on the Other Side is about the world that we could build on the other side of that change.
In quick, clear prose, the book shines a brilliant light on specific elements of contemporary life and shows how a change of focus could help to create a world after the change that serves each of us better and moves us closer to the promise of humanity.
It’s not about revolution or evolution – it’s about humanity growing up. And it’s an optimistic message worth hearing and sharing.
