Joanna Macy: We Belong: Hope, Choice, and Our Relationship with the Earth

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Joanna Macy is an ecophilosopher, activist, and Buddhist scholar who has been at the forefront of movements for social justice and environmentalism for more than five decades. She founded the Work That Reconnects Network and has written many books, including World as Lover, World as Self. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Joanna about hope in times of chaos and dissolution, as well as how hope is something we do rather than just feel. Joanna and Tami discuss apathy as a refusal to face the inevitability of suffering and why the state of the environment can be especially heartbreaking. Finally, Tami and Joanna talk about our relationship with the earth as a natural birthright—one that is actually the source of all our energy and joy.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True. My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation.
0:14.6	The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making
0:21.0	transformational education widely available.
0:25.0	We want everyone to have access to transformational tools,
0:30.0	such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:40.0	The Sounds True Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to communities in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing countries.
0:55.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:59.0	please visit Sounds True Foundation.org.
1:05.0	You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:11.0	Today is a rebroadcast of one of my favorite episodes. I hope you enjoy.
1:17.6	You're listening to Insights at The Edge. Today my guest is Joanna Macy.
1:23.0	Joanna is an eco-philosifer and a scholar of Buddhism,
1:26.8	general systems theory in deep ecology.
1:30.0	A respected voice in the movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her
1:36.0	scholarship with five decades of activism.
1:40.3	Joanna Macy founded and is the root teacher of the work that reconnects network.
1:46.0	This network was formed to bring us back into relationship with each other and with the
1:51.5	self-heeling powers in the web of life, motivating and
1:55.8	empowering us to reclaim our lives, our communities, and our planet from
2:01.5	corporate and colonial rule. In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
2:06.4	Joanna Macy and I spoke about the great turning and the great unraveling and how both are happening right now.
2:15.0	We talked about how hope is not a feeling.
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