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The author's introduction to Collapsing Consciously articulates our current predicament of economic collapse, environmental degradation, and global conflict and expresses the confusion, anxiety, grief, anger, and despair we all experience when we take a hard look at the present-day global crisis and the likely future of the planet. But rather than showing us ways to prevent the collapse, Baker argues that the demise of our consumerist, corporate culture is inevitable, and that it is crucial to prepare emotionally and spiritually for the certain changes to come.
Part 1 is a collection of seventeen essays which argue that while the collapse of industrial society cannot be prevented, its meaning extends far beyond tragedy and loss. These essays ask the reader to delve inward and discover the limitless treasures of the soul, as well as the gratification and exhilaration to be discovered in joining with community in preparing for the future.
In part 2, Baker offers fifty-two weekly meditations comprised of spiritual wisdom, inspiration, paradox, comfort, humor, irony, and a persistent challenge to create and savor beauty in the world, regardless of how bleak the future may appear.
Collapsing Consciously is a refreshing take on the perilous present and the grim prospects for our future. Instead of quoting discouraging statistics about our predicament, Baker offers a deeper perspective that makes sense of a world that most of the time appears psychotic or even surreal. Through inspiration and perennial wisdom she has created a manual for making meaning and generating joy, especially in situations that feel hopelessly devoid of both.
An ebook containing additional meditations is also available: Collapsing Consciously Meditations: Further Reflections for Turbulent Times, ISBN 978-1-58394-758-6.
In The Press
"Baker offers a deeper perspective that makes sense of a world that most of the time appears psychotic or even surreal. Through inspiration and perennial wisdom she has created a manual for making meaning and generating joy, especially in situations that feel hopelessly devoid of both."—The Edge Magazine
"In a world where the politicians and salesmen are practically indistinguishable, where profit is the prime directive, never mind morality or costs to the innocent and underprivileged, I’m grateful and glad for books like this one, which are excellent guides to changing one’s personal stake from attainment and accomplishment to belonging and sharing."—Zack Kopp, Denver Books Examiner
"I also believe this one book to be the single most powerful book I
have read in the past decade, in relation to focusing my soul so as to
better focus my mind and body." —Robert David Steele, author of
The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Transparency, Truth, &
Trust
"I recommend Collapsing Consciously, especially for the very
large number of people who have avoided the topic of collapse or the
process of personal introspection." —Guy McPherson, author of
Going Dark
"Carolyn Baker’s new book Collapsing Consciously: Transformative Truths for Turbulent
Times is a breath of sanity in a world gone mad. Her contemplations
are like a much needed multi-vitamin for the psyche that the deeper
field of consciousness has secreted so as to compensate our madness.
The fact that a book like Collapsing Consciously has
arrived in our midst at this time of multiple world crises is evidence
that our species is beginning to awaken from our self-created
nightmare." —Paul Levy, author of Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil
"Carolyn Baker’s Collapsing Consciously:
Transformative Truths for Turbulent Times is perhaps the most
approachable book on collapse you are likely to
find.”—Dmitry Orlov, author of
Reinventing Collapse:The Soviet Example and American Prospects
“Carolyn Baker presents a no-denial appraisal of the
global dark night that our species has created. Even in a time of
collapse she finds room to talk wisely about joy, and to ask what
despair has to teach us. Baker is a truth teller who dares us to
go deeper into the night rather than to flee from it with superficial
happy talk. I praise her for this very useful and very real book
of rich meditations and practices.” —Matthew Fox, co-author, with Adam
Bucko, of
Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation
"Carolyn Baker is an outstanding guide to sustaining and
even enhancing our emotional and spiritual vitality as we navigate the
disintegration of the world as we've known it." —Bill Plotkin, author
of Soulcraft
“This is a book that most definitely
needs to be read. It is crucial for us to ponder Carolyn Baker's
profound and indispensable exposé of industrial civilization’s future.
Her words are powerful and her wisdom rich and supportive. We need to
seriously reflect on her message if we are to midwife a spiritual
vision of life based on compassion, justice and solidarity.”
— Chris Saade, author of the upcoming
Second Wave Spirituality: Passion for Peace, Passion for Justice
“Collapsing Consciously: Transformative Truths for Turbulent Times is one of those books that is not meant to gather dust. It is a book
you will want to keep close—in your glove box or in your pocket.
Within a year you will see it get dog-eared, and it will become one of
your best friends and companions as we all share and experience the
shift into a new era of existence.” —Michael Ruppert, author
of Confronting Collapse
“With this collection
of essays and words of true wisdom, Carolyn Baker shows that she is
truly one of the very best ports in the impending storm.” —Keith
Farnish, author of Time’s Up
“Carolyn Baker is one
of the few visionaries willing to take an unflinching look at the
horrendous environmental, social, and economic situation we
collectively find ourselves in—and also offer constructive day-by-day
psychological and spiritual guidance for living a joyful life in the
face of the escalating collapse of industrial society.” —Linda
Buzzell, co-editor of Ecotherapy
“Kudos,
Carolyn Baker! De-riddling paradoxes, lighting up convergences, you
walk with the Shadows through the Valley of Jung, to show how kindred
spirits working together may evolve a better, saner, more healthful
world out of the madness and detritus that envelops us now.” —Gary
Corseri, author of Holy Grail, Holy Grail
“No
one writes like Carolyn Baker about the crisis of our time. Her fierce
wisdom is an essential guide to our survival, and the courage with
which she writes will excite and inflame your heart.”—Andrew Harvey
“Carolyn
Baker knows that people tend to define a comfort zone in which they
feel competent, and then to get bored even as they feel secure. She
encourages not warding stuff off but experiencing it fully, and
venturing out to encounter more of the mystery. Her main vision is
that, in the course of growing up, humans will construct, sooner or
later, a better society, and in any case will live intensely in the
present.”
—Craig K. Comstock, book creation coach, former
foundation director, and author
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