Joanna Macy on Work That Reconnects

Jan 21, 2022

Joanna Macy, a renowned environmental activist and scholar, shares her insights on 'The Work That Reconnects.' She discusses the transformative experience of translating Rilke’s work, emphasizing the importance of patience and living with questions. Macy outlines her three visions: 'Business as Usual,' 'The Great Unraveling,' and 'The Great Turning,' which challenge listeners to engage with the world’s crises. She explores the interconnectedness of all beings, and encourages emotional expression as a vital part of healing and resilience in turbulent times.

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ANECDOTE

Rilke's Impact

Joanna Macy's interest in Rilke began in Munich after her second son's birth.
She discovered a Rilke poem in a bookstore, which resonated with her spiritual journey.

ADVICE

Trust and Nature

Trust the difficult and have patience.
Rilke encourages spending time in nature.

INSIGHT

Trust in Times of Difficulty

Trust is essential now, given our hardships and loss of faith.
Building trust in ourselves and each other is crucial, even when it is hard.

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Joanna Macy is an environmental activist, author, a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. She has written and co-authored many books, including translating much of Rilke’s work

Eric and Joanna discuss her translations of Rilke along with her important “Work That Reconnects”.

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Joanna Macy and I Discuss her Work That Reconnects and…

Her book translation, Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke
The joy she experienced translating the work of Rilke with her coauthor Anita Barrows
Having patience, curiosity and learning "to live the questions now"
Asking ourselves how can we trust and be trusted
Her important work called "The Work That Reconnects"
Her three visions of living
"Business as Usual" refers to the growth economy and capitalism
"The Great Unraveling" refers to the world losing its coherence
"The Great Turning" is the slowing down the destruction of the world and building new ways of doing things
Her important activist work
Knowing what we can control, but still caring about what we can't control
How this work is a "celebration of the awareness of the great reciprocity at the heart of the universe"

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Joanna’s Website

Work That Reconnects

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