Michael Meade, a celebrated expert on the interplay of politics, nature, and culture, dives deep into contemporary upheavals. He reflects on the drastic shifts in American politics and how they mirror global changes in nature and human culture. Meade emphasizes the necessity for personal transformation amid chaos, urging listeners to reconnect with their souls and the living world. He posits that genuine imagination is vital to navigate these turbulent times and fosters hope for renewal, connecting individual growth to greater societal change.
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Transformation Defines Our Era
We live amid radical transformations affecting nature and culture, pushing us into uncharted territories.
Transformation, not just change, means a fundamental shift to a new form, a core dynamic of life and the cosmos.
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Soul Entwined With Nature
Our souls are deeply connected to the living world and its continuous cycles of birth, death, and renewal.
Recognizing this connection calls for transforming how we see and imagine life amid ecological crises.
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Awaken Inner Imagination
Reconnect with ancient wells of imagination and the continuity of the soul to overcome modern isolation.
True change arises from inner transformation, not external forces or beliefs.
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This episode of Living Myth begins with the series of shocks and radical changes that have occurred in contemporary American politics and the current election campaign. Michael Meade expands the theme of dramatic changes to include both nature and culture as we find ourselves “in the midst of a transformation of life on earth.” Whether we want to admit to it or not, we have entered a radical transition of life in which we are being pushed and pulled into territories that we would not choose to go on our own. We keep finding ourselves in uncharted waters in terms of the future of the planet and in unmapped territories in terms of human culture.
At the same time, the human soul is not separate from the living world, but rather is secretly attuned to it. The radical changes sweeping through both nature and culture at this time can be felt by our souls, and because humans are implicated at all levels of the current crises in the world, a transformation of humanity is also required. Without a renewed sense of genuine imagination, the battles between lies and genuine knowledge will grow, just as the divisions between the mind and the body, humanity and nature will also expand. When everything seems about to fall apart or even come to a tragic end, what we need is not a sense of evolution over time, but a felt connection to the possibilities of recreation and renewal at this particular time.
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