I hope she is right, but I'm troubled by the fact that some bad people like Hitler have been lovers of beauty in art and nature. Her article concludes with ten points outlining how beauty can change us and how our minds may resonate with forms in nature. Don't miss the quote from Thich Nhat Hanh about the giant lotus flower. The human race can be viewed as a giant organism with an eating disorder. This is not just a metaphor, but also a fact.
Millions starve while others gorge.
Not accusations, not guilt, and not more pain from agonized consciousness of our plight. Based on her decades of clinical experience as a supportive, eating disorder specialist, and drawing on her forthcoming book, Eating to Save the Earth, Linda offers six suggestions. When not playing flamenco guitar, Jeremy Yunt has written about the relevance of Paul Tillich's thought to environmental ethics and deep ecology. In his article here he explores the thesis that Jung's depth psychological approach also is essential for understanding and dealing with the profound psychic roots of our ecological crisis. Only if we confront the interrelationship of psyche, nature, and spirit can we comprehend how we got into this mess and what it will take to get out of it before it is too late.