Table of contents for Despair-Work, an essay by Joanna Macy on the weight of the Nuclear Age on each/all of us, whether we are consciously aware of it or not, and some ideas of what can be done for/by each of us to ease that burden.

Part one: Introduction, Ingredients of Despair, Symptoms and Suppressions
Part two: Validation,
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Peace is every step.
The shining red sun is my heart.
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Peace is every step.
It turns the endless path
To joy.

Thich Nhat Hanh
Engaged Buddhism

Despair-work.

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Sources cited in the essay
Affinity group
Andrée Conrad, author/translator
Association for Humanistic Psychology
Banquo
Cassandra
Clamshell Alliance
Denise Levertov
Edward Wallant, The Pawnbroker
Geoffrey Gorer
The pornography of violence
Harry Chapin: The Shortest Story
Hello darkness [Sound of Silence]
Humpty Dumpty
Dr. John Edward ( Read more... )

Tao Te Ching ( Read more... )

Tao Te Ching ( Read more... )

Tao Te Ching
by LAO TSU
Translation by Gia Fu Feng
and Jane English

Twelve

The five colors blind the eye.
The five tones deafen the ear.
The five flavors dull the taste.
Racing and hunting madden the mind.
Precious things lead one astray.
Therefore the sage is guided by what he feels and not by what he sees.
He lets go of that and chooses this.
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