[Sundaycommunity] Integral Ecology and Laudato si movie..."The Letter" Sunday reflection.

[Greg Gillis]

Thanks Brenda, I showed this to all my classes last week and it was very
impactful!

Peace to all of you

Greg


On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 9:40 PM Arthur Blomme via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Integral Ecology
>
> Brenda, thanks for posting this video on Laudato SI.
>
> When initially I looked into this documentary "the Letter" and saw that it
> was an original production of Youtube I was suspicious of the slant the
> movie would take.  For me it is hard to understand the position of the Pope
> as he is so often portrayed by a media that is deeply immersed in a
> narrative which seeks to control our beliefs through fear.  I find it
> unsettling that for the past two years we have been bombarded with fear
> messaging from legacy media that has been used to drive a giant wedge
> between the left and the right wings of our culture. the Fear of Covid has
> morphed into fear of the unvaxed to fear of Russia and nuclear war.
>
> In the case of"The Letter" which heralds the Popes message to love the
> earth, the opening frame draws us into the fear of sea level rise caused by
> climate change.   In contrast Francis message in Laudato Si Is the positive
> message of Caring for Our Common Home which he calls Integral ecology.  In
> this regard  Francis quotes the Eastern Right Patriarch Bartholomew:
> Integral ecology “entails learning to give, and not simply to give up. It
> is a way of loving, of moving gradually away from what I want, to what
> God’s world needs. It is liberation from fear, greed and compulsion.”
> Further I have included as this Sunday's reflection Passage 11 of Laudato
> Si that defines Integral ecology through the life of St. Francis as beyond
> the language of mathematics and biology..
>
> The notion of Integral Ecology weds together two complex concepts.  I
> believe that they both are derived from a systemic view of the world. The
> first concept integral has the same route as integrity and integrated.  the
> dictionary meaning is Possessing everything essential; entire.  While
> ecology according to its Latin roots is the Study of Consequences.  It was
> originally coined in biology as the interrelationship of organisms and
> their environments. But Ecology is not limited to the biological sciences
> as there is also the field of human ecology. In Human Growth Therapies an
> ecology check is usually done to see if the desired outcome of the therapy
> is positive for the whole personality. In Gestalt therapy the therapist
> asks the client if there are any parts of the personality that are in
> disagreement with the desired change.
>
> Putting these two concepts together Francis states the following  “We are
> faced not with two separate crises, one environmental and the other social,
> but rather with one complex crisis which is both social and environmental.
> Strategies for a solution demand an integrated approach to combating
> poverty, restoring dignity to the excluded, and at the same time protecting
> nature.”
>
> For me Integral ecology requires us to take a page from Human Growth
> Therapists.  When we want a change to our global society we must pose the
> question ;  Are there any parts of our global society for which this change
> would not work.  The current method of impulsive change where we create
> fear to impose rules on the unwilling is doomed to failure.
>
> As the Gospel of John tells us "the truth will set us free"
>
> Art Blomme
>
> ^47
>
> On 10/05/22 8:55 p.m., Dwyer Sullivan via Sundaycommunity wrote:
>
> Thank you Brenda for such an enthusiastic promo, I will be sure to watch
> it now. Also nice receiving your peace and love to all.
> Peace, Dwyer
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 11:27 PM Brenda Holtkamp via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
>> Maybe you have all seen this already. It was released on the feast of St.
>> Francis, October 4th. Well worth the time to watch. And I wonder....what do
>> we do to make a difference....fall in love with Mother Earth....what
>> else????
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rps9bs85BII
>>
>> Sending peace and much love to all,
>> Brenda
>>
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