<div dir="ltr">Thanks Brenda, I showed this to all my classes last week and it was very impactful!<div><br></div><div>Peace to all of you</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2">Greg</font></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 9:40 PM Arthur Blomme via Sundaycommunity <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<h3>Integral Ecology<br>
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<p>Brenda, thanks for posting this video on Laudato SI. <br>
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<p>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.<br>
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<p>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..</p>
<p>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 <span>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. <br>
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<p><span>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.” <br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>As the Gospel of John tells us "the truth will set us free"</p>
<p>Art Blomme</p>
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<p>On 10/05/22 8:55 p.m., Dwyer Sullivan via Sundaycommunity wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
<div>Peace, Dwyer</div>
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PM Brenda Holtkamp via Sundaycommunity <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca" target="_blank">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>>
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<div>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????</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rps9bs85BII" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rps9bs85BII</a>
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<div>Sending peace and much love to all,</div>
<div>Brenda<br>
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