{"product_id":"loving-the-world-as-our-body-the-nondual-path-in-a-dangerous-time-paperback","title":"Loving the World as Our Body: The Nondual Path in a Dangerous Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid R. Loy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcclaimed author David Loy explores what has gone wrong with humanity and how we can fix it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHumanity's survival instincts worked great back when humans were few, primitive, and had to fight against the entirety of nature to survive. But those same instincts proved disastrous once humans began to organize themselves into complex societies. How did we manage? We developed moral and ethical frameworks that kept societies functioning for centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But now, in the modern era, those frameworks again have proven unsatisfactory--rigid, inflexible, and often unable to accommodate new information and ideas. So some of us have turned to secularism and scientific progress, which have resulted in awesome technologies--many of which improve our lives immensely, but some of which threaten our existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e E. O. Wilson sums up our quandary: \"The real problem of humanity is that we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.\" Where do we go from here? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Loy describes how today we are left with three primary worldviews competing for our allegiance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first has the most adherents and includes traditional religious versions of cosmological dualism, including the promise (or threat) of individual post mortem salvation (or damnation). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The second is secularism, supported by the physical sciences and offering a naturalistic understanding of the world that does not support any spiritual or afterlife transcendence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The third worldview regards the earth and its creatures as sacred, without the need for a \"higher reality\" to have created them. Humanity is one of the manifestations of a self-organizing cosmos that, according to some versions, is evolving to become more self-aware. According to this nondualist paradigm, everything is a manifestation of the sacred, which we can experience when we wake up from the delusion of being a separate self in an objectified world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This third view is our way out of the quandary, and Loy shows readers how this nondualist view has actually been with us longer than we think: within the more esoteric views woven through and among a wide variety of otherwise traditional religious traditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat We Can Learn from Our Evolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An Inevitable Certainty\u003cbr\u003e Sexuality\u003cbr\u003e Beyond Freedom and Determinism\u003cbr\u003e How to Be an Ape\u003cbr\u003e Altruism and Tribalism\u003cbr\u003e Self-Domestication\u003cbr\u003e Civilization\u003cbr\u003e Religion\u003cbr\u003e Why Our Evolutionary Psychology Matters Today\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat We Could Have Learned from Our Religions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Axial Age\u003cbr\u003e Script\/ure\u003cbr\u003e Transcendence\u003cbr\u003e The Birth of the Axial Age\u003cbr\u003e The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly\u003cbr\u003e Why This Matters\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat We Need Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Shamanism\u003cbr\u003e Judaism\u003cbr\u003e Christianity\u003cbr\u003e Islam\u003cbr\u003e Vedanta\u003cbr\u003e Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e China\u003cbr\u003e Waking Up to the Dream\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e Touching the Earth\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e About the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid R. Loy began Zen practice in Hawaii in 1971 with Yamada Koun and Robert Aitken, and continued with Koun Roshi in Japan, where he lived for almost twenty years. He was authorized to teach in 1988 and has led retreats and workshops at Mountain Cloud Zen Center, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Omega Institute, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Centro Kushi Ling in Italy, Ecodharma Centre in Spain, Terre d'Eveil in Paris, Gaia House Retreat Center in the UK, Dharma Gate Buddhist College in Budapest, and various Centro de Estudos Budistas Bodisatva Centers in Brazil, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2014 David received an honorary PhD from his alma mater, Carleton College, for his years of work on socially engaged Buddhism. In 2016 he returned the degree, to protest the decision of the board of trustees not to divest from fossil fuel companies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David's books and articles have been translated into many languages. Recent books include \u003ci\u003eA New Buddhist Path\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEcodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e. He is one of the founders of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center in Colorado. David's writings, podcasts, and videos are available at www.davidloy.org. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45332826423375,"sku":"9781614297451","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/33vISazKsU9781614297451.webp?v=1780016159","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/loving-the-world-as-our-body-the-nondual-path-in-a-dangerous-time-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}