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Gandhi on the Internal Forces that Can Destroy a Society |
In a “Time of Reckoning” with a painful past and a dangerous future, it may be useful to invoke the following teaching from Mahatma Gandhi. He warns about the “seven social sins” that can destroy a
society. |
They are as follows: --politics without principle. --wealth without work. --commerce without morality. --pleasure without conscience. --education without character. --science without humanity. --worship without sacrifice. One does not have to turn one’s back entirely on the
past, but to learn discernment about what we leave behind and what we carry with us—and what we choose to give birth to...together. What are our values? How do we get from here to there? | |
Architect Charles Jencks, who has written deeply about postmodernism, tells us that part of postmodernism is a practice of “double-coding.” He defines double-coding this way: It is the strategy “of affirming and denying the existing power structures at the same time.” It seems to me that the long and devoted lines of people waiting 16 hours in line to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth’s life and work is a sincere affirmation and statement of gratitude for her and her work. An affirmation of her but not necessarily the power structure she
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Adapted from Matthew Fox, Confessions: The Making of a Post-denominational Priest, p. 283. Banner Image: Close up of a life-like statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India [Photo: August 2021] Photo by Brijender Dua on Unsplash |
Queries for Contemplation Take each of Gandhi’s 7 warnings and meditate on them. How applicable are they to today’s societal crises? What do they say to the values we choose to commit ourselves to at this time in history? |
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Confessions: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest
Matthew Fox’s stirring autobiography, Confessions, reveals his personal, intellectual, and spiritual journey from altar boy, to Dominican priest, to his eventual break with the Vatican. Five new chapters in this revised and updated edition bring added perspective in light of the author’s continued journey, and his reflections on the current changes taking place in church, society and the environment.
"The unfolding story of this irrepressible spiritual revolutionary enlivens the mind and emboldens the heart — must reading for anyone interested in courage, creativity, and the future of religion.”
—Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover, World as Self
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See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE
Matthew Fox, Caroline Myss, and Andrew Harvey offer a 3-part series of solo online lectures on “The Power of Truth, Wisdom, Choice Part 2” through
the Sophia Institute in Charleston, SC. Wednesdays, September 21, 28, October 5, 3:00pm-4:30pm PT. Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox and Isa Gucciardi for a Teach-in on Liberation and Salvation: Healing Teachings in Buddhism & Christianity, a Convergence Hosted by Cameron
Trimble. Three sessions: September 30, 4-7pm PT; October 1, 9-12pm and 12:30-2:30pm PT. Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox for the monthly online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, discussing Original Blessing. Thursday, October 20, 4:00pm-6:00pm PT. Register
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