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About Carolyn Baker

Carolyn Baker, Ph.D. manages CarolynBaker.net and is the author of Sacred Demise: Walking The Spiritual Path Of Industrial Civilization’s Collapse and Navigating The Coming Chaos: A Handbook For Inner Transition. She lives in Boulder where she works with Transition Colorado. A former psychotherapist, she offers life coaching for people who want to live more resiliently in the present as they prepare for the future. Her latest book, Collapsing Consciously: Transformative Truths For Turbulent Times, was published in November 2013. You can contact her at Carolyn@carolynbaker.net.

Month of heartbreak

By Carolyn Baker | February 19, 2014

Graffiti of pierced bleeding heart with dark spot

I saw grief drinking a cup of sorrow and called out, “It tastes sweet, does it not?” “You’ve caught me,” grief answered, “and you’ve ruined my business, how can I sell sorrow when you know it’s a blessing?” -- Rumi Valentines Day will may be a distant memory but the entire month of February has been designated American Heart Month. This means that for twenty-eight days … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: David Whyte, Francis Weller, Pema Chödrön, Rumi

Staying on the train

By Carolyn Baker | January 27, 2014

time flies sign

The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end. -- Rabindranath Tagore Nearly every day I speak with people who are confused, bewildered, disoriented, or conversely, extraordinarily clear about what is happening to them. A few years, months, or weeks earlier, they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: climate change, collapse, Fukushima, near-term extinction, peak oil, Rumi, Tagore

Without a spiritual dimension, activism will fail

By Carolyn Baker | January 10, 2014

Sister Helen Prejean

I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice. -- Helen Prejean, Activist Nun and author of Dead Man Walking For decades Sister Helen Prejean has resisted the death penalty and devoted her life to educating citizens regarding its economic, social, and spiritual costs to a society. She is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Adam Bucko, Helen Prejean, Matthew Fox

Light in darkest winter

By Carolyn Baker | December 18, 2013

light in a subway tunnel

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. -- Carl Jung It is not uncommon to find ancient indigenous sites that were constructed in exact alignment with the sun’s rays at significant times of the solar calendar. Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge, and ruins at Chaco Canyon in the United States are a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Hopi Indians, Kachina, Native American religion, winter solstice

The real torture is not knowing

By Carolyn Baker | December 9, 2013

roller coaster

In the age of catastrophic climate change, and two years following the horrifying meltdown of reactors at Fukushima’s nuclear power plant, we realize that both phenomena are profoundly impacting our species and the earth community. What we don’t know with certainty is the exact extent of the damage being done. In Alex Smith’s recent Radio Ecoshock interview with Robert … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Spirit Tagged With: emotions, epistemology, Fukushima, Jane Hirshfield, Michael Ruppert, Pema Chödrön

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