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9781576754429

Making Waves and Riding the Currents Activism and the Practice of Wisdom

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    9781576754429

  • ISBN10:

    1576754421

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-01-10
  • Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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Summary

This inspiring memoir is about working for a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world, while cultivating the wisdom that supports and deepens this work. Everyone who is trying to make waves ? to bring about needed social and institutional change ? will enjoy this real- world guide to effectively navigating the currents to achieve success while also maintaining balance, compassion, and hope. Charles Halpern, one of America's most distinguished public interest advocates and social innovators, shares his revealing experiences and learnings along a journey from corporate attorney to activist and social entrepreneur. People of all ages will learn about integrating the inner and outer work of their lives through the practice of wisdom.

Author Biography

Charles halpern is an innovative social entrepreneur who has led the way in bringing inner work and the cultivation of wisdom into the world of social activism. As chair of the Board of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, he is helping to integrate contemplative practice into mainstream institutions, in order to develop greater clarity, compassion, and effectiveness to face the challenges of the twenty-first century.
With his extensive record of institutional creativity and achievement, supported by twenty years of meditation, Halpern is the ideal person to write about the intersecting arcs of effective work in the world and the cultivation of the inner wisdom to deepen and nourish it.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. xi
Forewordp. xiii
Prologuep. 1
Awakeningp. 9
Breaking Outp. 25
Social Entrepreneurp. 53
Creativity in the Courtroomp. 81
Community and Consciousnessp. 107
Facing a Tough Realityp. 143
Beginning Meditationp. 175
Convergencep. 209
The Northwest Passagep. 239
Epilogue: Practicing Wisdomp. 257
Acknowledgmentsp. 261
Notesp. 267
Bibliography and Resourcesp. 273
Indexp. 275
About the Authorp. 289
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