Homo Ahimsa: Who We Really Are and How We’re Going to Save the World is here
These are troubled times. Everything we do now matters. But our dreams of peace on earth are closer than they have ever been. Right now we are immersed in the sixth extinction, environmental destruction, pandemics, corruption and relentless violence against animals, nature, and people. These ecological, spiritual and social justice crises were not caused by alligators or bears or dogs. It was Homo Sapiens alone.
We are being called to save the world from our old selves. It is time, and yes, there is still time. Governments and mega-corporations cannot stop the madness, because they are not powered by love. But we are, and we can. We have a chance right now to discover and Be who we Really are--Homo Ahimsa, the kind, nonviolent creatures that we were always meant to be. Ahimsa, in Sanskrit, literally means non-harm. More broadly, it means non-killing, lovingkindness, and reverence for all life.
We are, within our true hearts, compassionate and loving partners with each other and all life. While the world’s life support systems are in free-fall, we are heading for a massive paradigm shift in human consciousness that can bring us out of these dark times and into a new way of living that works for all. This time of chaos, uncertainty and fear is our window of opportunity. Together we can cocreate the loving and liberated world of peace and partnership with all life and end domination and violence. We can start today to heal the damage Homo Sapiens has done. May this book, Homo Ahimsa, be your companion guide on this important, exciting and sacred journey.
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“Homo Ahimsa has the potential to have the kind of transformative impact that Rachel
Carson’s Silent Spring and Frances Moore Lappe’s Diet For a Small Planet had. I very strongly
recommend it.” Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D., author of Judaism and Global Survival.
“Homo Ahimsa, is a guide toward the road affirming life; it extends the holy messages of
different traditions with the force and enlightenment of a New New Testament, of a deeply
informed New Scripture: it is that important! It is must reading for anyone interested in human
enlightenment and survival.” Lee Slonimsky, Poet and Manager of the Animal Rights hedge
fund.
"Carman's luminous book opened my heart again to believe that, given the extreme moment in
which we find ourselves, humans' path to becoming Homo Ahimsa could actually happen.” Kate
Lawrence, author of The Practical Peacemaker and Denver Vegans Organizer
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