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The Heart of the Matter

Greg Wendt
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It's about living wealth, rather than having wealth, says David Korten in a recent article in Yes! Magazine.

"If we are to slow and ultimately reverse the social and environmental disintegration we see around us, we must change the rules to curb the pervasive abuse of corporate power that contributes so much to those harms.

Taming corporate power will slow the damage. It will not be sufficient, however, to heal our relationships with one another and the Earth and bring our troubled world into social and environmental balance. Corporations are but instruments of a deeper social pathology revealed in a familiar story our society tells about the nature of prosperity."

According to Korten, the core problem is that we have a business relationship with nature and the nurturing qualities within ourselves, rather than holding a relationship of reverence for them.

From business to reverence, that's how we can evolve. As Korten points out: "If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balance with one another and the Earth. This requires building economies with Heart."

 

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Living Wealth

Submitted by Seeker on Tue, 03/18/2008 - 21:32.
...Is about finding the heart of the matter and also matters of the heart! I got entangled into this "living wealth" when I moved in with my Mom and took care of her for the last five years of her life. It was a deeply moving experience which opened my eyes to matters of the elderly. After I lost her, I decided to move into a mainly senior's building in a simple and modest apartment. All these folks here are in their 80's and 90's...I shovelled for them all winter, I do computer work for them for their medical needs. I help them in any way I can and especially listen to what they see as the wisdom of their lives. The rewards here are endless and the wealth immeasurable!

Great post.

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