Carolyn Baker has 2 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 1 narrator. The most-rated is Collapsing Consciously.
Love in the Age of Ecological Apocalypse
Summary
Given the daunting, dire predicament in which we find ourselves on this planet, what is described by social critic James Howard Kunstler as a "Long Emergency" may in fact become a "Last Emergency" for humanity. Whether we encounter a "long" or a "last" emergency, Carolyn Baker seeks to offer inspiration and guidance for inhabiting our remaining days with passion, vitality, empathy, intimate contact with our emotions, kindness in our relationships with all species, gratitude, open-hearted receptivity, exquisite creations of beauty, and utilizing every occasion, even our demise, as an opportunity to invoke and "inflict" joy in our world. Love in the Age of Ecological Apolcalypse addresses an array of relationships in the Last Emergency and how one's relationship with oneself may enrich or impede interactions with all other beings. Drawing upon her deep experience as a life coach, Baker writes of the specific need to understand our key relationships in a society in collapse, and how to navigate through differing levels of acceptance of collapse, trauma, and grief. Key relationships include those with our partners, children, friends, neighbors, as well as relationships with our work, our bodies, our natural resources, food and eating, animals, future generations, Eros, and indeed, the powers of the universe. Baker's writing is engaging, inspiring, and often beautiful in its depth and candor. She introduces a variety of spiritual practices facilitate our developing a relationship with the deeper Self. With these practices and giving and receiving support from others who are walking a similar path, we begin to live more frequently from the deeper Self, or at least are able to access it more quickly when we find ourselves becoming embroiled in the ego. Table of contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Living, Loving, and Preparing with a Reluctant Partner Chapter 2: Children and Collapse Chapter 3: Friends, Neighbors, and the Community Chapter 4: Work and the Creative Soul Chapter 5: Our Relationship with Resources Chapter 6: Loving the Body as the World Falls Apart Chapter 7: Our Relationship with Food: Mindful Eating as a Spiritual Practice Chapter 8: Loving the Time of Your Life Chapter 9: What an Animal You Are! Chapter 10: Darkness Matters Chapter 11: Ensconced in Eros, Bathed in Beauty Chapter 12: Our Relationship with the Powers of the Universe Chapter 13: Near-Term Extinction and Waking Up to Death Chapter 14: Empire, I Wish I Knew How to Quit You Chapter 15: Grief and Love in a Culture of Congestive Heart Failure Chapter 16: Our Relationship with Future Generations
©2020 Carolyn Baker (P)2020 Random House Audio
Collapsing Consciously
Summary
A collection of probing essays and weekly meditations, this book addresses how to prepare emotionally and spiritually for the impending collapse of industrial civilization. Author Carolyn Baker offers wisdom, inspiration, and a sense of spiritual purpose for anyone who is concerned about the daunting future humankind has created. The author's introduction to Collapsing Consciously articulates our current predicament of economic collapse, environmental degradation, and global conflict and expresses the confusion, anxiety, grief, anger, and despair we all experience when we take a hard look at the present-day global crisis and the likely future of the planet. But rather than showing us ways to prevent the collapse, Baker argues that the demise of our consumerist, corporate culture is inevitable, and that it is crucial to prepare emotionally and spiritually for the certain changes to come. Part one is a collection of 17 essays that argue that while the collapse of industrial society cannot be prevented, its meaning extends far beyond tragedy and loss. These essays ask the listener to delve inward and discover the limitless treasures of the soul, as well as the gratification and exhilaration to be discovered in joining with community in preparing for the future. In part two, Baker offers 52 weekly meditations comprised of spiritual wisdom, inspiration, paradox, comfort, humor, irony, and a persistent challenge to create and savor beauty in the world, regardless of how bleak the future may appear. Collapsing Consciously is a refreshing take on the perilous present and the grim prospects for our future. Instead of quoting discouraging statistics about our predicament, Baker offers a deeper perspective that makes sense of a world that most of the time appears psychotic or even surreal. Through inspiration and perennial wisdom she has created a manual for making meaning and generating joy, especially in situations that feel hopelessly devoid of both.
©2013 Carolyn Baker (P)2020 North Atlantic Books