It speaks to the truth of what actually happened, and is still happening today.” “One of the more upfront, truthful accounts I have read. Ashok Gangadean, PhD, author of Awakening the Global Mind “The heart of Parry’s journey taps the living pulse of sacred, deep dialogue and calls upon the reader to become an awakened, ‘original’ reader, entering a sacred rite of passage toward the whole Self, heart and soul.” DAVID ABRAM, author of The Spell of the Sensuous A creative and heartfelt educator, Parry here dips deep into the wellspring of these conversations, pooling the insights he’s gleaned and looking through those waters toward a new form of education.” “For over a decade, Glenn Aparicio Parry has been convening a unique gathering of minds, bringing a distinguished array of indigenous wisdom keepers together with western scientists-not to hold forth in front of an audience but simply to be in rich dialogue with one another, listening, learning, discovering fresh ways of thinking and understanding our aching world. GRANDMOTHER FLORDEMAYO (Mayan), member of International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers “Parry reminds us humans that it is within our capacity to recover our relationship with Nature and all her Beings. Original Thinking is such a book, one that maps out an exciting new path for us to take together.” “We have arrived at a critical time for the human race, one that calls for something radically new. GREGG BRADEN, New York Times best selling author of The Divine Matrix and Deep Truth “Packed with deep truths and timeless wisdom. Jean Houston, NY Times best selling author of The Wizard of Us If widely read, this potent work can have the most profound consequences in restoring us to the soul of the world and the world of soulful, natural living.” “Parry’s book is perhaps the bravest and the most effective means to reeducate ourselves to the luminous life of the undivided consciousness. It is no wonder we keep destroying the ecology, both consciously and unconsciously. Now our thinking is something we seemingly do all by ourselves, apart from living nature. To think was once “to thank” and “to feel” because our thinking originally celebrated the connection of the human soul to the world soul-the anima mundi. Both time and place have become abstractions. The consequences of time usurping place are devastating. It is significant that the very word “original” once referred to origin-or place-but now means the beginning of time, at least for Western peoples. It delves into the evolution of Western thought not for sentimental reasons, but to recover the living roots of wisdom that can correct the imbalances in our modern worldview. These questions penetrate ever deepening layers of meaning, starting with: “Is it possible to come up with an original thought?”-then going on to consider “What does it mean to be human ” “How has our thinking created our world today ” and more. Unlike most non-fiction books, it begins with and is centered around questions. Inspired by these dialogues, Original Thinking unfolds in a similar way to a dialogue circle. From 1999-2011, the author organized and participated in thirteen of these groundbreaking dialogues, held annually, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Watch the Original Thinking book trailer below:įive hundred years after Columbus came to the American continent, a series of historic dialogues began between Native American elders and leading-edge Western scientists exploring the underlying principles of the cosmos. ORDER FROM AMAZON.COM ORDER FROM BARNES & NOBLE