"The world cannot end unless it runs out of stories; for more
than a literal planet, the world is an eternal drama, a story
told from beginning to end, and end to beginning, again and
again.

"When 'The End' seems near, it's the mythic sense, the eternal
roots, and creative imagination that are missing. Behind the
'ecological crisis' and the 'war of terror,' there lies a crisis
of meaning and a loss of the sense of the sacred in the immediate
pulse of the world. The blind exploitation of the earth follows
upon lost connections to the realm of nature, as if humanity has
broken a secret bond with Great Nature and become estranged from
'inner nature' as well.

"The problem isn't that the world might end completely; rather,
the issue is how to act when it seems that way. What's missing is
the imagination necessary to hold end and beginning together.

"In critical times, how people imagine the world becomes more
important; how people imagine humanity becomes of the utmost
importance. Increasingly the issue becomes living an authentic
life and lending one's true nature to the drama of existence --
to become a wick burning with the flame of one's life-long
story."



The books and workshops of Michael Meade
www.mosaicvoices.org