Cultural Cycles & Climate Change: A Nine Step Action Plan from More Quiet Time to a Good Life - Couverture souple

Palmarozza, Paul

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ISBN 10 : 183832223X ISBN 13 : 9781838322236

Editeur : White Oak, 2021

Synopsis

A unique historical cycle of 854 years was used in the assessment of the events in Western (European/American), Chinese, Indian and Arabic cycles over more than 2500 years. The lessons learned from the analysis prompted a recommended Nine Step Action Plan for the way forward.   Steps 1-3 The true acknowledgement of the existing problems. SEE IT   Steps 4-6 More Quiet Time including meditation, mindfulness, reflection and silence so that more conscious, good decisions can be made. BE STILL   Steps 7-9 Living the natural human values and serving the common good. One of the prime needs of humanity now is Climate Change and a recommended approach on how we can serve that need is offered. SORT IT.

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The stillness of a silent retreat as a young man set businessman, teacher, author and philosopher Paul Palmarozza on a remarkable journey of discovery, a journey which has uncovered useful knowledge which could change how we all live our lives going forward. Paul was brought up in New Jersey, where he had what he describes as a ‘good Christian upbringing’. “I remember I used to go to Catholic Sunday school and we had a teacher, a nun, and one Sunday I said: “Sister, next Sunday after class there is a Cub Scout Jamboree (I was in the Cub Scouts) and it’s going to be held at the Methodist Church. She said ‘You can’t go’.” Paul was confused as it was a Scout’s meeting, not a religious service. Paul went anyway and found the Methodists were not trying to convert him. The experience of the rigidity of faith structures in the West became a subject of concern as he grew up. It did not undermine his spiritual belief in Christianity, but made him more conscious about the rules and regulations governing religious organisations. This well-accepted view by western religions that ‘I am right’ and ‘You are wrong’ has manifested in a huge number of Christian sects globally. It became part of his great study on cultural cycles, which if its findings are accepted, can help change the way that we view our world and our cultures. Paul’s parents were first generation Italian Americans and their families had to work hard. Times changes and when Paul’s sister and he grew up in the 1950s, it came at a time when things were open for the taking, there was social and economic mobility, and the world was moving in a progressive, upward direction, or so it appeared. He said: “I remember sitting with my sister on the bus when I was about 13 and she was 11. I said ‘Linda, isn’t it great that we are in a place where anything is possible, in America anything is possible.” That was the atmosphere of that time, but it also created a very competitive environment. Even early on you had to win; good grades at school, beat others in sports, have lots of friends. Losers were less. Paul attended a Catholic High School, Seton Hall Prep, a well-established school that was founded in 1856. He said: “ I received a balanced education; good intellectual studies, good sports, some religious studies and many friends. We would go mass every Wednesday which was good as it came at a crucial time in my life- the teenage years. I am still in contact with many of my fellow students, 60 years later. Paul wanted to work with people so went into the sales and marketing side of the business. He realised that his technical education put him in a good position for success. He was assigned to work in Philadelphia as a sales representative by the time he was 25 he was managing a regional office of the business. All was well, but during a reflective moment at one of the silent retreats he would plot out a different life path. He said: “The words just arose in the mind- you will live in Europe by the time you are thirty”. He continued working and attended evening classes to earn an MBA degree at Drexel University. The company expanded and established a European Headquarters in Brussels. In 1972 he asked to work in Europe and was offered a job in Brussels. That happened 3 months before his 30 th birthday. Within a month of arriving in Brussels Paul started attending a School of Philosophy, one of many branches of the School of Philosophy & Economic Science which was founded in 1937 in London. “I found a teaching all about the practical application of philosophy i.e. living the principles and not just an intellectual presentation of ideas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: White Oak
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 183832223X
• ISBN 13: 9781838322236
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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