Soul of Nonviolence - The Root of the Matter
“Climate chaos is caused by the violence in our systems of life that are destructive of our home, this earth.”
Guided by a quote from Rev. James Lawson, this week Veronica discusses how social change and ecological healing are the same work. Together we can reflect on the idea that no problem can be solved by the same consciousness that created it, inspiring us to look deeper for an effective way to solve the issues threatening the planet.
A good place to start is in questioning how we are living and contributing, perhaps unknowingly, to the climate crisis. Only by revealing the root cause, obscured for our comfort and so we don’t disrupt the systems of power currently destroying the planet, can we can break free of this cycle. Veronica describes this process as doing the despair work of owning and honoring our pain for the world and finding a way to be the antidote.