The Soul Solution.
author: Robert Harrington with Linda Harrington
ISBN 0-9686932-0-2
White Oak Press
RR#2, Site 1A, Comp.2
Galena Bay, BC. VOG 1RO
Canada
At 06:55 AM 11/19/00 -0800, Jeri Pollock wrote:
>Could you post the publisher and ISBN number please? Amazon doesn't
>recognize either the title or the author.
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>many thanks,
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>Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 9:31 AM
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>Subject: The Soul Solution
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>A new book called "The Soul Solution" by Bob and Linda Harrington is out.
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>Bob lives in British Columbia, and a box of his recent book arrived in the
>community here.
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>The message of the book is about taking personal responsibility for the
>restoration and conservation of all planetary resources which include
>natural, spiritual, and human resources.
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>The example of Ahimsa is noteworthy. The Harrington's write that:
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>"In years long past there was awareness of a form of sin which lay at the
>very heart of all other sins. This sin, "attavada," is known as seperation
>or dualism. It is derived from the Sanskrit word "Ahimsa," an ethical
>principle of "non-injury" which was subscribed to by most Hindus. Ahimsa
>involved recognition of all living beings as kin and therefore forbade the
>taking of life. Because of this, no animal food was eaten and warfare was
>rejected. The principle also led to behaviour such as that of the Jainists
>who swept paths before them that they might refrain from crushing even
>insects, and who strained to remove minute beings."
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>"Although we would for the most part reject the food habits dictated by such
>an ethical stance, we are aware of mounting scientific evidence disclosing
>the close relationship between all life forms. While it once would have
>seemed ludicrous to ask if a cell can think, advanced opinion admits that
>consciousness exists at many levels. It may be that there is no lower or
>upper limit to consciousness and that perhaps awareness and life are
>synonymous. It is therefore comprehensible that the root of all sin or error
>can thus be traced as Ahimsa suggests, to the underlying cause variously
>named duality, seperation or attavada as it was called by Jainists and
>Bhuddists. Indeed, application of the Golden Rule to all life, thus having
>respect as the core of our behaviour toward all beings, would be a source of
>wholeness we do not yet enjoy."
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>The Contents includes chapters on:
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>What is Soul?
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>Soul - The Root of Life
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>The Miracle of All Life
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>The Economy it is Death to Ignore
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>The Great Chain of Being
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>The Problem of Seperation
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>Self Restraint
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>Turning in to the Creation
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>Re-Engagement: Reflection
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>Life as Challenge and Privilege
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>Walking on the New Path
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>Needed: a Theology of the Earth
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