{"product_id":"the-passionate-mind-revisited-isbn-9781556438073","title":"The Passionate Mind Revisited","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a liberating inner journey into the  workings of their mind that can transform the way people look at themselves and the  world. This expanded inquiry reflects the authors’ own and the world’s evolution  since \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePassionate Mind\u003c\/i\u003e came out in 1974. The original book focusing  on the individual is now extended to social and philosophical spheres and global  challenges, exploring how the world’s life-threatening dramas are largely a function  of people’s genetic and cultural conditioning, worldviews, beliefs, and values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKramer and Alstad assert that humanity is on an evolutionary cusp requiring further  awareness and conscious social evolution. Worldviews can create rigid beliefs and  narrow identities that are destructive in a world of global impact. While acknowledging  the fallibility of any mental construction, the book offers an evolutionary worldview  deemed more likely than traditional worldviews or scientific materialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exploring  what it is to be a human social animal, \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e offers fresh  vantage points on life’s core issues: the nature of thought, authority and belief,  pleasure and pain, desire and fear, identity, love and care, freedom, power, gender,  time, meditation, violence, and evolution. By demonstrating how to inwardly see and  break through one’s conditioning, the authors delve deeply into the nature and processes  of the mind, including how subjectivity filters perception. This approach to self-inquiry  can help free people from mechanical responses that develop from unexamined beliefs  and habits. Dysfunctional worldviews and their values inhibit the creative solutions  much needed in a perilous world of runaway change. This book, through its discussion  and methodology, fosters curiosity and truth-seeking. Kramer and Alstad offer new  insights on personal and global issues that can facilitate a necessary shift to conscious  social evolution.\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e1. Authority\u003cbr\u003e2. Belief (Commentary: Being Better Believers)\u003cbr\u003e3. Pleasure \u0026amp; Desire (Commentary:  Pleasure \u0026amp; Power)\u003cbr\u003e4. Fear\u003cbr\u003e5. Freedom (Commentary: Whose Life Is Sacred?)\u003cbr\u003e6. Images (Commentary:  From Images to Identity)\u003cbr\u003e7. Love (Commentary: Love and Care)\u003cbr\u003e8. Time (Commentary: It’s About Time)\u003cbr\u003e9. Meditation (Commentary: Control Through Surrender)\u003cbr\u003e10. Evolution (Commentary:  Intelligence Without Design)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Commentary Descriptions:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Belief’s “Being Better Believers” investigates the relation between beliefs and worldviews, values, identity, violence, certainty, and relativism.\u003cbr\u003e3. Pleasure \u0026amp; Desire’s “Pleasure \u0026amp; Power” looks at the relation of our genetic conditioning to manipulation, consumerism, predation, and the two faces of power.\u003cbr\u003e4. Freedom’s “Whose Life is Sacred?” elucidates the two-gendered, intertwined, out-of-control explosions fueling each other: overpopulation in the female sphere of reproduction; and destruction (violence and short-sighted over-production) in the male sphere of production and killing.\u003cbr\u003e6. Images’ “From Images to Identity” shows how self-images can harden into narrow, rigid identities that fragment the world.\u003cbr\u003e7. Love’s “Love \u0026amp; Care” distinguishes between the two, showing care’s uniqueness and special importance for the social arena.\u003cbr\u003e8. Time’s “It’s About Time” reveals quandaries in the ideal of \"being in the now\" by examining time within different worldviews, and presenting the authors’ worldview and view of time. It offers a rigorous critique of the “Be here now,” “power of now” ideal and mentality, showing how destructive it can be for humanity's survival. The past (causality) and especially the future (consequences) need to be taken more into account—not less.\u003cbr\u003e9. Meditation’s “Control Through Surrender” reveals how “spiritual” practices can be their own form of mental conditioning, and distinguishes between mechanical techniques and a meditative frame of mind. \u003cbr\u003e10. Evolution’s “Intelligence Without Design” approaches the “intelligent design vs. scientific materialism” controversy over evolution from a totally different perspective, by offering a more likely worldview than either.\"In this timely, brilliant, and original \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e, Kramer and Alstad, two of  the seminal thinkers of our time, have given us a remarkable gift: a hopeful, unsentimental  analysis of both how we got here and where hope for a viable future lies. If you  read one book this year, let it be \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e. It will broaden  your individual and social awareness and change your life.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD,  author of \u003ci\u003ePsychotherapy and Buddhism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Don't go to the movies. Put down your magazine.  Shut off your computer. Read this book. It will show you what is\u003ci\u003e really happening\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003enow\u003c\/i\u003e. Being able to understand how the world is changing and what that means to you  and your children is the real news of today. Accessible and profound. Read it and  weep—or clap with joy. This truly is our future and, more importantly, our choice.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Jeremy Tarcher, founder of Tarcher Books\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e is a fearlessly  rational engagement with subjects we all too often accept as beyond rational thought—emotion,  spirituality, relationships, and life in a time of conflicting realities and an endangered  planet. It's a fine and important book, and deserves to be widely read.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Walter  Truett Anderson, author of \u003ci\u003eAll Connected Now: Life in the First Global Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Whether \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited \u003c\/i\u003eis for you depends on your interest in philosophy,  human behavior, epistemology, and personal development. This ambitious, broad-ranging  book is by necessity abstract, but for philosophers, Diana Alstad and Joel Kramer  are miraculously clear and lead the reader by meticulous steps to some surprising  conclusions.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Diane Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eLe Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Nobody does a more masterful  job of folding back the fabric of our individual, cultural, and human attachments  and revealing hidden denials, hypocrisies, and paradoxes than Diana Alstad and Joel  Kramer. They are among the very few who can open hidden doors to rooms in your house  you never knew were there—to both delight and disturb. This book will change the  way you look at things—perhaps everything. Are you courageous enough to risk that?  Reading this book is a glimpse into what the human mind is capable of perceiving  and the mindset of the evolved human mind in the next millennia.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Kevin W. Kelley,  author of \u003ci\u003eThe Home Planet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In 1974 \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind \u003c\/i\u003etook me on a journey into  my deepest self; it made me dance in the dark. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited, \u003c\/i\u003ethe entire worlds—the cosmos in which that self resides—is explored. The investment  many children of the ‘60s and ‘70s made in freeing ourselves is now turned toward  a globe in need of freedom from hunger, poverty, and violence. \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind  Revisited \u003c\/i\u003eis a critical tool for social, political, and ethical transformation.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Frances Kissling, former president of Catholics for Choice\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A welcome infusion  of clarity, brilliance, and inspiration that will very likely blow your mind. This  profound book is a philosophical, intellectual, and spiritual Rosetta Stone—not a  glib compilation of simplistic answers but a critical frame of reference that challenges  the way we think about the nature of thinking itself. \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for anyone trying to get their bearings amid confusing and contradictory  claims and ideas that have long been promoted about the meaning of self-awareness  and social consciousness. If you intend to delve into any other discussion of the  powerful social, religious, psychological, ecological, and ethical changes confronting  current and future generations, \u003ci\u003eread this book first \u003c\/i\u003eor you may miss the crucial  context that will help you make sense of it all.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Keith Harary, PhD, executive director  of the Institute for Advanced Psychology and author of \u003ci\u003eWho Do You Think You Are?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"The phrase ‘looking inward’ has become anathema to many social reformers who put  their emphasis upon external action. In turn, this ‘knee-jerk’ activism has been  criticized by those who advocate inner development. Diana Alstad and Joel Kramer  believe that both approaches can occur concurrently and provide a framework for this  process in this brilliant book. If the twenty-first century is not be the last gasp  of humanity’s time on Earth, the ideas and practices articulated by these two innovators  will deserve credit.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Stanley Krippner, PhD, professor of psychology, Saybrook Graduate  School and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eHaunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A  breakthrough in spiritual realism, pioneering in its confrontation of life’s perennial  tough judgment calls, and courageous in its intolerance of the cryptoscientific pseudo-spiritual  gloss, this book will meet you where you really live.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Jeremy Sherman, PhD, MPP,  executive director of the Berkeley Consortium on Emergent Dynamics\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Passionate  Mind Revisited \u003c\/i\u003ehas afforded me deeper, clearer, more pragmatic approaches to my work  and to the future of humanity and life on Earth. My worldview and experience of the  spiritual dimensions of life are both more grounded \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003emore expansive from the exposure  to their thinking and exploration of their ideas. Much awaits you in exploring your  own passionate mind! And the Earth needs our passion and clarity more than ever.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Rio de la Vista, former editor of \u003ci\u003eWindstar, \u003c\/i\u003econservationist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In times of transition  and not knowing, visionary artists dance with the possibilities that they sense emerging  for us. Diana Alstad and Joel Kramer have seen a magnificent potential for humanity  and have written down their insights in an inspiring and practical way. I recommend  their book as medicine for all who are curious about what might lie beyond the present  confusion and challenges.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Marion Weber, founder of the Arts and Healing Network\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Nothing today is more critical than making sense of our times and what they ask  of us. Diana Alstad and Joel Kramer bring important insight and integrity to this  difficult task. Spiritual and scientific sacred cows get equally unsparing treatment.  \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e makes a valuable contribution at both a personal and  a societal level.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Charles M. Johnston, MD, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Creative Imperative\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Diana  Alstad and Joel Kramer are exciting critical thinkers for our times, who, as passionate  individuals, offer us provocative insights to investigate and navigate our own terrain  in ransitional times. \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited \u003c\/i\u003eis a classic reinvented for this  dynamic historic moment.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Ganga White, author of \u003ci\u003eYoga Beyond Belief\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Kramer and  Alstad argue with clarity and passion that the simplistic \"be here now\" mindset sweeping  contemporary pop psychology tragically fails to account for how the past and the  future are always part of how we construct any \"now\" and any \"here.\" I found myself  cheering at their insistence that negating the future in the name of spiritual enlightenment  amounts to an amputation of our intrinsic capacity to take future consequences into  account—a task of vital importance at this crucial stage in our evolutionary adventure.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Keith Thompson, author of \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Left\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"It is clear that \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind  Revisited \u003c\/i\u003eis a seminal book for our time. One of the core beliefs held by nation-states  and most individuals is that \"more is better.\" What a wonderful gift we have been  given to challenge our unexplored assumptions to help us shift to a world that can  fulfill us all.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Wilford Welch, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tactics of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Passionate Mind  Revisited \u003c\/i\u003eis a promising re-visioning of age-old philosophical dilemmas in a contemporary  setting with important social and political implications. The authors are poignantly  aware of the effects that Eastern thought and practice have had on spiritually inclined  individuals in America over the past half-century, and they challenge head-on many  assumptions flowing from their own and others’ earlier teachings. Their systematic  demonstration leads to the stirring conclusion that a spiritually aware, caring life  has to be lived future-oriented and in time-not in some timeless realm. By illuminating  the roles of thought and diversity in a life of spiritual awareness, the authors’  book would re-orient and rejuvenate spiritual work, bringing it back into the world  of time to become more effective and socially relevant.\"\u003cbr\u003e—James Millikan, PhD, former  professor of philosophy at Yale and University of Florida\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"In this book, Diana Alstad  and Joel Kramer have combined more than thirty years of writing, experience, and  thinking to construct for the reader a unique lens with which we might examine our  worldviews, ideologies, beliefs, fears, and hang-ups. We see more clearly the consequences  of our collective failure to free ourselves from the spiritual and intellectual compulsions  that have led us to the brink of planetary doom. The coauthors urge all of us, if  we are truly serious about planetary survival, to continue the struggle to engage  collectively in the evolution of our consciousness. I commend them for this book,  a superb achievement.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Charles H. Jones, professor emeritus of law, Rutgers University  School of Law\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Passionate Mind Revisited \u003c\/i\u003eis an excellent resource for expanding  personal and social awareness. Diana Alstad and Joel Kramer integrate many cross-cultural  and interdisciplinary ideas to illustrate how we can continue to grow, create, and  expand during times of uncertainty and open to possibilities not considered before.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Angeles Arrien, PhD, author of award-winning \u003ci\u003eSigns of Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e] reads like a survival guide for the new world order—a manual on how to live consciously and well in a world that seems to be collapsing around us…The authors urge us to ask ourselves life's most important questions. But this book is not just a call to awareness; it is also a well-reasoned exploration of the human condition. Kramer and Alstad show us that the truth lies within us and that to know it, we must not only be open to it but also listening for it. At the heart of the authors' message is that the changes so desperately needed in today's world must necessarily begin within each of us.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eYoga Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e is] a provocative challenge to existing worldviews and a celebration of ‘conscious social evolution.’\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eiShift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This brilliant deconstruction of failed religions, social structures and rigid fantasies of ideal human relationships will give you a refreshing approach to a both\/and perspective that will help you become a trailblazer, aware and freed from the adolescent stage of human evolution… The authors, Diana Alstad and Joel Kramer, show us ways to fluidly navigate the different dimensions of the human condition and come through it with our awareness, critical thinking and compassionate hearts intact and thriving.”\u003cbr\u003e —MagickTarot.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a liberating inner journey into the workings of their mind that can transform the way people look at themselves and the world… In exploring what it is to be a human social animal, \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e offers fresh vantage points on life's core issues: the nature of thought, authority and belief, pleasure and pain, desire and fear, identity, love and care, freedom, power, gender, time, meditation, violence, and evolution. By demonstrating how to inwardly see and break through one's conditioning, the authors delve deeply into the nature and processes of the mind… This book, through its discussion and methodology, fosters curiosity and truth-seeking. Kramer and Alstad offer new insights on personal and global issues that can facilitate a necessary shift to conscious social evolution.\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eGaia Media\u003c\/i\u003eJoel Kramer and Diana Alstad are co-authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind Revisited: Expanding Personal and Social Awareness \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) as well as of \u003ci\u003eThe Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power\u003c\/i\u003e. They have written and taught together since 1974 on evolution, spirituality, relationships, values, awareness, yoga, and social issues. Visit their website at www.joeldiana.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joel Kramer, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, did post-graduate work in philosophy and psychology and was a resident teacher at Esalen Institute (1968–1970). He is a pioneer and legend of modern American yoga whose evolutionary vision of yoga freed it from its authoritarian roots, re-visioning it for the West. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Diana Alstad, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, received a doctorate from Yale University in 1971. She taught in the humanities and initiated and taught the first Women’s Studies courses at Yale and Duke. 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