Met(t)a-Earth

The Meta-Earth Confluence project is really a Met(t)a-Earth project, as pointed out by NextNow member Catherine Cunningham who reminded us that metta means “loving-kindness” in Sanskrit. However, rather than the complete absence of self-interest that defines pure metta, (http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/buddharakkhita/wheel365.html), Met(t)a Earth is about enlightened self-interest, where the self-interest of the individual is tempered by and continuously negotiating with the needs of the whole, so that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. From Barbara Marx Hubbard: “Here is what we learn by examining the principles of evolution. When nature hits limits and crises that cannot be resolved…