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one can be left behind . Our world today is so deeply interconnected on so many levels that it ? s impossible for the transformation that ? s emerging in one part not to show up in other places as well . I ? ve seen this firsthand in my travels to some of the most remote and isolated places remaining in the world ? like Tibet , for example .
In 2005 , following a number of previous pilgrimages to the monasteries of the Tibetan Plateau , I saw for the first time the eerie glow of cell phones
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dark recesses of centuries-old buildings as they lit up under the robes of the monks and nuns . For the people living in these secluded monasteries , their former world based in isolation is now on a path of newly found connectivity . The new technology promises that their world , and their lives , will never be same .
A Crisis in Thinking
We don ? t need to go to Tibet , however , to see the evidence of how dramatically the world is shifting . Change is reflected everywhere , both in the ways in which things in our lives work , as well as in the ways things of the past no longer work . The old era of an oil-based economy , for example , is giving way to a new economy based upon cleaner forms of energy that are more sustainable . The old ideas of centralized production of our food from corporate farms half a world away is giving way to the new , healthy and sustainable production of food from small farms that invigorate local economies . The old practice of creating wealth from industries that destroy our planet is giving way to new , socially responsible models of investing .
And as the world of the past slips away and the new one emerges , the clash of new against old highlights another , even greater crisis , one that we all face , yet which we ? ll probably never read about or hear discussed in the popular media . It ? s a silent crisis that ? s like the proverbial elephant in the room ? something that everyone sees yet no one acknowledges .
Arguably the greatest crisis that we face in our time of extremes is a crisis in thinking . And our thinking is the very key to the way we deal with our needs in the new normal . You and I are being tasked with something that ? s never been done . We ? re being challenged to radically shift the way we think of ourselves and our relationship to one another and the world , and to do so faster than any generation in history has ever done before .
Our willingness to think differently will be the key to the success of our journey . And while it ? s definitely a big journey that we ? re on , it ? s also a very short trip , because the world we ? re traveling to is already here . It ? s with us right now .
Gregg Braden , latest book - Resilience From the Heart - The single eye of the heart ? the state of harmony that we create for ourselves in heart-brain coherence ? accesses what ? s true for us in the moment of a given situation . Please visit Gregg ' s Website : GreggBraden . com to purchase your copy and to sign up for his newsletter .
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