Humanitarian Work, Social Change, and Human Behavior Compassion for
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Humanitarian Work, Social Change, and Human Behavior
Cornelia C. Walther
Humanitarian Work, Social Change, and Human Behavior Compassion for Change
Cornelia C. Walther Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Preface
We live in a flowing balance of apparent opposites, which shape everything that exists. Individuals, communities, wider socio-economic spheres, and the planet are connected in a continuum of constant transformation. The visible and the invisible aspects of our existence, mind, and matter, are inseparable counterparts that influence our everyday experience. Each dimension influences the others and is influenced in return. The world as we know it is a continually evolving combination of micro-, meso-, macrolayers which together evolve in the meta-dimension of life. Through the four dimensions of our being, aspirations, emotions, thoughts and sensations, each of us is a micro-representation of the whole. Just as one DNA double helix contains all the information of the organism that it is part of.1 It is a spiral dynamic from the inside out, which is nurtured from the outside in. The above may sound abstract if not opaque, yet this book is the opposite. It is a story with tools to reflect on your own experiences. You may wish to read straight through, or to pause, feel, and contemplate the content as you move through the chapters. Your choice. I aimed to limit r
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