Terry Patten - A New Republic of the Heart: An Ethos for Revolutionaries--A Guide to Inner Work for Holistic Change

Terry Patten

Foreword by Andrew Harvey

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In a world of exploding crises, we are all called to contribute. But how do we find our unique contributions, make them most effectively, and bring out the best in all whose lives we touch? These are among the most crucial questions of our time, and Terry Patten beautifully elicits the wisdom with which we can find our answers.

ROGER WALSH, MD, PhD, University of California, author of Essential Spirituality: The Seven Central Practices

A New Republic of the Heart is THE manual for all who want to meet this moment as the historical call to action that it is. Combining brilliant social commentary with a step-by-step blueprint for catalyzing whole-system change from the inside out, it shows us the way to rise into our personal and collective destiny.

CLAIRE ZAMMIT, PhD, founder of FemininePower.com

With deep caring and illuminating insights, Patten unfolds an integrative analysis of our impending crisis of civilization, offering a valuable handbook for those trying to make sense of whats happening andmost importantlywhat they can do about it. Even those of us who dont subscribe to integral theory can benefit greatly from his investigation of an activist spirituality, his recognition of political engagement as love in action, and his astute explanation of how we can become effective agents of change through self-transforming communities.

JEREMY LENT, author of The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanitys Search for Meaning

A New Republic of the Heart provides practical imperatives for gathering our collective strength, intelligence, and spirit into powerful strategies that can change the course of our future. Each page is filled with insights and recommendations that have personal, community and global significance. A must-read for those who know that together we can be catalysts of change.

CONNIE BUFFALO, president of Renaissance Project International

Confronting the myriad challenges facing us and our planet is a delicate endeavor. Terry Patten invites us to step with both feet into the center of this complex terrain and then hands us an empowering map for not only finding our way through it, but truly being part of the solution.

CRAIG HAMILTON, founder of Integral Enlightenment

With extraordinary eloquence, Terry Patten integrates integral theory, social commentary, and true humanity, laying out a new path for how spiritual practice cannot just come fully online in our hearts but deeper into our world. May this groundbreaking book help you navigate changing times with grace.

MIRANDA MACPHERSON, author of Boundless Love

Patten marries brilliant big-picture analysis and heartfelt soul practices to chart an evolutionary path forward for humanity that accelerates our spiritual growth and awakens our deepest service. Just the medicine we need!

STEPHEN DINAN, CEO of The Shift Network and author of Sacred America, Sacred World

In a time when too many of us are closing our eyes and ears to reality, Terry Patten has braved the harrowing passage necessary to grapple deeply and authentically with our ecological predicament and why we keep making it worse. This book deserves a wide readership.

MICHAEL DOWD, author of Thank God for Evolution and host of The Future Is Calling Us to Greatness

With a rare combination of spiritual depth and razor sharp intellect, Terry Patten weaves together social justice, environmentalism, and a sober look at todays multifaceted crises into a true marriage of spirit and action. A lifetimes worth of spiritual practice radiates through every paragraph.

DUSTIN DIPERNA, author of Streams of Wisdom

A New Republic of the Heart is a potent revolutionary guide for twenty-first century activists. Expect to be inspired by a clear vision and a call to coalesce innovators, ecologists, and evolutionaries and awaken their heart intelligence.

MARILYN HAMILTON, PhD, founder of Integral City Meshworks and author of Integral City

In A New Republic of the Heart, Terry Patten shares the fruit of his decades of intense inner worka new toolkit for a whole-system change.

JOSH BARAN, author of The Tao of Now

Like all true spiritual guides, Terry Patten shows us how to open our hearts and respond to this suffering world. His book is thoughtful, careful, and joyful.

DIANE MUSHO HAMILTON SENSEI, author of The Zen of You and Me

Terry Patten has followed his deep inner calling as inseparable from the calling to contribute to the health of our burning world. A New Republic of the Heart communicates the evolutionary activism it takes to walk paths that lead to the answers we need.

THOMAS HBL, international teacher and founder of the Academy of Inner Science

Without mincing words about what humanity is facing, this guide to spiritual activism gives direction for a sane and sustainable, heart-based paradigm.

ANODEA JUDITH, PhD, author of The Global Heart Awakens and Eastern Body, Western Mind

As an evangelical Christian and social conservative, I am repeatedly surprised by the deeper truths here with which I agree. These include the belief that this is indeed a defining moment for humanity, and that the solution, while seemingly beyond reach, is in fact both close and personal; that we have within us the potential to be and to do far more than we ever previously imagined; that the necessary change begins within the very heart and soul of every personfrom the bottom up, so to speak; that the times call for a kind of mindfulness and intentionality that humankind has never collectively achieved in the past; and that as we turn inwardly to tap our true human potential, we must also turn outward in a spirit of tireless and selfless servanthood.

EMERSON ALLEN JOSLYN, MD, High Point, North Carolina

The depth of this book is astounding. A New Republic of the Heart is for anyone drawn to thinking deeply, feeling fully, and acting boldly on behalf of the planet and all life.

J. MANUEL HERRERA, Silicon Valley elected official

Piece by piece, Terry Patten dismantles our comfortable, well-trod positions on the global future. He invites us into a bigger space, one that includes all positions yet transcends position-holding. From here we have access to not just facts but wisdom; we are able to accommodate more of what wants to be seen and felt, and we can act in a way that brings into being a healthier, more sacred world.

JEFF SALZMAN, The Daily Evolver

Terry Pattens book unearths a practical wisdom that unites the causes of the world with the deeper causes of our being. A New Republic of the Heart extends both frontiers of activism and consciousness, serving humanity collectively with helpful insight into what is needed currently and in the years ahead.

OLEN GUNNLAUGSON, editor of The Intersubjective Turn and Wisdom Learning

In A New Republic of the Heart, Terry Patten combines his brilliant mind and deeply compassionate heart to demonstrate a path to awakened activism. This important book connects pragmatic practices for individual activism with a visionary blueprint for a broad transformation of human civilization. It will show you how to become the change you want to see.