Spirituality and Sustainable Development

List of Figures List of Tables Introduction What is this Book About? Are We Intrinsically Self-Centered and Greedy? Organization of the Book PART I: WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? 1. Contemporary Views on Spirituality Spirituality and Religion Spiritual but Not Religious Spirituality: Scientific Perspectives 2. Spirituality Re-examined Searching Common Grounds in Different Views Transforming Mind, Changing Values 3. Spirituality: Development Perspectives Spirituality in Conventional Development Spirituality as Establishing Right Relationships Spirituality as Transformation of the Human Mind PART II: GLOBAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM FROM SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE 4. Identifying Global Socio-Spiritual Classes Worldly Happiness and Spiritual Happiness Basic Needs and Neurotic Needs Needs and Happiness Human Values, Human Virtues and Human Vices Happiness, Needs, Values and Power Towards a Socio-Spiritual Classification of People 5. Global Economic System as a Product of Greedy Mind Characteristics of Global Socio-Spiritual Classes The Giant Fruit Tree in an Isolated Island: An Analogy Self-Centeredness, Greed and Class Relations 6. Global Economic System and Conventional Development Origin and characteristics of conventional development Self-centeredness and greed in conventional development: theory and practice Spirituality and Conventional Development: Contradictions PART III: DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT SPIRITUALITY 7. Poverty and Inequality Two forms of development Poverty and Inequality in Intentional Development Poverty and Inequality in Immanent Development 8. Environmental Unsustainability Self-Centeredness and Unsustainability Self-Centredness, Private Consumption and Unsustainability Spirituality as a Guide to Sustainable Consumption 9. Unhappiness Self-Centeredness, Happiness, and Unhappiness Development and Unhappiness If Not Material Wealth, What Makes Us Happy? Two Kinds of Happiness PART IV: TOWARDS A SPIRITUALITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT 10. Spiritual Growth and Economic Growth: Conflict or Synergy? Spiritual Growth Are Spiritual Growth and Economic Growth Mutually Beneficial? Spiritual Growth and Optimum Economic Growth 11. Spiritualizing the Global Economic System Towards a Form of Development Motivated by Love Is it Already Underway? Happiness Orientation in Spirituality-Based Development 12. Towards a World of Abundence, Equity, Sustainability and Happiness First the Problem of Affluence, then the Problem of Poverty Immusizing the Non-Affluent Against Affluenza Promoting Selfless Service as Development Integrating Spirituality into Formal Education Re-Spiritualizing Religion Scientific Research on Spirituality Spiritually Oriented Personal Services Integrating Spirituality into Development Studies Is Spirituality-Based Development Possible? Epilogue: Changing Ourselves to Change the World References Endnotes