"Albert Einstein once said, 'We can't solve problems by using the same kind
of thinking we used when we created them.' Judy Carman's superb book
promotes the thinking that is necessary to resopnd to today's critical
problems. She advocates a paradigm shift from a world of violence,
oppression, injustice, domination, misogyny, aggression, carnism, and
patriarchy, to one of love, compassion, cooperation, partnership, sharing,
caring, justice, veganism and other positive values. At a time when climate
experts are increasingly warning that we may have only a few years to make
unprecedented changes in order to have a chance to avert a climate
catastrophe and clkimate events are becoming more frequent and severe, it is
urgent that Judy Carman's cogent message be widely shared and heeded.
Homo Ahimsa has the potential to have the kind of transformative impact
that Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Frances Moore Lappe's
Diet For a Small Planet had. I very strongly recommend it."
- Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D., author of Judaism and Vegetarianism,
Judaism and Global Survival, Who Stole My Religion? Revitalizing Judaism and
Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal our Imperiled Planet, and
Mathematics and Global Survival, President Emeritus of JewishVeg.org.
"Many thinking people today recognize that our old species,
Homo Sapiens, stands at a crossroads. One fork turns toward extinction and
the other toward an enlightened collaboration among all forms of life to
save the planet and one another. Judy Carman's latest book, Homo Ahimsa,
is a guide toward the road affirming life; it extends the holy messages of
different traditions with the force and enlightenment of a New New
Testament, of a deeply informed New Scripture: it is that important! It is a
must read for anyone interested in human enlightenment and survival."
- Lee Slonimsky, Poet and Manager of the Animal Rights hedge fund.
"Judy Carman skillfully addresses the main problems facing our world today,
and inspires readers to go deeper in understanding, and more effectively
contribute to a positive future."
- Madeleine Tuttle, Swiss visionary artist
"Judy Carman's insight has done the heavy lifting of assembling a profound
realization of who we are. In devotion to a higher love, she puts us on her
shoulders, so we may see a sacredness of life hidden by illusion...and wake
up to a reality of loving kindness. Homo Ahimsa is gifted foor for
the soul."
-Frank Lane, serial CEO, inventor, author of Be In Heaven Now and
Plant Powered Enlightenment.
"In her book Look a Lion in the Eye, author and UN worker Kathryn
Hulme, on a 1971 camera safari in Africa, reflected on the wild creatures'
long, slow stares at her, and realized that "The animals are waiting for us
to move up so they can follow...." that is, up Jacob's ladder of spiritual
evolution. Judy Carman, in Homo Ahimsa, shows us that we cannot
wait for the working out of the laws of spiritual evolution that Hulme
mentioned. It is urgent that destructive and predatory Homo "Sapiens" be
transformed into nonviolent Homo Ahimsa within a decade, by watering the
seeds of mutual respect and love that already exists in each of us. The
survival of life on Earth depends on it. In Section One, Ms. Carman provides
abundant information that shows why it must occur so soon; in
Section Two, she offers us how actions we can take, both
individually and in groups, can bring about a beautiful and renewed earth in
which all inhabitants live together in peace... This book is a lifeline."
- Gracia Fay Ellwood, editor of The Peaceable Table, and author of
Taking the Adventure: Faith and our Kingship with Animals
"Judy Carman's book explains some important truths... Meditation, observing
a vegan diet, observing ahimsa in our relationships with others and with the
economy, and even ahimsa towards ourselves, is the basis of all authentic
spirituality."
- Keith Akers, author of The Lost Religion of Jesus: Simple Living and
Nonviolence in Early Christianity and Disciples: How Jewish
Christianity Shaped Jesus and Shattered the Church.
"Carman presnts the current situation well, yet doesn't leave us feeling
hopeless. She provides actions as an antidote to despair, and I appreciated
the good news she includes. Hopeful and optimistic."
- Dianne Waltner, founder Wichita Animal Rights Group.
I am deeply grateful to have read Homo Ahimsa. Even though we
humans are causing immense suffering and violence on Earth, Judy's book
inspires us to foresee a positive future; that s a species, we can actually
achieve world peace and live in harmony with all life. The horrors we
influct on other sentient beings, to the environment, and other human beings
bring me to tears. Still, it also gives me hope and a reason for living,
that humanity can indeed awaken to our natural copassion. It also propels me
to do more to share nonviolent veganism with many more people. Homo
Ahimsa is truly The Book About Who We Really Are and How We're
Going to Save the World. Excellent, highly recommended.
- Michael Lanfield, author of The Lost Love; Return of the
Gentle Sea: For the Love That Lives in Everyone; Creating a
Beautiful World, and vegan advocate; weareinterconnected.com.
"Carman's luminous book opened my heart again to believe that, given the
exteme moment in which we find ourselves, humans' path to becoming Homo
Ahimsa could actually happen. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with climate
change, provides that opportunity, as both can so clearly be tied to animal
exploitation."
- Kate Lawrence, author of The Practical Peacemaker and Denver
Vegans Organizer
Judy McCoy Carman, M.A., earth, peace and animal activist, is the author of Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul, Peace to All Beings and Homo Ahimsa: Who We Really Are and How We’re Going to Save the World and is co-author of The Missing Peace. In addition to animal rescue work, some projects include Vegan Spirituality interviews, co-founding the Animal Peace Prayer Flag Project, Animal Outreach of Kansas, Circle of Compassion, Prayer Circle for Animals and Interfaith Vegan Coalition. She is on the board of Shy38 Animal Sanctuary, appears in the film, Prayer for Compassion, and received the Henry Spira Grassroots Animal Activist Award in 2014. Visit the Homo Ahimsa Blog.
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