Read 'n' Seed 5: Fourth Quarter of "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight"

A few months later and I can say that I'm completely finished with "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight".  The fourth quarter of my book consisted of pages 286 - 356 which contained 10 chapters.

I mentioned in my other posts that the book was split into three basic sections.  In the first section the author talked about what's happening to our world and where we're at today.  This included discussing all of out worldly issues like over-population, famine, war, global warming, the oil crisis, etc.  The second part of the book was about how we got this way.  This section covered a lot of historical aspects for how we've gotten to this critical point.  Lastly, the third section of the book is about what we can do to start to reverse of of this damage or at least stop it's continuation. 

The main idea that I got from this last section of reading was that there is no end-all be-all cure for the earth's current predicament.  The author offers many ideas of ways we can start to change things.  This includes "renouncing the destruction of life" meaning we have to understand that every living thing is just as important as the next and we are not the dominators of all life. Other ways we can change the path we're on include turning off the t.v., changing the focus of how we use technology, putting more belief into intentional communities, reinventing our daily life rituals, and transforming culture through politics. 

I think the most significant idea that I'm going to take a away from this section is that true change is not a simple process.  The author says that in this book he "presents as a solution something that many may think couldn't possibly be a solution because it seems unfathomably difficult:  change our culture, beginning with yourself."  This is so much harder to do than it seems on the surface.  I mean how do you change something that you've been submerged in since the second you were born?  It's ingrained in us and we're surrounded by it in every aspect of our lives.  It's what we eat, it's what we wear, it's where we sleep, it's how we speak, it's there when nothing else is around us.  Although this may be the hardest thing to do, it's the most crucial thing if we are going to change the outcome of the planet.