Mindfulness & Meaningful Work:
Explorations in Right Livelihood
Edited by Claude Whitmyer, Foreword by Ernest Callenbach
Published by Parallax Press, Berkeley, California, 1994, 289 pages
This very good anthology explores the integration of mindfulness and ethics in the workplace. In these pages some of the leading thinkers and doers of our time — Thich Nhat Hanh, Joanna Macy, Sam Keen, E.E Schumacher, Gary Snyder, Shakti Gawain, Shunryu Suzuki, Robert Aitken, Tarthang Tulku, Marsha Sinetar, Rick Fields, Ellen Langer, and many others — share their insights on the practice and value of working and of finding work that is meaningful, life-affirming, and non-exploitative.
Mindfulness and Meaningful Work deepens our understanding of the concept of “right livelihood;” shows us how to go about overcoming the obstacles in our path so that we can find and maintain meaningful, satisfying work; and encourages us to live in a way that increases our inner peace, self-worth, and purpose.
Claude Whitmyer, the editor of this volume, is co-founder and president of the University of the Future. He is also director of FutureU ‘s Center for Good Work in San Francisco, where he serves as a business and livelihood coach. Mr. Whitmyer is also co-author of Running a One-Person Business (Ten Speed Press, 1994, 2nd edition) and editor of In the Company of Others: Making Community in the Modern World (Tarcher/Putnam, 1993).
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“right livelihood’ is the paradox that confuses good vs. bad as unrealistic by being based on ideals. Contentment is more inclusive to see (& inspire) supportive feelings where discontent indicates a human ego is involved enough turn critical.
“Any fool knows (right livelihood), the point is to understand” ~ Einstein