Touching the Jaguar: Transforming Fear into Action to Change Your Life and the World
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Touching the Jaguar: Transforming Fear into Action to Change Your Life and the World
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Overview
—Deepak Chopra
When New York Times bestselling author John Perkins was a young Peace Corps volunteer, his life was saved by an Amazonian shaman who taught him to "touch the jaguar"—to transform his fears into positive action. He went on to become an "economic hit man" (EHM), convincing developing countries to build huge infrastructure projects that put them perpetually in debt to the World Bank and other US-controlled institutions. Although he sincerely believed this was the best model for economic development, he came to realize it was really a new form of colonialism. Returning to the Amazon, he saw the destructive impact of his EHM work. But he also was inspired by a previously uncontacted tribe that touched its jaguar by uniting with its enemies to defend its territory against invading oil and mining companies.
For the first time, Perkins details how his experiences in the Amazon converted him from an EHM to a crusader for transforming our failing Death Economy that destroys its own resources and nature itself into a flourishing Life Economy that renews itself. He provides a strategy for each of us to change our lives and defend our territory—the earth—against destructive policies and systems.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781523089864 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Berrett-Koehler Publishers |
| Publication date: | 06/16/2020 |
| Pages: | 264 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction: Meeting the Jaguar 1
"Touching the jaguar" means that you can identify your fears and barriers, confront them, alter your perceptions about them, accept their energy, and take actions to change yourself and the world.
Prologue: American Colonialism, Guatemala, 1993 5
Empires had been colonizing tribes and nations for centuries, appropriating their economies, their lands, their peoples, their governments, and their minds…This time it had been done under the subterfuge of spreading democracy…
Part 1 The Perception Trap 1968-1970
I had no idea that he was suggesting that I might be upgraded from spy to economic hit man.
1 Welcome to the Miracle 13
2 Ayahuasca 29
3 Fighting Communism 39
Part 2 The Death Economy 1970-1987
It was a system that was bound to fail, to kill itself-what economists would later define as a Death Economy.
4 More Secrets 45
5 Economic Hit Man 51
6 Jackals Strike 61
7 Threatened 65
Part 3 Changing the Dream 1987-1993
The world is as you dream it. Your people dreamed of huge factories, tall buildings, as many cars as there are raindrops in this river. Now you begin to see that your dream is a nightmare.
8 Redemption 73
9 Dream Change 77
10 Two Realities 81
Part 4 Uniting the Eagle and the Condor 1993
The prophecy says that five hundred years later-now-the opportunity arises for the Eagle and the Condor to fly together, to mate, and to produce a new offspring, higher consciousness.
11 Dark Clouds 87
12 The Stones 91
13 The Ceremony 97
Part 5 Confronting the Jaguar 1993
They said they had dreamed on this, that their shamans had gone deep into the meaning of their visions, and they had concluded that they have to touch us-their people have to touch our people-initiate contact with the very thing they most fear.
14 Blood Lust 109
15 Threats from Two Governments 117
16 Decisions 121
17 Facing a Jaguar 131
Part 6 The Legend of the Evias 1994-1995
You must ask yourself about the Evias in your life. What scares you? … What must you do to change this? … You must do this alone. No one can help you. Only by doing that will you avoid going to war with yourself.
18 Stealing a Country 139
19 Piranhas 145
20 Kidnapped 153
21 Evil 157
22 A Shaman's Story 163
23 The Payoff. 167
Part 7 Creating a Life Economy 1993-2017
This Life Economy cleans up pollution, regenerates devastated environments, recycles, and develops new technologies that benefit people and nature. Businesses that pay returns to investors who invest in an economy that is itself a renewable resource become the success stories.
24 Coming Together 175
25 Commitment 179
26 Poisoned 187
27 Breaking Old Ideas 193
28 The Perception Bridge 195
29 The Alliance 199
Part 8 Decolonization 2017-Present
We are the Elder Siblings… Our job is to show you, the Younger Siblings, about taking care of our sacred mother, the earth.
30 The Kogi: Experts in Colonization 205
31 Good News 209
Conclusion: The Jaguar's Message 215
In these tracks, feel the jaguar that blocks your people. And feel the jaguar that is your ally for change.
Resources 219
Notes 229
Author's Comment and Acknowledgments 231
Index 235
About the Author 243
About the Pachamama Alliance 247