In Love and the Soul: Creating a Future for Earth Robert Sardello contends that the major project of the 90s is finding ways of getting in touch with the world rather than turning away from it. He worries about those who have gotten so immersed in the inner work of soul that they have lost any interest in the future of the world. In this new age of Sophia, individuals need to recognize that the life of the body is inextricably connected to the life of the Earth. Each revivifies the other.
Sardello sees the world as "the location of beauty and the source of love and feeling." Through the spiritual practices of radical receptivity, listening to the heart, grieving, and re-enlivening the senses, we can embrace the soul of the world and enrich our lives immeasurably. With his view of creative, expansive love, Sardello re-envisions understandings of relationships and community.
Near the end of this absorbing work, the author writes: "One who is awake to the sense of the world as soul experiences the whole cosmic, natural and human world as an intimate friend through whom one finds the perfect reflection of one's individual soul." This wise book by Robert Sardello will convince you once and for all of the meaningful depth connection between love and the world.