Examples of wholly destructive ways of thinking
* Power as domination over others, rather than power as creative capacity to act.
* Either/or logic; as distinguished from a both/and way of thinking.
* Destruction, rather than stewardship, of the earth, air and water.
* Ownership, rather than stewardship of the land; i.e., land as private property.
* Ownership of people as private property
* Despiritualisation of the universe.
* Separation of human from connectedness and responsibility in the world.
* Violence toward other beings as an expression of manhood.
* Belief that one’s religion must be brought to others, “it’s god’s will.”
* View of time as linear, including belief in inevitable “progress;”
* Belief that there is only one truth, and if you don’t see it, you’re damned.
* The continent of Europe, or North America, is at the center of the world.
From:
http://www.prisonactivist.org/archive/cws/cws-culture.html
