Although all the symptoms of lack-of-sustainability
are physical, the cause is a mindset that needs to be changed. The mindset
includes an addictive lock on wanting materialistic solutions to all problems,
most of which are not materialistic, but are existential problems about
meaningfulness in life. Meaningfulness is an inner understanding about life
that is only achieved by insightful reflective thought. This kind of growth is
enabled by the right kind of caring leadership that enables people to realise
and properly establish their existential relationship with Nature.
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