MONTESSORI
Living the Good Life
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PREVIEW: Excerpts 3-Maria had a clear vision of an essential difference between the moral implications of war and peace. She sought for the sunrise of harmony where the human mind seeks truth and acts on it. As a scientist she understood the necessity to find roots to unknown, un-thought of elements that caused the human being’s mind to consider contradictory values. (33) 4-Maria says not to give up hope. Sanity can be restored if we go back to the child; not only to hope for a generation of young citizens to assume our responsibilities but to consider them as individuals, separate and independent of our personal goals as adults. Today’s child is our Messiah of tomorrow, an inspired being, a regenerator of our race and of society. We must let go of our vices, our illusions of grandeur, until we see clearly our savior in our arms. As Christian wise-men of the East, led by the star of love, we must hold the infant, gift him with power, and treasure his life-energy as a future path to living moral and ethical lives. (33) What can we do to keep the old world vision from destroying our new one? Maria says we must prepare for a new world spontaneously building itself around us; a miracle of evolution becoming conscious like a falling star; a life we must work for by gathering all the elements of our new world and organizing them into a science of peace. Peace must be promoted in all avenues of society—United Nations, League of Women Voters, political parties, individuals promoting peace on their social networks. Peace must be advertised until humanity forgets its desires for war. Peace must reign
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Montessori: Living the Good Life will surprise you more than you can imagine. With a master’s degree in theology, author Connie Ripley Lujan delves deep into Maria’s spiritual understanding of the roots of war. Passionately she explains how we can make a difference.
Maria Montessori discovered the secret miracle of childhood over one hundred years ago. Her vision of peace lives on in this passionate memoir of a disciple of her spirit.
Maria’s enlightened revelation of the newborn’s talent to construct his future life with his own mind is illuminated step by step as each chapter probes deeper into mankind’s existence.
The key to assisting the new ones, Maria tells us, lies in the adult’s willingness to collaborate with the child’s desire for an appropriate environment. Education, for the child and the adult, is the crucial element.
A thoughtful guide for mothers, fathers, grandparents, and all educators and citizens concerned for peace in the home, schools, and world, Montessori-Living the Good Life, about the child in your arms and the child in your heart, is for everyone.
The author goes where no one dares to go, explicating Maria’s concepts of the origins of war and peace and how we can make a difference.
About the Author
Connie Ripley Lujan is a mother of five children, a certified Montessori teacher, and a graduate of Gonzaga and Seattle Universities with degrees in religious studies and pastoral theology. She is a retired director of religious education living in Anchorage, Alaska. Connie enjoys spending time with her family; traveling with her husband, Ted; writing; exercising; and reading a good book on snowy evenings.