A Nest on the Highest Branch

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A Nest on the Highest Branch (2003) by Julio Savi
Reflections on Human Success, Prosperity and Happiness

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Introduction

The Materialistic Conception of the Nature of Reality

The foundations of materialism
The denial of transcendence
The material world as the center of all human interests
The secondary importance of reason
A mechanistic conception of the world
The preeminence of material values
Individualism, relativism, and skepticism
Pragmatism, utilitarianism, and hedonism
The new dogmas of the modern Western world
The many sides of the modern West

Western Concepts of Success, Prosperity and Happiness

Success
Prosperity
Happiness
Progress
Development
Modernity

A Spiritual Conception of the Nature of Reality

Four criteria of knowledge
Is there a creator God?
How were the universe and humankind born?

Human Beings: Spiritual Creatures

Qualities of the animals
Animal limitations
The threefold nature of human beings
Contradictions of human life

The Nature and the Role of Religions

Human greatness and limitations
The founders of universal religions or Manifestations of God
The role of religions

Two Different Conceptions of History

Modern conceptions of history
A spiritual conception of history
How to read the facts of history
The lesson of history

A Spiritual Conception of Progress, Development and Modernism

Human progress
A new concept of development
The concept of modernism

A Spiritual Concept of Success

Acquiring spiritual qualities
A spiritual path
Spiritual qualities
Spiritual transformation: the challenge of the modern age
The culmination of spiritual evolution
The results of a wrong choice
Chance, fortune or will of God?
Spirituality and poverty

A Spiritual Concept of Prosperity

Spiritual prerequisites of prosperity
Social conditions of prosperity

A Spiritual Concept of Happiness

It is permanent
It is a human capacity
The requirements of spiritual happiness
Spiritual happiness and wealth
Spiritual happiness and society

A Conclusion
Notes & References
Bibliography