HOMEGROWN
HEROES
INSPIRED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
by Linda Sechrist
Adam Bucko, Activist for Home-
“I
f not me, who; if not now,
when?” may well be the
less Youth
mantra of today’s conscious During the
citizen activists, who feel led by an 1970s and
inner spirit to decisively achieve posi- early ’80s,
tive change in their communities. Adam Bucko,
In The Hope: A Guide to co-founder
Sacred Activism, pioneering author, and managing
scholar and mystic Andrew Har- director of The
vey inspires readers to become Reciprocity
sacred activists and to participate Foundation, lived in Poland under
in radically transforming the world. a communist regime that denied
Awakened to our divine purpose, its citizens freedom of speech and
Harvey proposes, we each can opportunities for self-actualization.
become an effective and practical Dissatisfied, Bucko immigrated to
agent of change for social justice the United States at age 17 and, in
and sustainability. He urges us to find the
“Service is the road to
his quest for a purpose-filled life, spent time
particular focus that ignites our individual
profound and lasting joy.”
in several monasteries here and in Thailand
passion. In doing so, we will come to under-
~ Andrew Harvey, sacred activist
and India.
stand that, “Service is the road to profound One day, on his way to following a
and lasting joy.” detached life of contemplation and prayer
Natural Awakenings has met scores of joy-filled travelers in a monastery in India, Bucko encountered a homeless child
throughout our nation who have chosen this action-oriented who lived on the streets of Delhi. The brief but meaningful inter-
path, becoming an inspiration to others far beyond those they action became for him a transformational experience. “It made
help. Among them are these five “Homegrown Heroes,” who me realize that while meditation left me peaceful, it put me in
daily choose to shelter the homeless or abandoned, feed the a sort of spiritual coma,” says Bucko, “and up until then, I was
hungry, advocate for animals and energize the economy. Seeing only feeling the edges of my life.”
the world with eyes of compassion, they are making a marked The momentary collapse of an invisible, protective buffer
difference. between these two different worlds broke Bucko’s heart wide
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