How I Would Help the World
by Helen Keller
This essay by Helen Keller is a paean of praise to Emanuel Swedenborg, the Swedish seer, who had a profound influence on her spiritual life. In it she talks about the importance of love and truth in a world filled with materialism and selfishness, and the joy that comes from true understanding. Her great advice on how she would help the world is to have people read Swedenborg's writings and thereby overcome the many problems of the human condition. She states, "Were I but capable of interpreting to others one-half of the stimulating thoughts and noble sentiments that are buried in Swedenborg's writings, I should help them more than I am ever likely to in any other way. It would be such a joy to me if I might be the instrument of bringing Swedenborg to a world that is spiritual deaf and blind."
Her words are interwoven with photographs of her life and quotes from Swedenborg on spiritual topics. This book will be a treasure for many readers who already know and respect Helen Keller and will be an inspiration for those who do not.
Her words are interwoven with photographs of her life and quotes from Swedenborg on spiritual topics. This book will be a treasure for many readers who already know and respect Helen Keller and will be an inspiration for those who do not.Paperback, 112 pages
Published April 1st 2011 by Swedenborg Foundation Publishers
tags: nonfiction
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Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Annie Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker.
A prolific author, Keller was well traveled and was outspoken in her opposition to war. She campaigned for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes.
Keller devoted much of her later life to raising funds for the American Foundation for the Blind. On September 14, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded Helen Keller the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the United States' highest two civilian honors.
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