1/10/2024 0 Comments Worldshift international![]() We lose them when consciousness is cramped, constricted, confused, and detached from its source. We achieve all these things when consciousness is healthy, open, alert, and expansive. But it’s a false choice, because people don’t realize that the things they most cherish and desire are born in consciousness: love, happiness, freedom from fear, the absence of depression, and a vision of the future. Would you rather be enlightened or own an iPad? In modern society, the choice is all too obvious. The practical application of consciousness seems remote compared to technology. “I think, therefore I am” is fundamentally true, but Descartes’ maxim should be expanded to include feeling, intuition, a sense of self, and our drive to understand who we are. Being alive is inconceivable without being conscious. But viewed together, they fall short of a common factor that guides every moment of daily life: consciousness. Science comes down to Earth as technology religion comes down to Earth as comfort. Religion and science occupy different kinds of ivory towers, but until they come down to Earth, neither one meets the practical needs of life. For all that, the big questions are posed, by and large, by professors who are paid to pose them. We may be philosophically curious we may even have enough leisure time to reflect upon the big picture. ![]() You and I live our lives without asking them. But what strikes me is how useless these big questions easily become. Facts tell us how life came about, but faith still wants to know why. ![]() Many observers have linked these questions to spirituality, too. ![]() What place do human beings occupy in the cosmos? How does the brain produce intelligence? Can evolution explain all of human development? What caused life to emerge from a soup of inorganic chemicals? In my view, there should be renewed admiration for science’s attempts to answer the fundamental mysteries: And because religion is the primary form of spirituality in most people’s lives, we’ll have to step away from spirituality, too, at least at first. What is the war about? I am not drawn to lost causes, therefore I’d like to guide the debate away from religion. If the proverbial Martian landed in a flying saucer today and saw how religion is pitted against science, he would be surprised at the vehemence on both sides. Nothing gets as vicious as fighting for a lost cause. All rights reserved.Ĭonsciousness and the End of the War Between Science and Religion “.this collection explores phenomena at the crossroads of science and religion, such as the nonlocal mind, conscious evolution, and quantum consciousness, and offers strategies to promote the fusion of science and spirituality and develop a planetary consciousness.” ― Branches of Light, October 2012Įxcerpt. The author of several books, including New Consciousness for a New World, he spends his time between Andalusia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. DENNIS, Ph.D., is a sociologist, writer, and a cofounder of WorldShift International. The founder and president of the Club of Budapest and the author of more than 100 books, he lives in Tuscany, Italy. This book reveals higher consciousness as the bridge between science and spirit, passionate curiosity as the common ground among scientists and seekers, and the urgent need for an alliance between science and the great traditions of spiritual wisdom to move our worldview forward to meet today’s global challenges.ĮRVIN LASZLO is editor of the international periodical World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution and chancellor of Giordano Bruno GlobalShift University. With contributions by Michael Beckwith, Deepak Chopra, Larry Dossey, Amit Goswami, Stanislav Grof, Jean Houston, Barbara Marx Hubbard, José Argüelles, Peter Russell, and many other prominent visionaries, this collection explores phenomena at the crossroads of science and religion-such as the nonlocal mind, conscious evolution, and quantum consciousness-and offers strategies to promote the fusion of science and spirituality in order to develop a multiperson planetary consciousness. Dennis, this volume brings together 28 leading scientists and spiritual thinkers for a game-changing conversation on bridging the gap between science and religion. Edited by Nobel Peace Prize-nominee Ervin Laszlo and WorldShift International cofounder Kingsley L.
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