Comments - I self - Gaia Community2024-03-28T09:47:25Zhttp://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=5313775%3ABlogPost%3A337&xn_auth=noA Profound Responsibility
Whe…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2012-06-22:5313775:Comment:114282012-06-22T08:51:29.368ZMichael Grovehttp://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
<p><b>A Profound Responsibility</b></p>
<p>When we <strong><em>awaken to the infinite panorama of evolution</em></strong>, we realize ourselves to be nothing less than the very leading edge of a fourteen-billion-year cosmic process—a cosmic process that gave rise to the vast matter and energy that created galaxies, planets, and stars. That process created the conditions that made it possible for biological life to emerge around four billion years ago. And then, from biological life, 200,000…</p>
<p><b>A Profound Responsibility</b></p>
<p>When we <strong><em>awaken to the infinite panorama of evolution</em></strong>, we realize ourselves to be nothing less than the very leading edge of a fourteen-billion-year cosmic process—a cosmic process that gave rise to the vast matter and energy that created galaxies, planets, and stars. That process created the conditions that made it possible for biological life to emerge around four billion years ago. And then, from biological life, 200,000 years ago <i>mind</i> burst forth as the dramatic beginning of human consciousness and culture. Now, the energy and intelligence that initiated that process and has been driving it all along is dependent upon <i>you</i> and <i>me.</i> <strong>For the human being who begins to realize this, the implications on a personal level are profound and overwhelming. Indeed, our responsibility for where evolution is going, at the level of our shared culture, is much bigger than most of us are aware of.</strong></p>
<p><i>—Andrew Cohen</i></p>