this orientation is from the ways we have traditionally and culturally been conditioned to relate to the human experience. With the exception of very rare individuals, throughout history our orientation has generally been toward creating security, towards carving out a safe place in which to experience comfort and pleasure. Even revolutionaries who challenge the status quo in order to gain more rights and freedoms usually do so only until those rights and freedoms are achieved, after which they tend to settle in to a new status quo. Of course, there have always been rare individuals and inspired geniuses who, animated by the pulsation of the evolutionary impulse, are ever-reaching for that which is new, who have felt compelled to make significant progress and create new pathways in their particular fields. But what I'm speaking about here is not a particular kind of genius or talent—it's a certain attitude and aspiration in relationship to the whole process of being alive.
This shift in values that creates the conditions for perpetual emergence is a fundamental shift in orientation that is just beginning to dawn on us as we awaken to the fact that we are part of a process that is going somewhere. And it's not merely a personal shift; it is a very deep cultural change in the human psyche as a whole.
~ Andrew Cohen…
Added by Michael Grove at 12:56 on February 15, 2011
ening human being, experience that urge, the intensity of your creative inspiration is coming from the First Cause itself. The interior of the cosmos is awakening to itself within you, and responding to its own highest aspiration, which is to become more conscious.
—from Evolutionary Enlightenment by Andrew Cohen…
Added by Michael Grove at 15:50 on December 13, 2011
hild ? Isn’t this what Jesus was teaching, that becoming like a child, full of curiosity, wonder, enthusiasm, and unconditional love is the way to heaven?
What has happened to our culture that we feel like we must constantly try to impress people with what we have done rather than simply being authentically who we are?
Simplicity is one of the keys to living in a fulfilled way. A simple life that allows time to live in the moment, aware of nature and in true relationship with other living beings is more fulfilling than one of constant struggle and focus on working and making money.
Are there ways you could simplify your life ? Would sharing your authentic self by being present in the moment at all times serve you and the world better than pursuing huge plans and working yourself to death? Would it be wonderful to recapture the joyful innocence of youth ?
Ted Murray
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e communications at the same time. The dissemination of co-creative practices is propitious in becoming aware of differences, and at the same time, pointing to our similarities. Our mutual relationships have a lingering impact on us. We are not billiard balls bouncing off each other. While billiard balls change direction and speed as they interact, they remain essentially unchanged. As humans, we evolve internally with every contact we have with another human being. Alain Ruche
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