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12 Principles of Spirtual
Leadership
Cultural Creatives
....an interview
Military
Spending Chart
Wealth Distributiion
diagram
FGC/Atlanta Pledge of
Allegiance
Instructuions
(from Edge course
spring 2002)
Instructuions
Drawing
The Art of Listening
18 Reasons Why
Earthcharter
Bioneers
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Astronomers tell us
that all the galaxies in our known universe are traveling away from
each other, at high speeds. Last week they were closer together than
this week. Last year they were even closer. 1,000 years ago they were
closer yet. The strong implication is that if we go back in time far
enough all the matter making up the universe would be very condensed.
It appears that we are living in the midst of an incredible explosion.
Astronomers estimate the beginning of our explosion to be 15 plus or
minus billion years. In the course of this dizzying time span,
everthing we know came into being.
Physical Evolution
begins with elementary particles, proceeds to hydrogen, to helium,
which condense into short-lived stars, factories for the production of
the remaining elements, which then explode dispersing the elements
widely, which again coalesce into our galaxies and planets.
Biological Evolution
builds on the physical foundation and itself evolves, adapting to
changes in the environment, always toward greater complexity.
Cultural Evolution
builds on biology, evolving a consciousness that attempts to understand
its own origins and being. In the course of this attempt, a paradigm is
formed which includes a value system which guides behavior. In the case
of homosapian, the values we have embraced tend to conceptualize
ourselves as separate from the natural system, to overlook our own
dependency & interconnectedness. This mistaken belief leads us
to see nature, and each other, as something we can dominate, with
disastrous consequences for the life system and our own well being.
Thus it gradually
dawns on us that we live in crisis, that we are despoiling the very
system that nourishes us by our voracious consumption habits and by our
increasing numbers. The need for an alternative, sustainable
economic/social set of relationships leads us to reexamine our basic
values and to begin to envision new ones.
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