![]() ![]() ![]() Nothing in the universe is untouched by it. Bruce SanguinĮvolution is the mechanism for all forward movement in this universe. And so evolutionary spirituality says that, for lack of a better word, God is implicate, intrinsic to that evolutionary push.” ~ Rev. The great mystery is living and wanting to transcend itself through us toward greater expressions of beauty, truth and goodness. This is true on the cosmological large-scale structure of the universe. “It’s a recognition that reality as we know it is being animated by an evolutionary current. Our spiritual practices can equip us to master this transformation and to thrive as we move through the turbulence, even as others resist it and push back against forces which are ultimately irresistible. Learning to match our heartbeats to this faster and more complex pace is our current calling, perhaps leading to new evolutionary breakthroughs. The increasingly rapid rate of change which is unfolding now is human-driven (what else is speeding up? – not the rest of Nature) and seems to have the largely unconscious purpose of increasing the speed of our development toward greater capacities for complexity and healing. Those who depend on a static world where traditional practices or intellectual analysis will solve our problems are being left behind. The heart described by Kierkegaard is the wisdom and love of the intuitive self coming to the fore and being available to us as a default aspect of ourselves. The turbulence of the world is both being generated by the human need to evolve and being distorted by the presence of so few who are READY to evolve. The reality of this inner evolutionary response to the changing outer environment is a dance as the inner and outer seek to merge. Evolution is the action of the soul’s longing to move forward with the expression of life. “Being too busy has this result: that an individual very, very rarely is permitted to form a heart on the other hand, the thinker, the poet, or the religious personality who actually has formed his heart, will never be popular, not because he is difficult, but because it demands quiet and prolonged working with oneself and intimate knowledge of oneself as well as a certain isolation.” ~ Søren KierkegaardĪnd there is more happening – we are being driven from WITHIN as well. Our calendars are full, we have lots of possessions to buy and maintain, then to get rid of, and there are many social and work demands on us all the time. While our attention and intention are needed to help us to move through these times successfully and to contribute to the greater good, many of us are too busy to do that effectively. There are a million things to do! The other is that we and our societies are going through seismic shifts, from what we were to what we are to be next, and this transitional period is very turbulent, chaotic, and disruptive. We westerners have two significant challenges today – one is that we are too busy. Unless you’re too busy, then you should sit for an hour.” ~ Zen Saying ![]() “You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day. ![]()
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