Global-mind-shift
Posted on Sep 9th, 2006
by 
Sean
Sean
Via global-mindshift.org
"What is a mind shift and why do we need to make one?
How can we build a better future for all of us? That's the fundamental question of our time. Today we are discovering it will require a global mind shift if we are to provide an answer adequate to our current situation. Take a look at the current presentation. You'll learn why the old ways of dealing with our current situation no longer work. More importantly, you'll discover there is a mind shift taking place today that provides the larger perspective we need to answer the age old questions.
Where am I? Who am I? What am I to do?"
Lezlie and I just watched the first part, step 1, "get a bigger perspective". Pretty enjoyable. Cool art in the background of the video, I found Brian Swimme to be engaging and I definitely learned some things I didn't know. I'm curious about his perspective on evolution though ... he spoke many times of life "inventing" things, like photosynthesis, sex, eyes, etc. My understanding is that the mainstream field of evolutionary science considers this a naive view and that the, perhaps bleaker, reality is that new "features" are basically the result of "what doesn't die". In other words, the giraffe didn't grow a long neck to reach the high leaves, giraffes with short necks all died. The "invent a longer neck" story of course sounds better though and I'm curious if/how it's grounded in some new empirical findings. Maybe I'll pick up his book.
"What is a mind shift and why do we need to make one?
How can we build a better future for all of us? That's the fundamental question of our time. Today we are discovering it will require a global mind shift if we are to provide an answer adequate to our current situation. Take a look at the current presentation. You'll learn why the old ways of dealing with our current situation no longer work. More importantly, you'll discover there is a mind shift taking place today that provides the larger perspective we need to answer the age old questions.
Where am I? Who am I? What am I to do?"
Lezlie and I just watched the first part, step 1, "get a bigger perspective". Pretty enjoyable. Cool art in the background of the video, I found Brian Swimme to be engaging and I definitely learned some things I didn't know. I'm curious about his perspective on evolution though ... he spoke many times of life "inventing" things, like photosynthesis, sex, eyes, etc. My understanding is that the mainstream field of evolutionary science considers this a naive view and that the, perhaps bleaker, reality is that new "features" are basically the result of "what doesn't die". In other words, the giraffe didn't grow a long neck to reach the high leaves, giraffes with short necks all died. The "invent a longer neck" story of course sounds better though and I'm curious if/how it's grounded in some new empirical findings. Maybe I'll pick up his book.
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cosmology
October 2006
Its all down to the Action of assuming RESPONSIBILITY