We know we are facing some serious challenges. But to make a complex subject quite short, the over arching situation is that our technological development has far exceeded our sociological development. We are predominately more secular, as in non-religious, than other time in our history. Many of us say we are spiritual but not religious, right? And many of us have not found a home a community of like minded souls in which to more fully express our more spiritual dimension. Our primary focus has been our personal development. Then there are many of us who unwittingly derive our meaning from the devices of technology, which includes the immense amount of entertainment available to us. History has much to teach us, so here is a brief broad brush sweep from a human development perspective. It is important to get the big picture to better understand where we are today so that we can more responsibly co-create tomorrow.
The first millennium BC is known as the Axial Age, the era wherein all of our great wisdom traditions were born; Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism and Christianity. It was an era in which the essence of Source, of God, was waking up within individuals as exemplified by our great wisdom teachers such as, Krishna, Buddha, Abraham, and Jesus Christ. In Western culture the first five centuries were largely marked by the rise and establishment of the Christian Church, which once settled and established brought us into the Middle Ages (or Medieval period 500 -1453). During the Middle Ages Western Civilization was predominately ruled by the monarchies and the Church. The cornerstone of Western Civilization as interpreted by Kings, Queens and Priests was indeed the Law of God. The Renaissance, however, began to break us through to the Modern Era, which was largely being characterized by the spread of intellectual ideas of remarkable individuals. Many of these remarkable individuals bravely suffered threats and the actuality of persecution as deemed by the church and monarchies. Never the less the achievement individual intellect advanced science, which includes more than doubling our life expectancy! We have come a long way since the days of Galileo (1564 -1642) who was under house arrest the last years of his life for daring to proclaim the Earth revolved around the Sun. Living in those times is hard for us to imagine but it is important to get where we came from and how traditional cultural norms and traditions are deeply embedded in our DNA. All this is to say ... there is now a much deeper issue that is percolating as a result of the amazing speed with which science and technology are advancing. How do we re-integrate the deeper meaning, of our wisdom traditions alongside all the advancements of science and technology? Are we mature enough as a culture to ethically handle all of these advancements? The fundamental agreement of our current paradigm is that we are separate not only from each other but from reality itself. For millinemum God has been 'out there' and this notion has carried through perhaps somewhat unconsciously to our leaders whom we still are hoping will fix our problems. It is easy for us "regular folk" to feel overwhelmed and disempowered, so we bury ourselves deeper into our comfort caves and distract ourselves with the myriad of entertainment we have a available.
As has happened historically when the pressure of challenges heats up enough it starts precipitating the perfect conditions for radical change. We are now positioned on yet another major turning point in human development, perhaps another Axial Age. Some might believe that this is happening to us, but its just as possible that this shift is happening through us, which begs the question what does that mean? Could we possibly be active agents in the shift that is taking place?
Now, more than ever we need to go inside to our own interiority to rediscover our natural capacities 'prior to' our cultural conditioning. When we touch into the very source of our being there is an unmistakable wellspring of limitless creative potential and goodness, known by many names, but once fully experienced you forever know what the foundational basis of existence ... is. Scientist can not measure Source nor see it through a microscope or telescope yet every human being has the capacity to touch into its wellspring ... when we 'let go' of who we "think" we are we realize ~ we are that and more ... so much more! It is time for more of us to advance our inner technology by increasing our capacity for a much broader spectrum of awareness.
The first millennium BC is known as the Axial Age, the era wherein all of our great wisdom traditions were born; Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism and Christianity. It was an era in which the essence of Source, of God, was waking up within individuals as exemplified by our great wisdom teachers such as, Krishna, Buddha, Abraham, and Jesus Christ. In Western culture the first five centuries were largely marked by the rise and establishment of the Christian Church, which once settled and established brought us into the Middle Ages (or Medieval period 500 -1453). During the Middle Ages Western Civilization was predominately ruled by the monarchies and the Church. The cornerstone of Western Civilization as interpreted by Kings, Queens and Priests was indeed the Law of God. The Renaissance, however, began to break us through to the Modern Era, which was largely being characterized by the spread of intellectual ideas of remarkable individuals. Many of these remarkable individuals bravely suffered threats and the actuality of persecution as deemed by the church and monarchies. Never the less the achievement individual intellect advanced science, which includes more than doubling our life expectancy! We have come a long way since the days of Galileo (1564 -1642) who was under house arrest the last years of his life for daring to proclaim the Earth revolved around the Sun. Living in those times is hard for us to imagine but it is important to get where we came from and how traditional cultural norms and traditions are deeply embedded in our DNA. All this is to say ... there is now a much deeper issue that is percolating as a result of the amazing speed with which science and technology are advancing. How do we re-integrate the deeper meaning, of our wisdom traditions alongside all the advancements of science and technology? Are we mature enough as a culture to ethically handle all of these advancements? The fundamental agreement of our current paradigm is that we are separate not only from each other but from reality itself. For millinemum God has been 'out there' and this notion has carried through perhaps somewhat unconsciously to our leaders whom we still are hoping will fix our problems. It is easy for us "regular folk" to feel overwhelmed and disempowered, so we bury ourselves deeper into our comfort caves and distract ourselves with the myriad of entertainment we have a available.
As has happened historically when the pressure of challenges heats up enough it starts precipitating the perfect conditions for radical change. We are now positioned on yet another major turning point in human development, perhaps another Axial Age. Some might believe that this is happening to us, but its just as possible that this shift is happening through us, which begs the question what does that mean? Could we possibly be active agents in the shift that is taking place?
Now, more than ever we need to go inside to our own interiority to rediscover our natural capacities 'prior to' our cultural conditioning. When we touch into the very source of our being there is an unmistakable wellspring of limitless creative potential and goodness, known by many names, but once fully experienced you forever know what the foundational basis of existence ... is. Scientist can not measure Source nor see it through a microscope or telescope yet every human being has the capacity to touch into its wellspring ... when we 'let go' of who we "think" we are we realize ~ we are that and more ... so much more! It is time for more of us to advance our inner technology by increasing our capacity for a much broader spectrum of awareness.
‘Circles of Creative Harmony’ is dedicated to creating safe places for people, who are interested and willing, in coming together to explore their inner strength and unique wisdom. Are you craving or feeling pulled toward something but you don't quite know exactly what that something is? Perhaps it is the sound of your own heart coming to the forefront of all the confusion and overwhelm in our society? There is a potent transformational quality that happens when we speak slowly and succinctly from the depths of our hearts to one another. One of the ultimate goals for Circles of Creative Harmony is to co-create a greater vision for humanity. Through our higher wisdom we can cultivate a more complex set of values that suites where we are in the twenty-first century. Values can not be enforced upon us. Values are forged in the hearts of people.
"We can not solve our current problems with the same kind of thinking that created them." Einstein
Those of us who have been practitioners of various kinds of intentional circles have noticed that under the right conditions there is an 'extra' aliveness, indeed a loving presence that is readily available. As it says in the scriptures, "Where two or more come together there I shall be." Can anyone actually doubt that we need higher orders of collaboration, greater depths of wisdom, wider vision to heal, to love, to listen, to evolve our sociology ... to the same level if not greater than our technology?
"We can not solve our current problems with the same kind of thinking that created them." Einstein
Those of us who have been practitioners of various kinds of intentional circles have noticed that under the right conditions there is an 'extra' aliveness, indeed a loving presence that is readily available. As it says in the scriptures, "Where two or more come together there I shall be." Can anyone actually doubt that we need higher orders of collaboration, greater depths of wisdom, wider vision to heal, to love, to listen, to evolve our sociology ... to the same level if not greater than our technology?
