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? Our primary focus has been our personal development. Then there are many of us who unwittingly derive our meaning from the devices of technology. History has much to teach us, so here is a broad brush sweep from a human development perspective. 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 an aliveness within individuals as exemplified by our great wisdom teachers such, 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. Then the Middle Ages (or Medieval period 500 -1453) was a time when Western Civilization was ruled predominately by the Church, and the law of God as interpreted by Kings, Queens and Priests. Then the Renaissance broke through to move into us into the Modern Era, which was largely characterized by the spread of intellectual ideas which marks the beginnings our separation from the Church,and the advance of science. 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 that the Earth revolved around the Sun, not the other way around! Living in those times is hard for us to imagine but it is important to get where we came from and what cultural norms and traditions are still deeply rooted in our genes. All this is to say that there is a deeper issue that is percolating as a result of technological advancements. We are on the precipice of another major leap in human development. 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? It's not easy to see beyond our perceptions, which is why many of us practice meditation. Once you get even a glimpse of what a 'clear" mind is like you understand how clogged up we with deep oceans of worries and concerns and preconceived perceptions. It is
like we are programed, not only by our own experiences but culture as well. If you have the 'change-agent' gene in you than it is important to be aware of the fundamental ways in which we are staying stuck by our fixed perceptions.
Now, more than ever we need to go inside to our own interiority to rediscover our natural capacities 'prior to' our conditioning. When we touch into the very source of our being there is an unmistakable wellspring of limitless pure 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 this wellspring ... when we 'let go' of who we "think" we are. Letting go can sound scary if you have not touched into the depths that is being referred to here, but well and truly have no fear, though you can be undone, most everyone comes back to "normal" because our culture sustains the status quo so well. Wise people steeped in the knowledge of our great wisdom traditions say that we are going into the 2nd Axial Age, the second wave of humanities spiritual awakening. Yes, we live in very exciting, challenging times. And we may very well be more implicated in what the outcome may be than we dare to imagine.
like we are programed, not only by our own experiences but culture as well. If you have the 'change-agent' gene in you than it is important to be aware of the fundamental ways in which we are staying stuck by our fixed perceptions.
Now, more than ever we need to go inside to our own interiority to rediscover our natural capacities 'prior to' our conditioning. When we touch into the very source of our being there is an unmistakable wellspring of limitless pure 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 this wellspring ... when we 'let go' of who we "think" we are. Letting go can sound scary if you have not touched into the depths that is being referred to here, but well and truly have no fear, though you can be undone, most everyone comes back to "normal" because our culture sustains the status quo so well. Wise people steeped in the knowledge of our great wisdom traditions say that we are going into the 2nd Axial Age, the second wave of humanities spiritual awakening. Yes, we live in very exciting, challenging times. And we may very well be more implicated in what the outcome may be than we dare to imagine.
‘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 our depths of our hearts to one another. One of the ultimate goals for, Circles of Creative Harmony is that through practice, consistency, and much trust we can co-create a greater vision for humanity, a vision forged from a source we are all naturally familiar with, our true nature. Through a 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 of 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 of our technology?
