Alpha to Omega

I just finished watching season 4 of Mozart in the Jungle and really enjoyed it. Came across this Vanity Fair article regarding it and wanted to share it hoping maybe you might enjoy it too!

The Republican elite allowed themselves to become so greedy for influential power by buying politicians, that they all tried to varying degrees to "buy", I mean support, one of the 17 presidential candidate, and in the end lost with Trump who claims he's self-funded and can't be bought. The main weakness of the Republican Party is that while it built a reputation of being conservative, with family values, really it is run by rich elites for the sole purpose of serving their best interests.  How is it conservative to produce goods and services at the expense of the environment? To wage unconstitutional wars and "expense it" to the middle and lower class, both monetarily through taxes  and with their children's lives, while the rich not only don't pay for it, but actually profit. But that's a tough mission to sell to needed voters since the number of the rich elite isn't enough to win elections–so we define conservative as funda...

I know now what happened that day we met... before I felt real comfort simply being in your presence before I thought you were beautiful with those blue fawn-like eyes before the hard-wiring of evolution kicked-in with its' chemical stew-pot of propagation. Way down, deep inside my heart leapt with joy because it knew you were the one to open my heart. And now it is happening.

Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris, biologist, ecologist, futurist and author, examines why scientists should be skeptical of their assumption that the universe is non-living: "… the fundamental belief in Western science is that this is a non-living universe. No one has ever proved this. I don’t think anyone could prove it. It is an assumption. If I say I want to build a science based on the assumption this is a living universe scientists will say – prove it. But, they don’t have to prove their fundamental assumption that this is a non-living universe. Western science has developed the only culture in history, I think, that has developed the concept of non-life." Dr. Sahtouris also explains how our outdated hierarchical models of biology have given way to holarchical models, and how the same transformation is occurring in many of our social and political systems. Resist the Non-Living Universe Assumption Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris is an evolution biologist, futurist, author, an...

by Brian Swimme, Ph. D.M In the Merck Family Fund’s Yearning for Balance national survey, 86 percent of people agreed or strongly agreed that "today’s youth are too focused on buying and consuming things." This is a touchstone issue for children and the future. The following book excerpt deals with how children today discover what it means to be human. How are we initiated into the universe? To answer we need to reflect on what our children experience over and over again, at night, in a setting similar to those children in the past who gathered in the caves and listened to the chant of the elders. If we think in terms of pure quantities of time the answer is immediate: the cave has been replaced with the television room and the chant with the advertisement. One could say that the chant has been replaced with the television show, but at the core of each show, driving the action, and determining whether or not the show will survive the season, is the advertisement. ...

In  Mastery by George Leonard ,  the author describes 5 keys to long-term success and fulfillment as: Instruction Practice Surrender Intentionality The Edge – Push the envelope and Mastery is: The process where what was difficult becomes both easier and more pleasurable Long-term dedication to the journey – not the bottom line Gaining mental discipline to travel further on your journey Being goalless Realizing that the pleasure of practice is intensified Creating deep roots Knowing that you will never reach a final destination Being diligent with the process of mastery Your commitment to hone your skills After you have reached the top of the mountain, climb another one Being willing to practice, even when you seem to be getting no where Making this a life process Being patient, while you apply long-term efforts Appreciating and even enjoying the plateau, as much as you do the progress Practicing for the sake of practice Winning graciously, and l...

When I was in college and Alan Watts was hot, I thought enlightenment was a sudden flash. Bang–Nirvana–I'm now an enlightened being. That's like thinking God literally created the universe and then rested in seven 24-hour days. Enlightenment is more like the creation: it can start with a big bang of insight, an epiphany, but it is a progressive, constantly evolving process of awareness. The creator is reflected in creation. We reflect the creator and recapitulate creation in our own lives–we start with a big bang and evolve over time. Time magazine arranged a debate [ 9/30/2006 ] between the scientist Richard Dawkins, author of the recent book, The God Delusion , and Francis Collins, a Christian biologist. In the very last sentence in the debate, Dawkins, a self-proclaimed atheist, states: If there is a God, it's going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything any theologian has ever proposed. I think this statement stirs t...