| “…The unfolding of the universe – biotic, and perhaps abiotic too – appears to be partially beyond natural law. In its place is a ceaseless creativity, with no supernatural creator. If, as a result of this creativity, we cannot know what will happen, then reason, the Enlightenment’s highest human virtue, is an insufficient guide to living our lives. We must use reason, emotion, intuition, all that our evolution has brought us. But that means understanding our full humanity: we need Einstein and Shakespeare in the same room. Yet what is more awesome: to believe that God created everything in six days, or to believe that the biosphere came into being on its own, with no creator, and partially lawlessly? I find the latter proposition so stunning, so worthy of awe and respect, that I am happy to accept this natural creativity in the universe as a reinvention of ‘God’.” Quoted from: “Reinventing the Sacred” by Stuart A. Kauffman. ------------OK, Why is "Direct Spirit" my screen name? I'm not particularly religious but I do believe that all people have a "direct spiritual connection" with the universe--It's woven into the fabric of being a person. Call it a direct connection with "God" or "Creative Force" or whatever. It is a direct and fully-formed connection with the Biosphere as mentioned in the quote above. Anyone can immediately access this direct contact, without complicated strategies, techniques, or philosophies--and it costs nothing. See www.subud.org. |
