Is it too late or possible to change the future? The evolutionary development of our Universal community has taken 14 billion years with the Earth community now almost 5 billion years in the making. The evolutionary development of our own species has taken place over the past 650 million years. These are all undeniable facts uncovered by our advanced scientific knowledge base. Yes, science has made unbelievable contributions to our understanding of the evolutionary development of our magnificent story of life today but, our ability to adequately understand and appreciate this orderliness and complexity of the creation story is still lacking. My intense interest, along with my experience in the science of forestry has provided the incentive to study the works of scholars in theology, biology, geography and history. It is obvious the majestic story of creation is a designed evolutionary process, not some accidental occurrence! What is also obvious, is the adverse impact our industrial era has had on the natural world we depend upon for the continuation of our life systems. The past 200 years has changed our cultural relationship with the Earth community, resulting in our human expectation that life, Earth and the Universe should function as we want, not as it has functioned for the past 14 billion years.
If change is to occur, the first thing that must take place is an acceptance of the need to rekindle our intimate respect past cultures have had for the sacredness of the Universal community, Earth community and Human community. Todays focus on the individual success and greed at the expense of the community needs, will have to change. Corporate and economic communities are unable to make these major adjustments, thus our religious institutions must play a strong role in re-establishing our sacred relationships and respect for the magic of creation! Our human technologies must function in an integral relationship with Earths technologies, which requires our religious and secular worlds work together to support a common understanding of the complex story of creation and our connection to the natural world.
Our future does not rest on new and better science but, re-tracing the footsteps of our ancestors and other cultures, who understood the reverence of the natural world and our human dependence upon that world!
What is next?
If change is to occur, the first thing that must take place is an acceptance of the need to rekindle our intimate respect past cultures have had for the sacredness of the Universal community, Earth community and Human community. Todays focus on the individual success and greed at the expense of the community needs, will have to change. Corporate and economic communities are unable to make these major adjustments, thus our religious institutions must play a strong role in re-establishing our sacred relationships and respect for the magic of creation! Our human technologies must function in an integral relationship with Earths technologies, which requires our religious and secular worlds work together to support a common understanding of the complex story of creation and our connection to the natural world.
Our future does not rest on new and better science but, re-tracing the footsteps of our ancestors and other cultures, who understood the reverence of the natural world and our human dependence upon that world!
What is next?