I found my eyes opened, along with my mind, by an intriguing book, The View from the Center of the Universe, by Joel R. Primack, a distinguished physicist at the University of California Santa Cruz, and his wife, Nancy Ellen Abrams, an excellent writer. There have been a spate of books extending our concept of the universe and how human beings fit into it. In an earlier post I listed some of the most exciting concepts that are potentially revolutionizing cosmology, among them, that we live in a conscious universe, that the universe is a living thing, and that evolution drives the cosmos. Primack and Abrams continue to explore such ideas in their newest book The New Universe and the Human Future.
What Does It Mean To Be Spiritual
Since beginning to post, here and elsewhere, I’ve received feedback that focuses on the same issue: How can it be spiritual to engage in rough-and-tumble topics like politics, world affairs, international disputes, and so on? There’s a range of emotions behind this implied criticism, sometimes bewildered, sometimes stingily harsh. Usually I hold my tongue, because there are enough spiritual posts, in the conventional sense, to counterbalance the others. Yet that doesn’t seem to be enough. (more…)
