What is the one thing we need most to save humanity?
With our world imperiled to where the possible extinction of humanity is a real subject, the most important thing that could happen would be to adopt a new story of who we are and what we are doing here. If we think we are sinners we create a different world than if we think we are glorious. And how we can come by that understanding is to tune into what’s called the Universe Story. Understanding ourselves as the magnificent creation of a 3.8 billion year process of evolution, from cosmic dust to us, will do the trick, and the way to arrive at that understanding is to tune into its most charismatic, brilliant storyteller, Brian Swimme. You have a chance to do that in two days, when there will be a gala celebration of his most recent book, Cosmogenesis.
Here's the announcement:
Celebrate Brian Swimme's newest book COSMOGENESIS: An Unveiling of the Expanding Universe. Bring your glass of wine, dinner/breakfast/lunch and celebrate with the one and only Brian Swimme. FREE! Thursday, Feb 23, 4 pm PT. Read all about it and scroll down to register.
I go way back with Brian. He has been my inspiration for decades. If you’re a good friend I’ve given you a copy of his 1984 brilliant book, The Universe is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story, that the new book is a companion for.
I recently had a private Zoom with Brian for some of my favorite thought-leaders, hoping it would kick off a sort of think tank where we could go on to think about this world. Here’s an 11-minute clip from that:
For some vintage appreciations I posted years ago: http://www.theconversation.org/archive/swimme.html!
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I will be present. I feel that Brian activate on us that hidden memory in our DNA.
It's not a matter of "seeing into the afterlife," but in recognizing that it exists and is not the humdrum heaven and horrific hell of orthodoxy. It is a deeper existential dive than the one you mention. Once we successfully take that dive, we can better appreciate being human and cherishing the earth. It is difficult to appreciate these things with a nihilistic approach, at least it is for me and most people I know. Thanks for the link. I will check it out later. Meanwhile, you might want to check out the writings of Sir Oliver Lodge and Professors James Hyslop.