John Stewart of “Evolution’s Arrow” fame has published his manifesto that clearly and succinctly presents evolution as the guiding force behind any real hope that our species has of navigating through the difficult waters of our contemporary existence. It is, quite simply, brilliant, and worthy of attention.

This short book is helping to promote a significant evolutionary shift in which increasing numbers of individuals are seeing themselves as having a conscious role in the future evolution of life on earth. The Manifesto demonstrates the potential of the worldview to provide meaning and purpose for human existence, and uses it to identify the actions that we need to take if humanity is to fulfill its potential to contribute positively to the future evolution of life in the universe. I can’t help wanting to spread this powerful little booklet around as widely as possible.

You can download “The Evolutionary Manifesto” as a .pdf by right-clicking HERE and choosing “save target as” or “save link as”.

Go forth and be inspired!
Peace,
Eric

“The Secret Teachings of Plants”, subtitled “The intelligence of the heart in the direct perception of nature” by Stephen Harrod Buhner is a powerful and thorough work that guides the reader through a comprehensive perspective shift regarding our hearts. The book methodically walks one through a process that allows for a conscious shift in the seat of perception from the mind to the heart, and this opens the doorway towards re-aligning the methods that we perceive the world we live in to the organic whole body coherence perception that is our evolutionary birthright.

I found it particularly interesting that while our minds are primarily concerned with linear and analytical constructs that inherently separate the perceiver from the perceived, heart based perception is fractal or non-linear in nature (just like nature), and has the ability to immerse one’s perceptions within a truly interactive and dynamic communication. This does not in any way diminish the benefits or worth of linear conceptual thinking, it just changes the priority it is given so that our interactions with our perceptions are based in a more integral manner, one that is coherent with the very fabric of creation itself.

From the book: “Still, there is great power in the world around us. It has not disappeared just because we no longer notice it. Redeveloping the capacity for heart-centered cognition can help each of us reclaim personal perception of the living and sacred intelligence within the world, within each particular thing. It moves us from a rational orientation in a dead, mechanized universe to one in which the unique perceptions of the heart are noticed and strengthened, to a deep experience of the living soulfulness of the world. As the process continues to deepen, it strengthens our spiritual sensitivity and, in the process, helps us gain a deeper understanding of our own sacredness. The use of the heart as an organ of perception and communication, to weave us once again inextricably into the life web of the Earth, to gather knowledge from the heart of the world, and to help us live a whole and fulfilled life, to become who we are meant to be, is what the rest of this book is about.”

Moving forward in the re-enchantment of the world,
Eric

There is a rapidly spreading awareness regarding the importance of the stories that we choose to tell each other, and just how important they are as a functional glue to our communities, locally, and the ever emerging global sustainable one. As further evidence of this conscious cultural trend in awakening, there are a growing number of groups, organizations, and consulting firms intended to help facilitate the cooperative alignment and overall integrity of our evolving communities.

One that leaps out in particular is an outfit called New Stories based in Spokane Washington, USA. Because of it’s forthright alignment with the specific role of stories and how essentially important they are in the creation of conscious community, we applaud their efforts and hope to see them regarded as a role model. Then again, in our book, anyone who aligns with and quotes from Thomas Berry is quite alright and is most definitely on the right path!

The bottom line, the clearer our vision, the more likely it will come to pass. So what are you dreaming of today?