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Journey of the Universe ~ DVD & Book release

Biophile — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:19:40 +0000

The long awaited and much anticipated release of Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker’s collaboration to tell the Universe Story in an appealing and accessible manner has arrived. This is an exciting project, comprehensive in scope, and it has every appearance of having been produced in the highest quality possible. As the heirs apparent of of the late Thomas Berry, geologian and evolutionary philosopher, Swimme and Tucker are masterfully continuing down the path of presenting the emerging mythology of creation as digestible story. I suspect Thomas Berry would have been proud of their effort.

Their book was released within the last couple of weeks while the DVD is slated for release towards the end of July 2011. Unfortunately it does not appear that the film is slated for any sort of regular release, and one can hope that it will make the art house and film festival rounds. It certainly deserves a wider audience, and will stimulate a long overdue conversation about our role within the universe.

Journey of the Universe, the book, the DVD, the website, all dedicated to advancing the awareness of the story that we all share at the heart of our being. Pass it along. Engage in the conversation. Evolve Consciously. All of the passions and joys underlying this project, shared in a gorgeous manner by two of the leading proponents of telling our story at the forefront of planetary evolution.

Watch the trailer:

Visit their website: Journey of the Universe

Facebook Community: Journey of the Universe on Facebook

All the best,
Eric

Science of the Heart

Biophile — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:17:59 +0000

Researchers are increasingly becoming aware that the heart is vastly more than a pump, that it is in fact full of neurons and generates a powerful electromagnetic field. I often think of the quote “Be the change you want to see in the world” from Gandhi when I think of human-earth relations, because what we forge within our hearts becomes the basis for how we interact with the world. Along those lines I offer this one minute short from the folks at the Institute of Noetic Sciences about heart science.

This is a beautiful example of just how powerfully our hearts influence our interactions with everything. One of my favorite Thomas Berry quotes also comes to mind ~ “Peace with each other through peace with the earth”, meaning that unless we are able to perceive, appreciate, and inhabit a place of peace within ourselves towards the earth that our chances of establishing peaceful relations within human communities are pretty slim. Of course it all starts within…

Always love,
Eric

The Charter for Compassion

Biophile — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:09:31 +0000

Originally envisioned by Karen Armstrong as her wish for winning the 2008 TED prize, The Charter for Compassion is a gorgeous example of “a cooperative effort to restore not only compassionate thinking but, more importantly, compassionate action to the center of religious, moral and political life”. (quote from their website) I fell in love with the initiative as it seems that any energy that nurtures such purposeful expression of higher ideals is worthy of note.

If there is any one activity purposefully engaged in that has the power to help heal and transform our world into the one envisioned when Thomas Berry spoke about mutually enhancing relationships, compassion must be it.

Peace to you and yours,
Eric