The Living Universe (28 page)

Fuller, Buckminster, process of ephemeralization,
173

future

retrofitting for a sustainable,
177

visualizing the,
2
–3,
161
,
180

galaxies

engineering,
28

the Milky Way,
35
–37,
216

Gandhi, Mahatma

essence of Hinduism,
70

principle of simple living,
175
–176

Gautama, Siddartha, founder of Buddhism,
71

gender discrimination, healing the wounds of,
168

genocide, healing the wounds of,
168

geometry, dimensional,
27
–28

giants, humans in the cosmic scale,
20
–21

gifts, “near” vs. “true,”
184
–185

God, Judeo-Christian view of,
61

golden mean, simple lifestyle of the,
172
–176

Govinda, Lama, writings of Tibetan Buddhist teacher,
72

Gribbin, John, black holes,
53

Haisch, Bernhard, quantum light,
98

Hanh, Thich Nhat, on “near gifts” and “true gifts,”
184
–185

harmony

flow consciousness,
154

living in greater,
142

Harvey, Andrew, Divine Light,
101

Hegel, Georg, relationship between spirit and matter,
78
–79

Heraclitus, philosophical teachings of,
78

Hinduism

bhakti
(sacred love),
107

cosmology views,
87
–88

the Golden Rule of,
145

view of the universe,
68
–70

home, our place in the cosmos,
185
–186

Homo sapiens sapiens

human consciousness,
43

potential for double knowing,
124

housing, the “eco-home,”
178

Humanity's Central Project, a simple visualization of,
125

humans, position in the cosmic scale of existence,
20
,
21
–22

Hume, David, evolution of our universe,
54

identity

ego development,
137
–138

exploring our cosmic,
96

our soulful,
94
–96

Indigenous (tribal) peoples

connecting with the spirit through music,
104

view of the universe,
75
–77

infrastructure, retrofitting the existing urban,
179

initiation, time of,
138
–142

injustices

reconciling,
168

using technology to expose,
170

inquiry, authentic conversations,
166

insight, magnitude of mystery of existence,
118

interactions, personal,
3

Internet, world events reported over the,
181

introspection, who are we,
3

intuitions, psychic functioning,
95
–96

Islam

celebrating
Ishq
(love of God),
106

the Golden Rule of,
145

Light of Lights,
100

music in,
103
–104

occasionalism,
66
–67,
212

view of the universe,
66
–68

wisdom traditions from the Koran,
66
–68,
86

Jain, the Golden Rule of,
146

James, William, religion and acceptance of the universe,
59

Jaspers, Karl, the
axial age,
144

Jeans, Sir James

non-locality,
37

origin of material objects,
39

Jesus

the Last Supper ritual,
211
–212

light in the teachings of,
98
–99

mysteries of Light,
215

regarding our place in eternity,
111

teachings of “agape,”
106

teachings of the living,
64
–65

on The Kingdom of God,
108
–109

journey

the Hero's,
132
–135

home,
19
–20

Humanity's heroic,
133

Humanity's return,
142
–143

our evolutionary,
26

of the separation of humanity,
135
–138

Judaism

the Golden Rule of,
145

view of the universe,
61
–65

See also
Kabbalah

Julian of Norwich, love from the beginning,
106

Kabbalah, teaching of divine light,
100

Kabir

becoming “a servant for life,”
142

self-awareness before death,
112

“Sound,”
103
–104

Kalahari Bushmen, Dreamtime,
77

King, Martin Luther, Jr., exposing injustice,
170

knowing, intuitive,
48
–49

Koran
(Quran),
teachings of Muhammad,
66
–68,
86

Kornfield, Jack, love and awareness,
107
–108

Koyukon Indians (Alaska), central beliefs,
77

Lakota (middle western U.S.), view of the universe,
76

Lanbkavatara Sutra,
Zen wisdom traditions,
88

language, animal use of,
46

Last Supper, ritual of the,
211
–212

Laszlo, Ervin, reality of the quantum vacuum,
85

Law of Progressive Simplification
(Toynbee),
173

Lawrence, D.H., on the first axial age,
144

life

compassion for life,
167

connection between mindfulness and concentration,
150

necessary relationships for existence of,
27

life force, foundation of existence,
117
–119

life forms, alien,
215
–216

lifestyles

changing to earth-friendly,
176

of simplicity,
172
–176

light, nature of,
98
–102

Linssen, Robert, a skilled meditator's view of the world,
73

living, sustainable,
175
,
178

Living One, recognizing the,
111

location, where are we,
2

logic, whole systems of a “living universe,”
55

love

and awareness,
105
–108

impact and enduring power of,
170
–172

Luthr Standing Bear, Lakota teachings,
76

Majarj, Sri Nisargadatta, your existence in the universe,
69

mass media, the collective mirror of,
179
–184

Master Universe.
See
Mother Universe

matter

dark,
22
–24,
202

designing,
28

maturity, testing our,
143

meditation

Buddhist,
72
–73

experiencing flow,
108

feedback and,
48
–49

practicing intense,
5

meditations

on becoming beings of light,
194

on building a universe,
190

with conscious aliveness,
192
–193

on knowing,
194

on living in harmony with others,
194

looking into space,
191
–192

on love,
194

on our invisible self,
191

practing flow consciousness,
193

reality surfing,
193

with reflective consciousness,
192

visualizing ourselves as giants,
190
–191

Merton, Thomas, impact of life events on the soul,
113

Meta-Universe.
See
Mother Universe

mindfulness, balance between concentration and,
150

mindsets, evolving,
6
–7

miracles, American Indian lore's three,
19

mirror

of consciousness,
148

mass media as an effective social,
179
–184

Mitchell, Edgar, observing the entire universe from space,
11

mold, slime,
44
–45

molecules, primary perception of,
44

Mother Universe

description of God,
86

existence of a,
54

key attributes of,
89
–90

superspace,
85

movements, retrofitting for a sustainable future,
177

Muhammad, teachings of,
66
–68

Muir, John, nature's peace,
10

Multiverse.
See
Mother Universe

music, body of,
102
–105

Muslims, teachings of Muhammad in the Koran,
66

Nag Hammadi, ancient texts,
64
–65

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), SRI psychic research project,
6

Native Americans, the Golden Rule of,
146

nature

consciously reconnecting with,
134
–135

self-organizing system's paradoxical,
112

the torus found throughout,
121

Navajo, view of the universe,
76

Nimay, Mikhail,
Book of Mirdad
166
–167

non-locality, instant communication,
36
–37

Norbu, Namkhai, Tibetan Buddhist teacher,
72

occasionalism,
continuous rebirth of the universe,
66
–67

Ohlones (San Francisco to Monterey Bay), view of the universe,
76

OM,
“sound body,”
104
–105

opportunity, narrowing the economic disparities between wealth and,
168
–169

origins, birth of the universe,
83
–84

Palamas, Gregory, absorbing the wisdom within light,
99

panentheism,
contemporary Western philosophy of,
79
–80

paradigms

changing,
7

Newtonian vs. quantum physics,
52
–53

perception of a dead universe,
7
–8

replacing consumerism with ephemeralism,
174

particles, communication between subatomic,
36
–37

patterns, dynamic stability of the
torus,
120

perception

extrasensory,
26

primary,
43

perspective

the big picture,
134

of a living universe,
211
–212

our relationship with the universe,
14
–15

See also
paradigms

Planck distance, cosmic scale of human existence,
21

Planck length, measure of,
202

Planck, Max, on consciousness,
43
–44

plants, communication between,
45
,
209

Plato

living by the golden mean,
172

on music and the universe,
104
–105

pleasure, consumerism vs. relationships,
13
–14

Plotinus

philosophical teachings of,
78

the universe,
117

poets, early Persian,
67
–68

Pope John Paul II,
creatio continua,
65

potentials, remote viewing and sending,
47

“power of now,” view of the universe,
81

Prabhasvara,
clear light,
100
–101

Prince Ashoka, compassionate rule of,
171
–172

principle, the quantum,
37

progress, relationship between simplicity and,
173

psychokinesis,
experiments with,
49
–50

Puthoff, Harold and Russell Targ, psychic research experiments at SRI,
48

Pythagoras

the
cosmos,
10

the human race,
159

Quakers (Society of Friends), idea of inner light,
99
–100

quantum theory,
41
–42

quantum vacuum, reality of the,
85

questions.
See
conversations

racism, healing the wounds of,
168

Radin, Dean

psi research analysis,
26

remote viewing,
47

reality

fabric of,
42

surfing,
153

reconciliation

with future generations,
169

the process of,
168

regeneration, continuous,
29
,
39

relationships, fundamental wisdom,
146
–147

religions

during the
axial ages,
144
–147

reconciliation of the world's,
168

reproduction, black holes,
53
–54

research, psychic,
48

revolution

the agricultural,
137
–138

the industrial,
78
–79,
137
–138

rituals, the Last Supper,
211
–212

Rumi

on light,
100

poetry of,
107

Sufi leader and Persian poet of the thirteenth century,
67

view of Mother Universe,
88

Sagan, Carl, view of our universe,
84

scale

our place in the cosmic,
25

Planck,
21
–22

videos on the powers of “ten,”
217

Schelling, Friedrich, philosophical teachings of,
78