The Living Universe - Duane Elgin [88]
al-Arabi, Ibn, the Beloved, 106
Al-Ghazali, Islamic theologian, 66–67
aliveness, consciousness, 119
Almaas, A.H., modern day Sufi teacher, 68
American Indians, lore of the three miracles, 19
amoeba, rudimentary consciousness of, 45
animals, elements of human-like consciousness in, 45–46
Arabi, Ibn, thirteenth century Islamic leader, 67
Aristotle, living by the golden mean, 172
atheism, vs. theism, 201
Atman, Hindu cosmic spirit, 68–69
attitude, indifferent or welcoming, 12
Aurobindo, Sri, Hindu philosopher on the substance of the universe, 70
awakening
co-creating our story of, 160–166
compassionate understanding, 127
completeing our journey of, 186
enlightenment, 113
flow consciousness, 153–155
into the living universe, 147–149
oceanic consicousness, 151–153
our collective, 140–142
reflective consciousness, 149–151
society’s journey of, 131
the three major stages of, 149
Awakening Earth (Elgin), 6, 29
awareness
scope of our conscious, 95
self-recognition, 113
Beethoven, Ludwig von, on music, 104
Bergson, Henri, elan vital life force, 79
Berry, Thomas
bearing the universe, 83
communion and community, 1
Bhagavad-Gita, Hindu view of the universe, 69
Bible
references to the creation of the universe, 61–65
the Word, 103
Big Bang, theory of the, 24–25, 27
biophilia, connection between humans and other life forms, 10
black holes
doorway or wormhole into a new universe, 86
reproduction, 53–54
Blackmore, Susan, living in a dead universe, 7–8
Bohm, David
calculating energy in empty space, 38–39
continuous creation, 42
description of matter, 98
theory of non-locality, 36–37
Book of Mirdad (Nimay), 166–167
Born, Max, the living universe theory, 40–41
Brahman, Hindu supreme cosmic spirit, 68
Brahman, “sound body” of OM, 104–105
Bruno, Giordano, philosophical teachings of, 78
Buddhism
clear light, 100–101
core practice of metta (lovingkindness), 108
encouraging a lifestyle of simplicity, 172
existence of a soul, 215
flow of life force within us, 126
the Golden Rule of, 145
interdependent co-arising and co-origination, 71–72
Japanese practice of, 72–73
self recognition, 111
unbounded love, 107–108
view of the universe, 71–73
Campbell, Joseph
Duane Elgin, et al., Changing Images of Man, 5
the hero’s journey, 132
wisdom traditions, 86
Carver, George Washington, wisdom of, 51
catastrophe, the Toba, 135–136
Catholic Church, creatio doctrines, 65
centered, becoming, 72–73
centering, self-organizing systems, 122
Central Project, Humanity’s, 125
Cernan, Gene, the view of earth from the moon, 11
Changing Images of Man (Campbell, Elgin, et al.), 5
ch’i, life energy in Taoism, 74–75
Children of the Light, Quaker view of the universe, 99–100
choice
freedom of, 52
of simplicity, 176
Christianity
foundation of love, 106
the Golden Rule of, 145
view of the universe, 61–65
wisdom of simplicity, 172
CIA, psi research, 48
circles, conversation, 195
cities, creating “eco-cities,” 178
civilization, creating a sustainable world, 141–142
clear light, practice of the, 101–102
climate, disruption, 139–140
co-arising, Buddhist teaching of interdependent co-origination and, 71–72
common sense, finding, 141–142
communication
between plants, 45, 209
instant non-locality, 36–37
single cell creatures, 44
using the power of electronic, 182
communion, era of spiritual, 147
community
the “eco-village,” 177
new levels of, 176–179
self-organizing systems, 123
concentration, balance between mindfulness and, 150
conflict, facing, 13
Confucianism
the Golden Rule of, 145
view of the universe, 74–75
connections
biophilia, 10
cosmic, 3
cosmophilia, 10
intuitive, 25–26
with a living universe, 12
new level of, 9–10
with other living things, 14
connectivity, nonlocal, 108–109
consciousness
aliveness, 119
cosmic, 108
the deep ecology of, 167–168
feeling, 137
from reflection to communion, 149
Humanity’s Central Project, 125
Kabbalah view of light as the carrier of, 100
level basic to life, 43
the mirror of, 148
properties of, 46–47
on the quantum level,