Class 2: Context is Everything

So, heres class 2 and heres to the revolution!


During class 2 we discussed how individuals within our culture, in the most part, don't see themselves from an evolutionary perspective.  Our media culture is so fragmented that we struggle to understand that we are actually a part of this process and not just a spectator, that this process is not just here for our own individual amusement or entertainment (although it does both amuse and entertain!).  We saw how this is the cause of so many of the problems we have in the world today.  The evolutionary perspective seems to be the healthiest perspective we could possibly have in our relationship to life.  We can see from this perspective that we really were all there 14 billion years ago, together as one.  And we see how this moment is so unique; we see that we are the universe becoming ever more aware of itself.  My individual enlightenment isn't me becoming more aware of myself, it's literally the universe becoming more aware of itself!  My realisation of this is identical yours as it is to anybody else who discovers this truth, so the universe is slowly becoming more and more aware of its singular self through the many of us.

The industries and institutions that we have built have not come from an evolutionary perspective; if they had they would contribute to the growth of life all around them and become a part of nature.  As they are now they degrade and destroy life so that they can grow.  Now that we have this perspective it seems we are left with the challenge of completely re-organising and re-prioritising both on an individual level and from the wider human family level...  Am I being overdramatic, or on the global level, is a complete re-organisation needed?  Is there a more evolutionary way?  Maybe a combination?  I'm really interested in what a globally enlightened culture would look like.  Obviously most of us would be at at least a worldcentric perspective and would be wonderfully enlightened, but what do you think it would actually look like?  Maybe that's just too much of a massive question to even answer.

I had to stretch myself to understand the video from Andrew Cohen, saying that the world isn't out there but is actually within consciousness.  It reminded me of the ‘if a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound?' riddle (I think that's how it goes anyway?!).  Material reality existed before there was consciousness to perceive it, but it still existed, or have I missed the point?

Looking forward to the next class!