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NEW: A New Light
by LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE
Unpublished: Only available online
At the core of creation something is changing, coming
alive in a new way. A light at the center of the world that has for
millennia been dormant has been rekindled. This is the light of life
itself waking up, remembering its own real nature and divine purpose.
And with this awakening, the living being that is our world is undergoing
a transformation in its very essence. The awakening of the light at
the center of the world carries the potential for a whole new revelation,
the possibility of a new way of living and being and relating to one
another and to life. At this moment, we stand on the edge of a new
stage in the evolution of life and consciousness, a new paradigm for
the world... (Full
Article)
NEW: Nature, Theophany, and the Rehabilitation
of Consciousness
by DAVID CATHERINE
©2007 ÛFÛDÛ Medicinal Arts, David Catherine
Having worked in environmental support and observed the wanton
destruction of nature and its associated ecosytems (intricate feed-back
systems integral to human survival on earth), I am undoubtedly concerned
as to the future of all things natural on this planet. However, I am
equally concerned about human perception, the paradigms or technologies
that shape our perception, and the degree to which this perception
impinges upon the outer world. Like many others I have come to realize
that an ecologically "sustainable" future cannot be achieved
merely through Environmental Law, Protected-Area Management and the
rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems. Parallel to these undeniably
important and laudable disciplines, it is essential that we move towards
an understanding and rehabilitation of consciousness...
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NEW: Invoking The World Soul
Transcription of a talk by LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE
Seattle, Washington, May 18 - 2007
What I want to talk about this evening is the anima mundi -- the
soul of the world. And actually I don’t want to just talk
about the anima mundi, I want to see if we can invoke Her
presence -- this living spirit of creation... (Full
Article)
NEW: Oneness: The Nature of Global Civilization
How can the divine Oneness be seen?
In beautiful forms, breathtaking wonders,
awe-inspiring miracles?
The Tao is not obliged to present itself
in this way.
If you are willing to be lived by it, you will
see it everywhere, even in the most
ordinary things.
-Lao Tsu
by LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE
Published in Kosmos Magazine 2005
Oneness is very simple; everything is included.
Every leaf, every laugh, every tear, every child playing, every soldier
weary of fighting, is part of the oneness of the world. Nothing can
be excluded. Nothing is separate. Every thought, every dream, is
connected to every other thought and dream. To exclude anything is
to exclude everything... (Full
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The Awakening of the World
Now bless thyself: thou met’st with things dying,
I with things new-born.
-Shakespeare The Winter’s Tale
May we be those who shall renew this existence.
-Zarathustra
by LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE
At this time of transition when one era is dying and another is
being born, we have a choice: we can stay with the images of the past,
the ghosts of materialism that have polluted and desecrated our planet.
Or we can move into a future that is not yet defined, that is full of
possibilities. There are already signs of this future, some visible and
some as yet hidden. We can see the seeds of a global consciousness...
(Full Article)
The Loss of the World Soul and its Return
You could not discover the boundaries of the soul,
even if you travelled by every path in order to do so, so deep a measure does it have.
-Heraclitus
My heart is longing for a lost knowledge, slipped down out of the minds of men.
-from the Sanscrit poem Black Marigolds, Chaura-panchasika, 1st century ce
by ANNE BARING
Once upon a time, in a past so distant that we
have no memory of it, the invisible and visible dimensions of life were
imagined and instinctively experienced as a sacred unity. In the great
civilisations of the Bronze Age (c.3000 bce), particularly those of
Egypt, India and China, the whole cosmos was envisioned as a living
being and the manifest world was seen as an epiphany or showing forth
of an unseen source which breathed it into being, animating and sustaining
it: the air itself was experienced as the invisible presence of that
world - an “awesome mystery joining the human and extrahuman worlds.”(1)
Just as the stars emerged each night from the darkness of the night
sky, so the visible universe was born from the dark mystery of the invisible.
Everything - plants, trees, animals and birds as well as moon, sun and
stars - was infused with divinity because each and all were part of
a living, breathing web of life... (Full
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Serving the One
by ADYASHANTI
Only in our love of Truth does the heart break open, and we finally
stop asking, “How can I hold onto this Truth? How can I maintain
this realization?” We don’t look at it that way anymore. We
only look at it as “How can I serve this realization?” There’s
no more interest in holding on, finding safety or satisfaction.... (Full
Article)
Women Working With Oneness:
Turning Our Attention to Embrace All of Life
by ANNE SCOTT
Women Working with Oneness: A forum for women in
service to life, was held in San Rafael, California, in Fall 2004. It
drew together women from different spiritual, professional, cultural,
and ethnic communities.The second gathering in early spring 2005, allowed
for more intimacy because of its smaller venue. The third event brings
together Blackfoot, Sufi and Buddhist women. In all events, it was demonstrated
that when women come together from different communities for the sake
of the world, the pure current of love and oneness is given. (Full
Article)
Simple Answers
Mystics teach simple things,
And those simple things change people's lives.
- Irina Tweedie
by LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE
We are coming to the end of one era, and stand at the dawn of
a new age. When one era ends and another begins, power is generated
to bring the new era into being. This power is needed to help dissolve
the images and structures of the past, to destroy what is old and help
the new to be born. (Full Article)
Awakening to Oneness
For those who are awake the cosmos is one.
- Heraclitus
by LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE
The breath belongs to the esoteric core of much spiritual work
and the processes of inner transformation. Just as breathing is fundamental
to many forms of life, breath and the awareness of the breath is central
to many spiritual practices, whether it is the simple meditation practice
of watching your breath, or repeating a mantra or dhikr. (Full
Article)
We Live in a Living Universe
by DUANE ELGIN
Humanity's Fourth Awakening
In the previous chapter, we considered powerful adversity trends that
are pushing humanity toward an evolutionary crash. In the next four
chapters, we turn to consider equally powerful opportunity trends that
are pulling us toward a positive future -- an evolutionary bounce.
The
first opportunity trend that could transform our impending crash into
a spectacular bounce is a shift in our shared view of the universe --
from thinking of it as dead to experiencing it as alive. In regarding
the universe as alive and ourselves as continuously sustained within that
aliveness, we see that we are intimately related to everything that exists.
(Full Article)
Creating a Human Web of Light
by SANDRA INGERMAN
When I was researching different spiritual teachings
for Medicine for the Earth I found the underlying principle of esoteric
beliefs is that all life is made of light. As human beings with egos we
often forget our true nature and we over identify with our personalities
and bodies. We are light in bodies. (Article
Excerpt)
The Role of Spirituality in the Healing of the World Community
Given by BARBARA SARGENT of Kalliopeia Foundation
What came to me to say, in part, has been said by many beautiful voices over the past few days. However, what came to me is a different way in, a different approach, to what has been spoken before, so I hope it will be helpful. (Full Article)
Spiritual Responsibility at a Time of Global Crisis
We are members of one another.
Ephesians, 4.25
by LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE
What is our responsibility at this time of global crisis? Many of us are only too aware of the precarious state of the world. We see and feel the tensions of terrorism, the plight of global poverty and hunger, and the ecological crisis that threatens our survival as a species. Any life form that knowingly destroys its own ecosystem is dangerously imbalanced. Our western focus on materialism and the power of greed is spreading over the planet, destroying its resources, polluting both the inner and outer worlds, desecrating the sacred that gives meaning to our lives. (Full Article)
Black Elk and the Vice President
It is really all about oneness
Given by PAIGE CHURCHMAN, VP, Citigroup Private Bank
October 5, 2002
The Global Peace Initiative of Women Religious and Spiritual Leaders
My company Citigroup does many positive things for the world, and we do them in more than 100 countries. We do microlending, we finance affordable housing and special needs facilities, we support NGOs and nonprofits, small business development and savings incentive programs. We have a whole department dedicated to the environment and one to the diversity of our staff. And we have a couple of socially responsible funds for our clients to invest in.
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Working with Oneness
The Contribution of the Feminine
This is an excerpt from the final chapter of the book,
"Working with Oneness" by LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE
Life is an interconnected whole, and the energy of life flows through the web of connections that link part to part. Human beings can work with this energy, to help it flow freely on all levels and to reach every part of the whole. Now, at this time of transition as we move out of one stage in our evolution and into the next, we are being asked to do this-to work consciously with the energy that flows through the web of connections, so that the oneness of life can shape the consciousness of the next age. (Full Article)
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