Nature
Our world is changing rapidly and the challenges are bigger than ever. We know that. And we also know that we have to change too, that with changing circumstances we need to make other choices and behave differently in the outer world. What I want to explore in this post is the changes we will need in our inner world to meet the challenges we face. How do our values and consciousness need to develope now, in this time? Many writers are looking into this subject, focusing on our relationship with nature. Important thinkers are James Lovelock with the perspective on the earth as a living consciousness, Gaia, and Arne Næss and his depth ecology. Some newer examples: The mystic and professor Peter Kingsley says in his book Catafalque that western culture is dead, because we have failed to acknowledge the sacred roots of our existence. Kingsley sees the sacred as our connection with and dependence of nature and the flow of life, which imply the humble insight that we are not in control of