“What do you see? What do you see when you look up at the sky at night, at the blazing stars against the midnight heavens? What do you see when the dawn breaks over the eastern horizon? What are your thoughts in the fading days of summer as the birds depart on their southward journey, or in the autumn when the leaves turn brown and are blown away? What are your thoughts as you look out over the ocean in the evening? What do you see? "Many earlier peoples saw in these natural phenomena a world … Continue reading
The Great Teaching Work of Thomas Berry
"Throughout his life and writings Thomas Berry was involved in a great work of teaching, one aspect of which was his well-known book, Great Work: Our Way into the Future. "We need new means of cultivating ourselves if we are to live differently on the earth. Developing and telling the new story is one component of establishing such cultivation. But the grand sweep of the longed-for cultivation is found only in cosmology. The universe contains a mystery of presence. Cosmology presents this … Continue reading
The Living Universe by Duane Elgin | Kosmos Journal
"‘Big History’ is the name given to an emerging field of study that describes the evolution from the big bang up to the modern era. This is an enormous span of time—nearly 14 billion years—so it is understandably called ‘big’ history. However, it is also a shallow view of history because it leaves out themes and ideas such as consciousness, meaning, and purpose. This article seeks to deepen big history by bringing in these neglected themes through the paradigm of a living universe. "....as a … Continue reading
Thomas Berry Video Interview: The Great Story
"In his major works The Dream of the Earth, The Universe Story, and The Great Work, cultural historian Thomas Berry (d.2009) describes how Western religion and culture have created an estranged, unsustainable relationship between humans and the Earth. This dysfunctional relationship is reflected by our economic model of limitless growth and in the technological “wonderworld” created and sustained by our electronic media and corporate advertising. "To heal this condition, which he described as a … Continue reading
The New Universe Story
A delightfully creative, narrated depiction of the The New Origin Story by water colourist, Mary Coelho. In her artwork and writings, Mary pays tribute to Thomas Berry's vision for the flourishing of the Earth Community. Mary Conrow Coelho is the author of Awakening Universe, Emerging Personhood. The Power of Contemplation in a Evolving Universe (Wyndham Hall Press, 2001). She began her "New Universe Story Watercolors" in 1992. Watch video
