{"id":19001,"date":"2020-06-24T09:45:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=19001"},"modified":"2020-06-24T09:45:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:45:22","slug":"awakening-in-the-cosmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=19001","title":{"rendered":"Awakening in the Cosmos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cosmology and Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Awakening\nin the Cosmos<\/strong><br>\nWednesday, \u202fJune 24, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H-iPu2WjqdM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>My\nfriend and fellow CAC teacher Dr. Barbara Holmes has the ability to bear\nwitness to the expansiveness of the cosmos, the major systemic shifts taking\nplace in society, and the small and sacred moments of daily life\u2014all at the\nsame time. Her writing is a poetic and prophetic call for us to wake up and pay\nattention to everything that is happening around us. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nis time to awaken to self, society, and the cosmos, for none of us has the\nluxury of sleepwalking through impending cultural and scientific revolutions.\nIn the last sermon that he preached before he was assassinated, Martin Luther\nKing Jr. urged us to \u201cremain awake through a great revolution.\u201d [1] . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up\nabove our heads, there are worlds unknown and a canopy of grace, light, air,\nand water that supports our survival. Without realizing it, we expend massive\namounts of energy to block out the vastness of our universe. This is to be\nexpected, for, in its totality, this information can be more than human systems\ncan take. However, by riveting our attention on the mundane, we filter out the\nwonder that is available with each breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although\nwe have a fascination with space and the possibility of life in other realms,\nwe steadfastly refuse to respond when the universe invites us to broaden our\nlines of sight. We are beckoned by blazing sunsets and the pictures returned by\npowerful telescopic lenses, yet, on any given day, we court a busyness that\nbeguiles us into focusing on the limited perspectives in our immediate space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today,\nscientific information about the universe is increasing exponentially while\nethnic and racial balances within the United States are shifting radically. In\nthe scientific realm, the epistemological foundations for hierarchy, dominance,\nand rationality are crumbling, while proponents of gender, class, [racial,] and\nsexual equity have found their public voices. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\nare not hamsters on a wheel, waiting to fall into the cedar shavings at the\nbottom of the cage. We are seekers of light and life, bearers of shadows and\nburdens. We are struggling to journey together toward moral fulfillment. We are\nlearning to embrace the unfathomable darkness where God dwells with enthusiasm\nthat equals our love of light. Physics and cosmology have metaphors and\nlanguages to help us awaken to these and other possibilities. . . . We are not\njust citizens of one nation or another, but of the human and cosmic community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awareness\nis the moment when we rise with eyes crusted from self-induced dreams of\ncontrol, domination, victimization, and self-hatred to catch a glimpse of the\ndivine in the face of \u201cthe other.\u201d Then God\u2019s self-identification, \u201cI am that I\nam \/ I will be who I will be\u201d (Exodus 3:14) becomes a liberating example of\nawareness, mutuality, and self-revelation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Barbara teaches us that \u201ceverything\nbelongs\u201d\u2014from moments of personal awakening, to mind-bending discoveries with\nthe potential to change everything. Growing in awareness of a \u201cChrist-soaked\nuniverse\u201d helps us to awaken to wonder and see the divine in all things.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosmology and Nature Awakening in the Cosmos Wednesday, \u202fJune 24, 2020 My friend and fellow CAC teacher Dr. Barbara Holmes has the ability to bear witness to the expansiveness of the cosmos, the major systemic shifts taking place in society, and the small and sacred moments of daily life\u2014all at the same time. 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