L'histoire du nouvel univers en tant que levain du changement

Abstract

This paper explores ways of motivating persons of good will to see the signs of a planet in distress, recognize our human and political paralysis, and change our behavior in ways commensurate to the historical challenge of our time. Framing this exploration within a “tapestry of stories”, the author examines ways creation itself learns, for clues as to how humans may grasp the large systems changes and collapses in which we are involved and/or implicated. Thomas Berry calls this the “great work” of our time. In the end, the paper concludes that the power we need to address climate change is not education, activism or financing, as important as these are. As an integral dimension of a 13.8 billion year evolutionary process, humans’ reflexive consciousness, is a power we can call upon. We need a major shift in consciousness, related to a new understanding of our place in the universe.