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 “A GLOBAL WISDOM CULTURE” ALAN NORDSTROM Lecture 15 July 2012 University Unitarian Universalist Society of Orlando, Florida My main object today is to implant in your brains a new meme and to get you pondering it as I have since I first encountered it.  That meme is the phrase a global wisdom culture . . . a global wisdom culture . . . a global wisdom culture.  There!  It’s…See More

                         for Ervin Laszlo         A GLOBAL WISDOM CULTURE            What kind of culture would the wisest be?           That one in which all people deeply care       For one another in the global family,       Are disinclined to hoard, but freely share       The wealth they cultivate by gentle means,       Respectful of our fruitful biosphere,       Acting no longer like…See More

THE TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESSQUESTION:  If there were indeed to be a general “transformation of human consciousness,” as is sought for by Human Potentialists and other visionaries who forecast a New Age of Enlightenment—how then would people behave, and how would human societies function in what some have prospectively called a “Global Wisdom Culture”?ANSWER:  Presumably, we…See More

    THE ANSWER     Why is it we’re so bent and prone to harm?     Is there no potion, remedy or charm     To change our wayward tendencies and cure     A malady whose nature is obscure?     What thing is universal that we share     That might unite humanity in care     To override aggression, greed and fear,     Leaving our nature purified and clear?     It’s love alone, as is so often said,     Exalting heart above revolting head,     That leads to peace and precious harmony     Solving our…See More