John Dewey In laying hands upon the sacred ark of absolute permanency, in treating the forms that had been regarded as types of fixity and perfection as originating and passing away, the Origin of Species introduced a mode of thinking that in the end was bound to transform the logic of knowledge, and hence the treatment of morals, politics, and … Read More
Infinitude * Whitehead & de Chardin
Whitehead & de Chardin “Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude.” ~ Alfred North Whitehead “Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability … Read More
Love as the Many & the One * Beatrice Bruteau
Beatrice Bruteau Love both implies differentiation and creates union. But each union engenders further differentiation, which intends further union. This network of interactions is called “community” because it is a moving balance of differentiation and union. It does not settle in either way, as many or as one. It is always both. ~Beatrice Bruteau, God’s Ecstacy For more inspiration, meditate with … Read More
On Souls * Charles Hartshorne
Charles Hartshorne All things, in all their aspects, consist exclusively of ‘souls’, that is, of various kinds of subjects, or units of experiencing, with their qualifications, relations, and groupings, or communities. ~Charles Harshorne For more inspiration, meditate with the mystics
The Symmetry of God & the World * Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead It is as true to say that God is permanent and the World fluent, as that the World is permanent and God is fluent. It is as true to say that God is one and the World many, as that the World is one and God many. It is as true to say that, in comparison with the World, God is actual eminently, as that, in comparison with God, the World is actual eminently. It is as true to say that God is permanent and the World fluent, as that the World is permanent and God is fluent. It is as true to say that God is one and the World many, as that the World is one and God many. 10 It is as true to say that, in comparison with the World, God is actual eminently, as that, in comparison with God, the World is actual eminently. ~ Alfred North Whitehead, Process & Reality For more inspiration, meditate with the mystics
Nature in Creativity * Goethe
Goethe So joyously, many years ago, And so eagerly, my mind strove To discover, to experience, How Nature in creativity lives. And it is the everlasting One, That reveals itself in the many: Small is great, great is small, Everything after its own way; Ever changing, ever constant, Near and far, far and near, Shaping, re-shaping — In Wonder at … Read More
The Spell of a Great Task * Teilhard de Chardin
Teilhard de Chardin Even in this century, men are still living as chance circumstances decide for them, with no aim but their daily bread of a quiet old age. You can count the few who fall under these spell of a task that far exceeds the dimensions of their individual lives. . . . After having for so long done … Read More