Spiritual Consciousness as Evolutionary Learning

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Thomas Tai-Seale
Thomas Tai-Seale writes on world religions and social and behavioral change. He is an emeritus professor of social and behavioral change, the author of a social and behavioral change textbook, and three books on the Baha’i Faith and world religions. He is currently completing a picture book on the spiritual history of humanity.

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  • Thoughts on “Persuasion through the water metaphor in Dao De Jing”

    By Guo‐Ming Chen and Richard Holt  I loved this chapter, perhaps because it provided an opportunity to reflect on an important and timely theme—social change as seen through the lens of Dao.  A warning in advance, however, is in order.… Continue reading

  • Maureen Ellis’ 3 M chapter

    As I am neither a semiotician nor a linguist, I confess that I often need a very good dictionary and a history app to glean from Dr. Ellis’s sentences her intended meanings, and yet this effort often yields great treasures.  What… Continue reading

  • Music and spirituality

    Reading through Peter’s chapter on the “Varieties of musical experience,” I found myself wandering off on a tangent to consider spiritual corollaries. While Peter explored the academic trail which unites brain function, social health, and music, I was led by… Continue reading

  • Reflections: Myth to Math

    In his article “From myth to math: chaos and consciousness” Ralph Abraham champions the view that we would be better off with a society that embraces chaos. He argues that we have an education system that “is producing sickness and… Continue reading

  • Thoughts on our Introduction

    I’ve always enjoyed reading Maureen’s work, filled as it is with such linguistic and metaphysical depth. I confess that I sometimes need a dictionary to decode what she has written, but I’ve found my life is enriched by taking the… Continue reading

  • The Great Read

    Dear fellow authors and friends, holding now our book in my hand, it strikes me that, being retired, I am well-positioned to read our text slowly and thoughtfully, sharing the occasional comment or question as I go. It’s important to… Continue reading

  • Finding God

    “The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and to serve our follow-men, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves,and the more inwardly assured. This… Continue reading

  • Hope

    “ All we can reasonably venture to attempt is to strive to obtain a glimpse of the first streaks of the promised Dawn that must, in the fullness of time, chase away the gloom that has encircled humanity.” Shoghi Effendi,… Continue reading

  • Easter reflection

    XXXVI. Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping. By sacrificing Himself, however, a fresh capacity was infused into all created things. Its evidences, as witnessed in… Continue reading

  • “To love without condition, to talk without intention, to give without reason, care without expectation, that’s the spirit of true love.”  Radha Krishna.  Continue reading

  • Thought for the day

    “Love is the whole thing,we are only pieces”. Carl Jung. Continue reading