"...this stupendous evolution is not only necessary but inevitable, its realization is fast approaching, and nothing short of a power that is born of God can succeed in establishing it." - Baha'i Faith Statement
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"The loveless, beaten, battered self will let go the torment and the torture of its self-embracing ways, tire of that marriage to a special misery that it had chosen over loneliness, to nurture it through the long brutality of a life that doesn't care, surrender the murderous love affair with its own perplexed reflection, which had itself pretended to the throne of the Divine..." - Ken Wilber: Sex, Ecology, Spirituality - The Spirit of Evolution |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"The highest goal of spiritual progression is harmony with God, while remaining earth-conscious, so that the world itself may be transformed to a spiritual plane of existence." - Sikh Faith Statement, ARC |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"One man sings the song of his own soul, for it is there that his satisfaction is complete.
Another sings the song of his people, transcending the bounds of his own individual soul. ... cleaving with tender love to the Jewish people, singing her songs with her. …
A third man’s soul expands beyond the Jewish people to sing the song of man, his spirit embraces all humanity, majestic reflection of God ...
And a fourth is transported still higher, uniting with the entire universe, with all creatures, and all worlds, with all of these does he sing ..." - Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak haKohen Kook |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"When humanity develops consciousness of the presence of God and His continuous showering of blessings on the universe, it develops deep love for Him. To enjoy this nectar of love, God created people. Only people have a time-space conception. Therefore, only humanity can see God, pervading time-space, conserving the ecological balance which is the greatest boon bestowed on the universe by God. " - Hindu Faith Statement, ARC |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"By virtue of their intelligence, humanity is the only creation of Allah to be entrusted with the overall responsibility of maintaining planet Earth in the overall balanced ecology that man found." - Islamic Faith Statement, ARC |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"If anything runs counter to the harmony and balance of nature, even if it is of great immediate interest and profit, people should restrain themselves from doing it, so as to prevent nature’s punishment." - Daoist Faith Statement, ARC |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"The plight of the earth demonstrates that an individualistic materialism cannot be allowed to drive out responsibility and love, and that care for those in need, and respect for the rights of future generations, are necessary to sustain a proper life for all." - UK Catholics: The Call to Creation, ARC |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"The challenge to all Christians is to discover anew the truth that God’s love and liberation is for all creation, not just humanity; to realize that we should have been stewards, priests, co-creators with God for the rest of creation but have actually often been the ones responsible for its destruction; and to seek new ways of living and being Christians that will restore that balance and give the hope of life to so much of the endangered planet." - Christian Faith Statement, ARC |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides, and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire." "Love alone can unite living beings so as to complete and fulfill them... for it alone joins them by what is deepest in themselves. All we need is to imagine our ability to love developing until it embraces the totality of men and the earth." - Pierre Telihard De Chardin |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"If we are going to save this planet we need to seek a new ecological order, to look at the life we lead and then work together for the benefit of all; unless we work together no solution can be found. By moving away from self-centeredness, sharing wealth more, being more responsible for ourselves, and agreeing to live more simply, we can help decrease much of the suffering in the world." - Buddhist Faith Statement, ARC |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"The oneness of mankind ... implies an organic change in the structure of present-day society, a change such as the world has not yet experienced ... It calls for no less than the reconstruction and the demilitarization of the whole civilized world... It represents the consummation of human evolution ... and ... carries with it no more and no less than a solemn assertion that attainment to this final stage in this stupendous evolution is not only necessary but inevitable, that its realization is fast approaching, and that nothing short of a power that is born of God can succeed in establishing it." - Baha'i Faith Statement, ARC |
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Humanity's Evolution & The Sixth Mass Extinction
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"At this moment, nothing is more important for healing the world than to link all those who believe that we must set forth a new narrative and create a new world where hope, social justice, peace, and a sense of the sacredness of life prevail. For this, we need to form a critical mass of humanity that influences change at a global scale, to bring together the inner streams of sensitive human beings" - Deepak Chopra, Alliance for a New Humanity |
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