The Global Thinking Community

The Book Chronicles Exchanges Between The Author And Bloggers On The Ncr (National Catholic Reporter) Blog Site (Now Discontinued.) Exchanges Are Over Upfront Religious/ Social Issues. While Strong And Varied Views Are Aired They Are Respectful-Perhaps Something Of Model How To Reduce Heat And Increase Light. Traditional Religions Define Faith/ Belief Doctrinally Dogmatically And Exercise Control Over Belief And Behavior. As History Shows Faith And Politics Intertwine And Agitate Differences Hurtful To People And Nature. Modern Calamities Can Be Redeemed Only From Within. Our Times Confront Traditions More Radically Than Ever Before Namely To Awaken To Sustainable Perspectives Of Quantum Physical/ Psychical Evolution. Remembrances From The Past Advance In Genetic Codes And Are Prospective Open To Hope. Leaves Are Genetic Lexicons On The Tree Of Life. We Need To Learn Nature'S Economies Of Building On Patterns Of Sustainable Energy Use. Evolution'S Learning Lets Us Anticipate The Future And Avoid Imprisonment Of Thought Fixation. Evolution Is Symbiotic Intelligence Nature'S Pattern God'S Design. Evolution Opens To Symbiotic Solutions Only If Culture Religion And Politics Are Open To Evolution. Evolution'S Outcome Of Processing Interdependent Life And Consciousness Doesn'T Have To Be Terminally Wasteful Rather It Can Uplift Enlighten And Expose Wrongdoing; And Importantly Help End Bad Habits Choose Right Thinking And Keep Hope Alive. In Regards To Thought-Processing Latest Thinking Is A Recapitulation (Reformulation) Of Prior Thinking. Thought-Updating Includes Reformulations Of Faith Which Is How Faith Remains Vital And Religion Is Redeemed. If One Is Of A Mind To Move Beyond Fixations Of Faith/ Religion One Must Admit The Inadequacy Of Belief Constrained By Fixations And Recognize The Need For Moving On To Evolutionary Consciousness. The Important Next Step Is To Take Action Not Alone But Collaboratively By Group Study And Action-The Point Of The Evolution Trilogies.