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Nootan Kumar | The Evolution of Consciousness
not to a truly planetary consciousness. To continue human activity without
regard to environmental consequence is to risk causing a violent (but partial)
dissolution of the Earth, such as the cataclysmic climatic upheavals and
natural disasters experienced in other ages. 89
Here again material globalization plays a dual role in the evolution of
human consciousness. On one hand it continues to exacerbate the
environmental crisis through the spread of mass industrialization and
rampant consumerism, for example, as a remnant of the old ignorant,
materialistic consciousness, and pushing humanity to the brink of existence.
On the other hand, globalization is also mobilizing the mass consciousness
necessary to awaken to the urgent need to connect to the natural world
before it is too late. Globalization and consciousness are together, therefore,
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poised for an evolutionary leap.
Conclusion
Perhaps not in our lifetime but within the scope of Dwapara yuga, current
globalization will make way for a true globalism which will eventually lead
humanity to Treta yuga, the age of wisdom 91
. Genuine globalism within
Dwapara yuga may take the form of experiments in federations and democracy
89 Paramahansa Yogananda. “The end of the world”.
90 Chopra, “Foreward”, Laszlo, Worldshift 2012.
91 Paramahansa Yogananda. “The end of the world”.