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Cosmic Fusion
Return to Cosmology
The revolutionary implications for our perceptions of the universe,
the cosmos, time and space and of nature and ourselves as part
of nature are only slowly penetrating into the social consciousness.
This social consciousness’s view of its conditionings and fixations
in cultural patterns and corresponding perceptions of reality prevent
it from being open to an understanding our true nature.
There are multiple mechanics at work in present day culture
and science and the modern view of reality which tend to prevent
us from giving up the mind sets, rooted in the subconscious (and
which rule the conscious mind, unaware of the forces by which it
is steered). These make it appear as if the universe is composed
of an infinite amount of loosely, accidentally assembled particles
and solid objects; each having an independent, separate existence,
rather than what is actually an ever changing web of unceasingly
changing events which are mutually interconnected and interdependent.
The emergence in Western history and culture of the perception
of human beings as essentially sovereign and independent
from the universe and as its ruler who can alter life and the origins
of life at will ( with the progress of science and technology) are
wholly questioned by the Taoist vision, presented above.
Such a view on the presumed independence and freedom from
the laws of motion of the universe also has shaped the basic assumptions
on the nature of human beings and social relations which
have shaped mainstream social science and psychology, which
mirror the basic premises of the Cartesian- Newtonian paradigm.
They support a view of progress and development, the new version
of which emerged in the course of this century, which is essentially
inspired by the view that reality can be manipulated and
engineered without regard for the consequences on Nature. However,
with the more recent findings of the adverse effects of such
an attitude and the growing concern that the very foundations on
which life on earth rest are being jeopardized, the basic premises
on which this attitude is based are increasingly being questioned.
At the same time, as a natural consequence, there is a growing
interest in the visions which have inspired the ancient cosmologies
such as the Taoist one, especially since there is increasing evidence
in advanced physics which support such visions. Thus it is
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