By Alyce Larson
The world is a very different place today compared to what it was even as little as fifty years ago. Here it is not just the enormous technological changes which are so evident all around us which are important: the growing global spirituality also attests to even more fundamental changes in world attitudes. These changes would have been unimaginable at the time of WWII or the Korean conflict.
The result has been that spiritual thinking is no longer on the sidelines, but threatens to become the establishment. Even the UM is supporting some spiritual initiatives. This is remarkable considering how polarized the situation was, despite the presence of a few ecumenical movements. While cooperation and tolerance was frequently advocated, it was not expected to become quite so dominant quite as quickly as it has.
Not that there are no groups which believe in exclusivity: there will probably always be many, especially among mainstream religions. In this respect, these religions are often at odds with their adherents, who often have more liberal attitudes. If course, there will probably always be fanatics in the world, people convinced that the minutiae of a particular way of thinking are the only correct ones and prepared to kill to force others to their point of view.
Fanatics serve a useful purpose, in that they highlight how ridiculous such an attitude is, and they thereby end up undermining their own cause. It is not likely, nor desirable that there will ever be complete agreement on anything. While most will grant others the right to their own points of view some, inevitably, will not. This adds to the richness of humanity.
Just as with changes in technological, the pace of spiritual changes has also been breathtaking. The magnitude of incremental changes like these only becomes apparent in retrospect. The real puzzle is to predict with any hope of success what the final outcome of the changes will be. It is possible that future changes will taper off or veer in unexpected directions, but this in itself cannot be predicted.
Judging by what has happened previously, minor necessary changes will suddenly be revealed to have unexpected implications, predictable only in hindsight. With so much happening, this is a momentous period to be living through. With the changing attitudes come corresponding changes in expectations and results.
This is not to say that everybody alive today is participating. Probably the majority of the population is dragging its collective heels. But even the most under-developed of peoples must be aware of the amazing changes which have taken place in their lifetimes. The leading edge determines the direction, and the changes then filter down to the bulk of the population.
Naturally there are backlashes prompted by the changes. While these can grab the headlines, it does not seem likely that they will be able to slow the changes to any extent. The new global spirituality (http://www.theaquarianhypothesis.com) is the future, but it is already here, and looks unstoppable. The extremists simply force more reasonable people to make choices which are unlikely to favor extremism, and simply hasten the pace of the changes.
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The world is a very different place today compared to what it was even as little as fifty years ago. Here it is not just the enormous technological changes which are so evident all around us which are important: the growing global spirituality also attests to even more fundamental changes in world attitudes. These changes would have been unimaginable at the time of WWII or the Korean conflict.
The result has been that spiritual thinking is no longer on the sidelines, but threatens to become the establishment. Even the UM is supporting some spiritual initiatives. This is remarkable considering how polarized the situation was, despite the presence of a few ecumenical movements. While cooperation and tolerance was frequently advocated, it was not expected to become quite so dominant quite as quickly as it has.
Not that there are no groups which believe in exclusivity: there will probably always be many, especially among mainstream religions. In this respect, these religions are often at odds with their adherents, who often have more liberal attitudes. If course, there will probably always be fanatics in the world, people convinced that the minutiae of a particular way of thinking are the only correct ones and prepared to kill to force others to their point of view.
Fanatics serve a useful purpose, in that they highlight how ridiculous such an attitude is, and they thereby end up undermining their own cause. It is not likely, nor desirable that there will ever be complete agreement on anything. While most will grant others the right to their own points of view some, inevitably, will not. This adds to the richness of humanity.
Just as with changes in technological, the pace of spiritual changes has also been breathtaking. The magnitude of incremental changes like these only becomes apparent in retrospect. The real puzzle is to predict with any hope of success what the final outcome of the changes will be. It is possible that future changes will taper off or veer in unexpected directions, but this in itself cannot be predicted.
Judging by what has happened previously, minor necessary changes will suddenly be revealed to have unexpected implications, predictable only in hindsight. With so much happening, this is a momentous period to be living through. With the changing attitudes come corresponding changes in expectations and results.
This is not to say that everybody alive today is participating. Probably the majority of the population is dragging its collective heels. But even the most under-developed of peoples must be aware of the amazing changes which have taken place in their lifetimes. The leading edge determines the direction, and the changes then filter down to the bulk of the population.
Naturally there are backlashes prompted by the changes. While these can grab the headlines, it does not seem likely that they will be able to slow the changes to any extent. The new global spirituality (http://www.theaquarianhypothesis.com) is the future, but it is already here, and looks unstoppable. The extremists simply force more reasonable people to make choices which are unlikely to favor extremism, and simply hasten the pace of the changes.
About the Author:
You can visit the website www.theaquarianhypothesis.com for more helpful information about Growing Global Spirituality Indicates A Trend