Introduction to Foundational Articles
Humanity is in a unique period of our history. We are facing a confluence of many streams each of which is difficult in itself. By 2012 it is estimated that there will be 7 billion people on this planet, which is an increase of 5 billion in only 60 years. Please consider that for [...]
Read full article »The Need for an Evolutionary Leap – #1
We are living in unique and challenging times. If we look at the great number of complex and interconnected problems the human race is facing, we see that they have never been as difficult to solve as they are today. We are in a stage of history where new models of spirituality, intelligence, and [...]
Read full article »Nature of the Split – #2
I feel fortunate to have had the privilege of receiving a very good education all the way from middle school to college. I loved learning about the sciences, reading great works of literature, discovering the value of understanding history and the many varied interpretations of it. Yet, throughout my education, I felt that something [...]
Read full article »The Beginning of Intelligence – #3
In Part II, I have discussed the nature of the split between the “normal”, secular world and the spiritual path, the limited nature of intelligence as it is commonly conceived, and the need to create a bridge to a new way of regarding intelligence. I have suggested the term Wisdom-Intelligence as a way of [...]
Read full article »The Tools of Our Inquiry – #4
Upon recognizing that as long as we function from the limited and conditioned brain, we cannot experience anything new and that we must quiet our mind if anything new could ever hope to occur, we are faced with a real puzzle. How can I quiet my mind? An even better question may be the [...]
Read full article »Experience of Wisdom-Intelligence – #5
I have defined the beginning of Wisdom-Intelligence as the moment when a person discovers the nature of one’s own brain and that it is composed of all of the many thoughts, considerations, opinions, etc. which tie us to the past. It is composed of all of our conditioning and cannot experience anything new. Let [...]
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Jim Sher