Tom Atlee, the creative energy behind the Co-Intelligence Institute, recently wrote Something Bigger Than Life is Trying To Work Through Us His analysis of our current predicament is crystal clear. We are experiencing the shadow results of our own "enlighted" technologies and practices. The crises will be transformational, (or not) and Tom explores how it might be. He moves into very poetic language talking about what it means to wake up to conscious evolution and see ourselves as mirrors of the larger evolutionary pattern. Bill Veltrop of the Monterey Institute for Social Architecture (MISA)
spotted it and sent it along and I'm posting a link here because he is
giving voice to my own orientation for these times. As with any paradigm shifts, the emerging expressions are still being crafted. Tom is one of the shapers I respect.
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The link "Something Big Is Trying to Work Through Us" in your blog entry appears to be broken and I can't seem to find an article with that title anywhere else on the web. Am really looking forward to reading it! Thanks.
Posted by: Bruce Williamson | August 11, 2009 at 07:50 PM
David, I had the same issue as Bruce did--however, and THANK YOU once again, I found myself immersed in some incredible websites....if you could take a moment to see about this particular writing, that would be great....warmly and appreciatively, Teresa Roche
Posted by: Teresa Roche | August 12, 2009 at 06:55 AM
I'm also looking for a link and can't find this piece, David. Searched all over Tom's website. That was great synchronicity, but I would like to read this piece if you get the link working. Always learning from you. Thanks for the post!
Posted by: Meri Walker | August 12, 2009 at 12:19 PM