expand_less
Table of Contents
Prologue
How I stumbled into my evolutionary epiphany.......................... ix
Introduction.......................................................................................... 1
Poem: Stardust settles on earth to learn...................................... 8
I. Reflections on Evolution and Creation ................................ 9
1. Evolution 2.0: A Big History that embraces
all the sciences ................................................................................... 11
Poem: Since the Big Bang never stopped ............................. 28
2. The Big CPU .................................................................... 29
Poem: The same golden force ........................................ 35
II. Reflections on Evolutionary Activism .......................... 37
3. What is the evolutionary activist worldview? .......................... 39
Poem: Showing up ...................................................... 42
4. My evolution in to evolutionary activism ............................... 43
Prayer: A prayer of evolutionary affirmation ................ 48
5. What is evolutionary activism? ........................................... 49
Poem: Riotous meadow people .................................... 54
6. What makes evolutionary activism different
from other forms of activism? .......................................... 55
Poem: Star story children ......................................... 65
7. Learning to be evolution ................................................... 66
Poem: Calling of Creation .......................................... 82
8. Becoming evolution's conscious weavers ............................. 83
Poem: First of all ..................................................... 92
III. Reflections on Strategy and Tactics ........................... 95
9. Learning from our evolutionary past into
our evolutionary future .................................................. 97
Poem: That Great Evolving Power ............................... 112
10. A "Big Story" evolutionary fitness program ......................... 114
Poem: A larger force works through us ......................... 121
11. The strategic synergy of individual and
collective .................................................................. 122
Poem: Journey power story questions ......................... 128
12. The evolutionary role of conversation ................................. 130
Poem: The facilitator ................................................. 144
13. Transformational leverage ............................................... 146
Poem: Life like spring ............................................... 153
IV. Reflections on Evolutionary Grace and
Appreciation ......................................................... 155
14. Goodness Gracious: evolutionary integrity
and our engagement with life ........................................ 157
Poem: A powerful Grace .......................................... 162
15. Active appreciation ....................................................... 164
Poem: The whole knows ............................................ 170
V. Reflections on Crises and Democracy ........................ 173
16. Six degrees of separation from reality .............................. 175
Poem: Mother Earth's message ................................. 180
17. Something bigger than Life is trying to work through us....... 184
Prayer: Prayer for conscious evolution ....................... 196
18. Building wise democracy as crises emerge ........................ 197
Poem: We are on the edge ........................................ 211
19. Democracy and the evolution of societal
intelligence ............................................................... 213
Poem: Ultimately global catastrophe
is about life ................................................. 221
VI. Reflections on Systems ......................................... 225
20. Caring and systemic awareness: Does
compassion itself need to evolve? ................................. 227
Poem: What we long for ........................................ 238
21. What makes a social system conscious? .......................... 239
Poem: You can't hide anymore ................................ 248
VII. Reflections on an Evolutionary Activist
Movement .......................................................... 249
22. A rationale and guidance for nonviolence
as a basis for conscious evolutionary activism ................. 251
Poem: Together at the leading edge ........................ 268
23. Five areas to attend to when building an
evolutionary activism movement ............................... 271
Poem: Sunshine being meditation .......................... 274
24. Imagining an activist movement for the
conscious evolution of social systems ........................... 276
Poem: To Martin Luther King,Jr. Jr. ...................... 282
25. Some ways to engage in co-creating this
movement ............................................................. 284
Poem:Co-aliveness Co-aliveness .......................................... 290
Appendices ................................................................. 293
A. An annotated informal glossary of basic terms ................ 295
B. Evolutionary Life ...................................................... 301
C. Models of transformational leverage .............................. 303
Index ......................................................................... 315
About the author ...................................................... 335
Acknowledgments .................................................... 337
Praise for Reflections on Evolutionary Activism ......... 341
Poem: Just a moment ......................................... 344
Table of Contents
Prologue
How I stumbled into my evolutionary epiphany.......................... ix
Introduction.......................................................................................... 1
I. Reflections on Evolution and Creation ................................ 9
1. Evolution 2.0: A Big History that embraces
all the sciences ................................................................................... 11
Poem: Since the Big Bang never stopped ............................. 28
2. The Big CPU
Poem: The same golden force
II. Reflections on Evolutionary Activism
3. What is the evolutionary activist worldview?
Poem: Showing up
4. My evolution in to evolutionary activism
5. What is evolutionary activism?
Poem: Riotous meadow people
6. What makes evolutionary activism different
from other forms of activism?
Poem: Star story children
7. Learning to be evolution
Poem: Calling of Creation
8. Becoming evolution's conscious weavers
Poem: First of all
III. Reflections on Strategy and Tactics
9. Learning from our evolutionary past into
our evolutionary future
Poem: That Great Evolving Power
10. A "Big Story" evolutionary fitness program
Poem: A larger force works through us
11. The strategic synergy of individual and
collective
Poem: Journey power story questions
12. The evolutionary role of conversation
Poem: The facilitator
13. Transformational leverage
Poem: Life like spring
IV. Reflections on Evolutionary Grace and
Appreciation
14. Goodness Gracious: evolutionary integrity
and our engagement with life
Poem: A powerful Grace
15. Active appreciation
Poem: The whole knows
V. Reflections on Crises and Democracy
16. Six degrees of separation from reality
Poem: Mother Earth's message
17. Something bigger than Life is trying to work through us.......
Prayer: Prayer for conscious evolution
18. Building wise democracy as crises emerge
Poem: We are on the edge
19. Democracy and the evolution of societal
intelligence
Poem: Ultimately global catastrophe
VI. Reflections on Systems
20. Caring and systemic awareness: Does
compassion itself need to evolve?
Poem: What we long for
21. What makes a social system conscious?
Poem: You can't hide anymore
VII. Reflections on an Evolutionary Activist
Movement
22. A rationale and guidance for nonviolence
as a basis for conscious evolutionary activism
Poem: Together at the leading edge
evolutionary activism movement
Poem: Sunshine being meditation
24. Imagining an activist movement for the
conscious evolution of social systems
Poem: To Martin Luther King,
25. Some ways to engage in co-creating this
movement
Poem:
Appendices
A. An annotated informal glossary of basic terms
B. Evolutionary Life
C. Models of transformational leverage
Index
About the author
Acknowledgments
Praise for Reflections on Evolutionary Activism
Poem: Just a moment