Welcome to OneSpirit Learning Alliance
Overview
"So the single greatest problem in the world today is that seventy percent of the population is trapped (in a tribal consciousness) at ethnocentric or lower, (and more often than not this is held in place) by the conflict between religion and modernity.
And the world’s great religions, because they began about two or three thousand years ago, are still the repositories of the (tribal) magic and mythic elements of humanity. …..Now that’s fine, but the problem is that in (tribal) religion, you also believe that your savior or your God is the only possible God. ….. And if someone doesn’t believe in that God or his representative, then they’re basically cannon fodder. They’re an infidel, and you can kill an infidel. … That’s the problem, whether it’s Allah or Buddha or anyone else.
So the religious leaders need to start to understand that religion can act as a conveyor belt—because it actually picks people up at (a tribal level of consciousness) and it can help move them into rational, pluralistic, integral, and higher. … (it can act) as a conveyor belt, moving them into the higher structures, and only religion can do that. So the conveyor belt is an idea for religion and its role in the modern and postmodern world "- Ken Wilber
And the world’s great religions, because they began about two or three thousand years ago, are still the repositories of the (tribal) magic and mythic elements of humanity. …..Now that’s fine, but the problem is that in (tribal) religion, you also believe that your savior or your God is the only possible God. ….. And if someone doesn’t believe in that God or his representative, then they’re basically cannon fodder. They’re an infidel, and you can kill an infidel. … That’s the problem, whether it’s Allah or Buddha or anyone else.
So the religious leaders need to start to understand that religion can act as a conveyor belt—because it actually picks people up at (a tribal level of consciousness) and it can help move them into rational, pluralistic, integral, and higher. … (it can act) as a conveyor belt, moving them into the higher structures, and only religion can do that. So the conveyor belt is an idea for religion and its role in the modern and postmodern world "- Ken Wilber
The 21st century calls us to create a spirituality for the future, a global spirituality. Never before in human history has this been possible. Never before has it been so necessary. For the first ever we have the ability to communicate quickly across the planet and we have access to the entire heritage of human wisdom. Many of us are no longer bound by our cultural or religious history, but can benefit from all of the great teachings no matter what their origin, In addition, our understanding of the psychology of human development and our capacity to test our assumptions with the scientific method let us sort out the true wisdom from the superstitious or outmoded. Only in the past fifty years has it become possible to integrate teachings, ancient and modern, from around the world into a seamless whole.
Religion or spirituality is one of the primary ways we make sense of our experience. Because their are so many of us on the planet and our lives are so clearly dependent on each other, we must learn to relate to each other and the planet in new ways, ways that will allow our children and our grandchildren to thrive on a healthy planet. For this to happen it is an absolute necessity that this generation creates a new way of making sense of life. We must give expression to a global spirituality that makes room for all of us in a way that encourages each of us to develop a level of wisdom and a way of life that was once the exclusive province of the great saints and sages.
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