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The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future
values that reflect our spiritual reconnection with Earth and the biosphere.
Marcelo Gleiser • The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future
Apeiron, the abstract primal substance that gives rise to all that exists, including the heavens and the worlds in them.
Marcelo Gleiser • The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future
Massive volcanic eruptions, dramatic tectonic plate drift and continent formation, and devastating asteroid and cometary collisions are among the causes of the known five global extinction events that occurred during the past 440 million years. We are now witnessing a sixth wave of extinction, known as the Holocene extinction or, to many people,
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Humans are spiritual beings. We long for meaning and transcendence,
Marcelo Gleiser • The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future
The MORE approach to engagement with the natural world: Whenever possible, individuals should engage more with Nature.
Marcelo Gleiser • The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future
Apeiron, the Greek word meaning indefinite or boundless.
Marcelo Gleiser • The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future
The sense of communion with the divine, once horizontal and concrete, anchored to a spiritual connection to the natural world to which we and all living creatures belong, turned vertical and abstract, anchored instead to the supernatural notion of heavens above, the realm of God, detached from the human condition, from the hardships of a
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The core value of biocentrism is that a planet that hosts life is sacred, deserving of respect and veneration. We are part of the life collective, codependent and coevolving with the whole of the biosphere.
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The MINDFUL approach to consumerism: