INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 1.283 Amsterdam, December 29, 2024 THE HUNGRY UNIVERSE - JOE CORBETT One of the most popular metaphors in usage today is that of the “conscious universe”, or the idea that the ground of the universe is consciousness, thus seemingly to affirm the Eastern spiritual view of the cosmos where all is Mind and we are just the thoughts and dreams in Brahma's brain, or some such thing. Read more: https://www.integralworld.net/corbett117.html BLIND SPOTS OF THE WESTERN WORLD VIEW - JOSEPH DILLARD Just how much evidence is required before Westerners understand that Russians, Chinese, and Iranians are at least as happy with their world views as Westerners are with theirs? Read more: https://www.integralworld.net/dillard118.html A CHAT WITH GODGPT, Part 2: Some Tougher Questions - FRANK VISSER Creation and evolution are not opposing forces; they are two perspectives on the same grand tapestry of existence. Creation is the act of bringing all things into being—the spark of divine will that set the cosmos in motion. Evolution is the unfolding of that creation, the process by which life grows, adapts, and discovers its potential. Read more: https://www.integralworld.net/visser395.html