Cosmic Evolution and Human Consciousness

This content delves into the cosmic story, spanning billions of years from the Big Bang to the emergence of humans and beyond. It explores the reflections of various thinkers on the interplay between matter and spirit, evolution of life forms, and the development of consciousness. From the origins of the universe to the present day, it offers a profound journey through time and existence, pondering questions of purpose, connection, and spiritual evolution.

• Evolution
• Consciousness
• Cosmic Story
• Spirituality
• Human Existence

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1. LAUDATO SI: ANTHROLOGICAL AND THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Dermot Lane NAPPDA 12 May 2016

2. THE NEW COSMIC STORY 14 billion years ago : the big bang occurred, with a flaring forth of energy 5 billion years ago: the sun and solar systems were born 4 billion years ago: life in its simplest form began to emerge 2.6 billion years ago: human like animals appear

3. THE NEW COSMIC STORY 200,000 years ago: humans appear 10,000 years ago: agricultural revolution 1600 to 1800 AD : industrial revolution 2000 A.D: technological revolution

4. A video entitled The Creation Story by Brian Swimme & Thomas Berry

5. Big Bang Energy Galaxies Stars Earth Matter Another Version of the Cosmic Story

6. Another Version of the Cosmic Story Molecules Biological life Human life Consciousness Self-consciousness

7. Reflective self-consciousness Historical consciousness Freedom and responsibility Care and compassion Solidarity Universal communion within diversity Another Version of the Cosmic Story

8. STEPHEN HAWKINS If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part of 100,000 million million, the universe would have re-collapsed before it reached its present size A Brief History of Time, 1988, 121-122.

11. TEILHARD de CHARDIN, SJ. All that exists is matter becoming Spirit. There is neither spirit nor matter in the world; the stuff of the universe is Spirit--matter. No other substance but this could produce the human molecule (1936)

12. BLESSED BE YOU HARSH MATTER, BLESSED BE YOU, PERILOUS MATTER BLESSED BE YOU MIGHTY MATTER. I ACCLAIM YOU AS THE DIVINE MILLIEU, CHARGED WITH CREATIVE POWER, AS THE OCEAN STIRRED BY THE SPIRIT, AS THE CLAY MOULDED AND INFUSED BY THE INCARNATE WORD

14. Blessed be you mighty matter. I acclaim you as the divine millieu, Charged with creative power, As the ocean stirred by the Spirit, As the clay moulded and infused By the incarnate Word

15. STEPHEN HAWKINS What is it that breeds fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe . A Brief History of Time, 1988, 174.