Approaches to a Science-Based Origin Story
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This is a draft paper to foster discussion, this paper outlines different lineages based on differing intentions, approaches and emphases.
Two major groupings are explored — Objective and Integral — each with different lineages. The purpose of the paper is to identify, describe and classify different approaches in order foster discussion and understanding inside a larger goals of creating a living cosmology for our time. Please add you comments on the Forum topic page, or on the DTJN FB page if you’re not a DTJN Contributing Member.
- Learning Stages: Adult Education, Higher Education, Lifelong, Secondary 9 - 12
- Type: Article
- Keywords: Big History, Journey of the Universe, New Story, Cosmic Evolution
- File:https://dtnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lineages-62419.pdf
- Posted By: Jennifer Morgan
- Date Added: April 8, 2015
A first quick reading: Fabulous draft summary of the overwhelming challenge of understanding the dynamics of the Grand Narrative of the foundational ‘reality’ of the Universe, the two great tides understood as ‘objective’ and ‘integral’, with their multiple and interpenetrated streams and levels of influence. It goes without saying, yet it must be said, that there is ‘considerable flow’ among the lineages, and that the ‘imperfection’ of the ‘species metaphor’ is mostly due to the far greater mutual interchange in the ‘noosphere’ than in the biosphere. The importance of the great task of developing a deeper and richer understanding of… Read more »
Thank you Jennifer for undertaking this important and difficult task. You have done a remarkable job. It is very valuable to name the different lineages and to identify their loyalties. I have a question related to your undertaking. I would like to show a brief video (may 20 minutes) with good diagrams and pictures that tells the New Story but I find David Christian’s TED talk too exclusively in the objective lineage and not adequate to what we are understanding, in my judgment. Can you recommend a similar video that is based in one of the integral lineages? Swimme’s Journey… Read more »
Responding to “Origin Stories” Essay by Jennifer Mogan By Duane Elgin Jennifer: I appreciate your wide-ranging essay on “Origin Stories” describing the universe, its origins and evolution, as well as how the human journey fits into this big picture. I found that I could identify with and relate to many of the titles and names that you gave to different stories. Because they did not clearly differentiate one story from another, I found them interesting but more confusing than clarifying in revealing differences. Although there are different emphases and nuances among these stories, the differences seem more distinct than is… Read more »
Thanks so much Sam and Mary for your comments. There’s much more coming for the paper on Approaches. Yes, this is a crucially important task, as you said so well Sam. Mary, a short film you might consider is the Neal Rogin film, Awakening Universe — http://www.awakeninguniverse.com/about_neal.html
Jennifer
Thank you for doing this….I await the more detailed version. My comments will be from the perspective of cosmology and ‘where’ we stand when ‘teaching’ and the languages we use appropriate for that space. Where we are standing (eg in our families, in our schools, in our work and in our recreation) calls for a specific language -academic, therapeutic, homiletic. More later…… The best film I have found Mary, is exactly the one that Jennifer refers to….It is 18 total minutes and perfect. I use it all the time and even this afternoon am going to use it…It sets up… Read more »
I haven’t seen the original article Jennifer posted. I look forward to the revision to the next. Mary Coelho and I have been in discussion about the various versions of the story of the universe as told by various people from various perspectives and we are still working with which is best. We have come to agree to tell the story in many ways. Christian tells it from science POV and Rogin tells it from Berry’s roots. Christian is the so-called objective line while in fact we know that even the “objective” is colored by the teller as much as… Read more »
Thanks so much for your comment Brad. Yes, I will get a new version up again within the next two weeks. I’ve been traveling and giving teacher trainings. Everything you said in your comment is so right out about the filters and the different stories that emerge depending on what we focus on. I don’t know if you know about my second two books — From Lava to Life and Mammals Who Morph — which tell the later parts of the Universe Story. You may want to to check them out. Will be in touch soon! And thanks again for… Read more »