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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 6 months ago
Duane,I would certainly agree that the universe is a greater form of life than any particular form of life on earth. We tend to use life in the universe as analogous to life on earth. But I think it is really the other way around. Once we accept the Big Bang as a mysterious reality, life on earth is analogous to life in the Universe-the “Moth…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 6 months ago
Duane, I would certainly agree that the universe is a greater form of life than any particular form of life on earth. We tend to use life in the universe as analogous to life on earth. But I think it is really the other way around. Once we accept the Big Bang as a mysterious reality, life on earth is analogous to life in the Universe-the "…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 6 months ago
pDuane, I would certainly agree that the universe is a greater form of life than any particular form of life on earth. We tend to use life in the universe as analogous to life on earth. But I think it is really the other way around. Once we accept the Big Bang as a mysterious reality, life on earth is analogous to life in the Universe-the “Moth…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 6 months ago
Duane, I would certainly agree that the universe is a greater form of life than any particular form of life on earth. We tend to use life in the universe as analogous to life on earth. But I think it is really the other way around. Once we accept the Big Bang as a mysterious reality, life on earth is analogous to life in the Universe-the “Moth…[Read more]
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Mike Bell wrote a new post, The Inner Journey for a Climate Changing World 10 years, 7 months ago
Climate Change is changing everything. We have entered the Anthropocene Age. But most organizations, including faith group, continue to function as if they are still in the former Holocene Era. Pope Francis, with […]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 7 months ago
Laura, Thanks for this response. As a sometimes activist myself I keep looking for applications. And today we need them more than ever. AT 76 I’m getting long in the tooth and I, too, am continually seeking a better understanding of science so that I can apply it to my community development work in the community. I only wish I had come across s…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 7 months ago
Duane Your recent post on mystery and your post before it–Mental Universe (Richard Conn Henry) are extremely helpful. But I’m fascinated by the inability of folks who are opposed to the concept of life in the universe to at least acknowledge that there might be a different perspective. One of the things that interests me in this discussion is n…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 7 months ago
Laura, Thanks for this response. As a sometimes activist myself I keep looking for applications. And today we need them more than ever. AT 76 I’m getting long in the tooth and I, too, am continually seeking a better understanding of science so that I can apply it to my community development work in the community. I only wish I had come across s…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 7 months ago
Duane Your recent post on mystery and your post before it–Mental Universe (Richard Conn Henry) are extremely helpful. But I’m fascinated by the inability of folks who are opposed to the concept of life in the universe to at least acknowledge that there might be a different perspective. One of the things that interests me in this discussion is n…[Read more]
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Mike Bell posted a new activity comment 10 years, 7 months ago
Hi Dick,
Thanks for your response. It raises many questions and it would take me a long time to answer all of them. So let me focus on the one I think is most significant—my concept of time.My concept of time has been strongly influenced by four things—my relationship with Thomas Berry and his thinking, my work with indigenous cul…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 7 months ago
As I’ve watched this discussion evolve over several months the participants have adopted one of two fixed positions. Either the universe is living or it is not living. It seems there is no third option. But is there? The tenacity of opinions reminded me of the old joke about the day the Mafia was holding interviews to hire an accountant. The fi…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 7 months ago
As I’ve watched this discussion evolve over several months the participants have adopted one of two fixed positions. Either the universe is living or it is not living. It seems there is no third option. But is there? The tenacity of opinions reminded me of the old joke about the day the Mafia was holding interviews to hire an accountant. The f…[Read more]
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Mike Bell posted a new activity comment 10 years, 7 months ago
Hi Dick,
Thanks for your comments. In response to your questions, I’m not writing about time directly but do write about time in relation to cosmogenesis. As Berry and Swimme have noted “We are moving from a dominant spatial mode of consciousness where time is perceived as moving in ever-renewing seasonal cycles to a mode of con…[Read more]
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Mike Bell posted a new activity comment 10 years, 7 months ago
Mr. Fenn,
Thanks for this very interesting article. It struck all kinds of responsive cords. I’ve spent much of my life working with indigenous peoples in the Arctic. The concept of a natural theology and a revelatory universe is still very much alive with them. In many respects this is much of what we re trying to regain. On a number of…[Read more]
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Mike Bell wrote a new post, Science, Religion and A Living Universe—A Response to James MacAllister 10 years, 7 months ago
For six months the members of this website have been discussing the question, “Is the universe a living system?” It was only a question of time before someone raised the issue (going back to Galileo in the ear […]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 9 months ago
Duane,Thanks. You and I are in very good company.
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 9 months ago
In reviewing the basic question for this discussion–Is the Universe a living system?—I find the answer hinges on the world “living.” And if “living” is linked to life as we know it on Earth and is based primarily on biological cellular activity, I think the answer to the question is “No”’. But can we assume that the life in the universe is the…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 9 months ago
Duane, Many thanks for this excellent article by Larry Dorsey. It is wonderful. There is no doubt that we are deeply indebted to science. But the physicalism that he describes is a real problem. Dorsey does a great job of indicating how scientists themselves recognized the limits of their expertise and the need to reach out beyond sheer…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 9 months ago
Duane,Many thanks for this excellent article by Larry Dorsey. It is wonderful. There is no doubt that we are deeply indebted to science. But the physicalism that he describes is a real problem. Dorsey does a great job of indicating how scientists themselves recognized the limits of their expertise and the need to reach out beyond sheer…[Read more]
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Mike Bell wrote a new post, Thomas Berry's Functional Cosmology in the Trenches 10 years, 10 months ago
Thomas Berry’s functional cosmology flows from his concepts of a New Cosmology and Earth Spirituality. It turns concepts into action. This talk describes my own efforts trying to implement a functional c […]
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