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Awakening Universe, Emerging Personhood: Mary
Conrow Coelho (Wyndham Hall 2002)
Mary
Coelho has done a great deed for the universe.
Awakening Universe, Emerging Personhood is a gift to
all who seek to understand the transformation of human
consciousness occurring today.
With a solid grounding in the latest scientific
understandings of the natural world in its cosmic context, a
thorough knowledge of philosophy and religion, and a transparent
telling of her own story using the insights of psychology, Coelho
sets forth the basis for a new paradigm of human action.
She shows the deep connections of the Western
contemplative tradition to the insights of quantum physics and cosmology in a
compelling way. This book is a work of significant scholarship that brings materials from diverse disciplines together in a coherent story. Practically every page contains fresh insights into the nature of humans as totally at one with the universe while totally unique. Divisions between God and humanity, the environment and humans, religion and science no longer appear relevant in a universe that expresses itself in many different forms while maintaining its unity. Coelho has created a guidebook that illuminates a path to enlightenment in a time when we face critical choices about our future. We can continue along the path of division, defining our enemies, asserting our arrogance and acting in ways that betray our ignorance and destroy our home and its inhabitants. Or we can choose a contemplative life that leads to acts of liberation for ourselves and others, a transformation of our story and our world: By becoming conscious of our full identity we find it highly possible to choose ways of transforming our relationships with the earth and all its peoples, with our close human and other than human companions, and with the institutions that govern and teach about these relationships. (p. 378) Coelho’s book reads easily but is not easy reading. It is a call to grapple with the deepest insights of Western contemplatives and the challenges of the natural sciences and to examine the persistent patterns of our own lives. Those who heed this call will be richly rewarded. Click here to buy Awakening Universe, Emerging Personhood from Amazon.com Return to Top Books in Brief
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