-------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 22:16:25 -0700 From: Tom Atlee <•••@••.•••> Subject: A page of co-intelligent evolutionary article links http://www.co-intelligence.org/Evolution.html Conscious Evolution Evolution is happening right now in and around us. It is influenced by all that we do and don't do, and all that we are and are not. Whether we are aware of it or not, we have a lot to do with how evolution unfolds, especially right here on Earth. Recent offspring in life's 13.7 billion years of cosmic, planetary, biological and social evolution, we are on the leading edge of the evolutionary process. We share that emergent edge with everything else in the universe. (From an evolutionary perspective, "everything else in the universe" is actually better described by that scientifically accurate Native American phrase "all our relations.") Evolution has given us a special kind of consciousness, one that creates -- and is thoroughly conditioned by -- our languages, cultures, stories, and built environments. This consciousness and its companion social systems and technologies have awesome power to shape the world. We are just beginning to grow into a mature way of manifesting it in the world. Part of that maturing process is learning the dynamics through which evolution does its transformational work. Understanding those dynamics, we can apply them -- intentionally and wisely -- to transform ourselves and our social systems. To the extent we do this, we are evolution -- or at least one significant facet of it -- becoming conscious of itself. Across many domains of society, life and spirituality, we are in the process of birthing ourselves as conscious evolution. The unconsciousness with which we have been evolving as a civilization is taking us rapidly toward collective extinction -- following in the footsteps of the vast majority of "failed experiments" (extinct species) in Earth's history -- and taking many more with us. This century's evolutionary challenge -- to become a civilization capable of conscious evolution -- is not only what can "save" us, but also one of the most significant evolutionary leaps in human history. All the crises of our age are manifestations of our challenge to consciously evolve. Co-intelligent conversation and democracy are fundamental to successfully transforming these crises into evolutionary breakthroughs. Those of us who are coming to understand and welcome this challenge are discovering new sources of inspiration and meaning in it, and find ourselves working in community with truly remarkable companions. Here are articles through which you can explore this: Something is Emerging - brief notes on conscious evolution <http://www.communicationagents.com/tom_atlee/2005/06/21/something_is_emerging.htm> Learning to Be Evolution - includes 8 examples of evolutionary guidance <http://www.co-intelligence.org/Evolution-Learning2BEvol.html> The Role of Conversation in Evolution <http://www.co-intelligence.org/Evolution-Conversation1.html> Four Dimensions of Change, and One Integration <http://www.co-intelligence.org/Evolution-4ChangDimensions.html> Becoming Evolution's Conscious Weavers <http://www.co-intelligence.org/Evolution-ConsciousWeavers.html> Feedback, Social Power, and the Evolution of Social Systems <http://www.co-intelligence.org/CIPol_FeedbkSocEvol.html> Democracy and the evolution of societal intelligence <http://www.co-intelligence.org/I-SocIntelEvolution.html> Building a Wise Democracy as Crises Emerge <http://www.co-intelligence.org/WiseDemocracyAndCrisis.html> Crisis and Evolutionary Leverage in Philanthropy (doc) - also applicable to other evolutionary agentry <http://www.co-intelligence.org/Crisis&EvolutionLeverage.doc> The Evolutionary Role of Citizen Deliberation <http://www.communicationagents.com/tom_atlee/2005/05/11/the_evolutionary_role_of_citizen_deliberation.htm> The Evolution of Genes and Meaning <http://www.communicationagents.com/tom_atlee/2005/05/10/the_evolution_of_genes_and_meaning.htm> A Movement for the Conscious Evolution of Social Systems <http://www.communicationagents.com/tom_atlee/2005/06/14/a_movement_for_the_conscious_evolution_of_increasingly_conscious_social_systems.htm> See also Evolutionary Salons <http://www.thegreatstory.org/ev-salon.html> - especially Growing Together at the Emerging Edge of Evolution, Tom Atlee's report on the first evolutionary salon May 2005 <http://www.communicationagents.com/tom_atlee/2005/05/22/growing_together_at_the_emerging_edge_of_evolution.htm> Evolutionary Spirituality - The Great Story - the evolutionary work of Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow <http://www.thegreatstory.org> From Chaos to Coherence - by Peggy Holman - a model of emergence <From-Chaos-to-Coherence.doc> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HOW TO SUPPORT THE CO-INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE & MY WORK You can send a donation of any amount -- $25, $50, $100, $500 or more -- to The Co-Intelligence Institute PO Box 493 Eugene, OR 97440 or use your Visa or MasterCard to make an online donation at http://co-intelligence.org/donations.html Do let me know when you've mailed a donation, so I can add it to our tally right away. 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