418: The Cost of Awakening

Series Title: Making Sense of Current Human Ascension & Human Atrocity [Part II of IV]

In this episode Val & Nathan tackle two of the four tenets that make sense of how the world is both spiraling upwards towards God consciousness and true awakening and also experiencing more chaos and evil at larger scales than ever before.  How can both co-exist you ask?  Listen to this series and you'll get some more stretch marks on your brain!  

Note: for a deeper dive into this content, go to the primary source!  Up From Eden by philosopher Ken Wilber.  Linked HERE.

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome and Series Setup

00:26 Best or Worst Times 

04:14 Defining the Kosmos 

05:31 Tenet One Paradox of Progress 

07:53 Progress Examples Planes Internet AI 

10:57 Airplane Analogy

13:06 The Internet Revolution

15:18 Faith Journey Progress Costs 

17:25 Tenet Two Transcend and Include 

20:10 Politics and Culture Wars 

22:51 Developmentally Dispersed

26:00 Math and Development Ladder 

30:50 LDS Faith Expansion Example 

33:03 The Shadow Side

34:51 Wrap Up and Next Tenets