After the Catastrophe is before the Catastrophe by Otto Ulrich by RY Deshpande on Sat 24 Feb 2007 11:26 PM PST Permanent Link
Rationalistic and narrow-minded approaches have long been suggesting that only an intelligent and technologically sound change of external circumstances can prevent the susceptibility to catastrophes inherent in “our” type of civilization. This vulnerability has been the subject of discussion since the sixties of the last century.
At present it seems that people like Johannes Scotus Erigena, Rudolf Steiner and Sri Aurobindo receive their due recognition. They have pointed out already a long time ago that it is crucial to provide opportunities for the human being to develop his/her inner being. Only those people who recognize and develop their inherent spiritual potential will be able to create a future based on the principle of becoming, a future which is humane and supportive of all life.
Materialism, seen as the child of the Age of Enlightenment and as an epochal phenomenon, has always been and still is orientated towards that which has become, which means that which is already dead. Is it possible that a new and free perspective will finally overcome materialism and its life-threatening contradictions and catastrophes – a perspective which can rise above the inevitable dire consequences of one-dimensional thinking in order to create a different future rooted in global thinking and global respect?
At present it seems that people like Johannes Scotus Erigena, Rudolf Steiner and Sri Aurobindo receive their due recognition. They have pointed out already a long time ago that it is crucial to provide opportunities for the human being to develop his/her inner being. Only those people who recognize and develop their inherent spiritual potential will be able to create a future based on the principle of becoming, a future which is humane and supportive of all life.
Materialism, seen as the child of the Age of Enlightenment and as an epochal phenomenon, has always been and still is orientated towards that which has become, which means that which is already dead. Is it possible that a new and free perspective will finally overcome materialism and its life-threatening contradictions and catastrophes – a perspective which can rise above the inevitable dire consequences of one-dimensional thinking in order to create a different future rooted in global thinking and global respect?
Dr. Otto Ulrich, born in Germany, is social scientist and physical engineer. In the eighties he was several years engaged in international energy politics. Today he is narrative writer of an intercultural story: www.koenigin-europa.de and game-designer. (See http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2007/1/6/2627445.html)
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