[Sundaycommunity] Reflection:Integral Ecology-- & Panpsychism Explained -- & meme from the cusp of left and right

[Arthur Blomme]

HI all

  The popes encyclical on the environment, _Laudato Si: On Caring for 
Our Home, _has made two marvelous contributions to our World  View.

  1.  it establishes the human roots of the ecological crisis as arising
    from the technocratic paradigm.
  2.  it begins to explore a  vision of integral ecology.

In my reflection, I wish to briefly explain how Francis' teaching on 
integral ecology is applicable to conflict within our society today. In 
the near future I wish to develop this reflection into a longer essay.

Following the reflection I am also including a link to Quantum 
Information Panpsychism Explained. Quantum physicist  Federico Faggin 
explains a beautiful postulate of quantum theory that places 
consciousness and spirituality at the center of scientific  
investigation. It provides a framework for understanding resurrection 
and our role in the universe as spiritual beings having a physical 
experience.  It is probably not for everyone but if you enjoy an 
intellectual challenge I highly recommend it.

Art


      /*Integral Ecology, the Common Good and the Beatitudes*//*
      */

/*Art Blomme 13/02/2025*/



/This Sunday’s gospel provides us with Luke's version of the beatitudes 
which some consider to be more down-to-earth and focused on the physical 
and social conditions of the people. For Luke these social conditions 
are not static but develop into their opposite. “blessed are those who 
are hungry for you will be satisfied. ...    Woe to you who are filled 
now, for you will be hungry.” We live in a nation of plenty but perhaps 
that can change. Empires come and Empires fall. Perhaps, if we are of 
the satisfied we will one day experience hunger and when hungry we will 
once again be satisfied./

/Laudato Si/, Pope Francis’ Encyclical, /On////C//aring for //Our Home/ 
shares this more down to earth focus on the physical and the social 
conditions of people with Luke’s version of the beatitudes.

Francis’ call for justice is a call for an Integral Ecology. We need to 
include the human, social and the environmental aspect to resolve the 
contemporary crisis described in the beatitudes.

139. ...It is essential to seek comprehensive solutions which consider 
the interactions within natural systems themselves and with social 
systems. We are faced not with two separate crises, one environmental 
and the other social, but rather with one complex crisis which is both 
social and environmental. Strategies for a solution demand an integrated 
approach to combating poverty, restoring dignity to the excluded, and at 
the same time protecting nature. (Laudato Si)

Many philosophers including Teilard de Chardin believe that we are 
evolving to a higher level of consciousness and understanding. Abraham 
Maslow says that we are building on the shoulders of the giants that 
went before us. As we increase in understanding we need a more nuanced 
explanation of our role in the world. The study of this process of 
becoming more conscious and understanding is called integral theory.

Our society and Catholicism is increasingly being polarized by different 
narratives given to the crisis we face. Authoritarian measures to 
mitigate perceived environmental and health threats may give little 
attention to their effect on individuals. Champions of rights and 
freedoms may not give due consideration to environmental concerns and 
other concerns requiring collective action. The resulting narratives 
seem to be at war with each other. This conflict is aggravated by the 
interest of the most wealthy and powerful who use their ownership of 
media channels to keep society divided.

One concept used in Laudato Si that has contributed to this polarization 
is the concept of the common good. It’s contribution to polarization in 
our society is largely do to a misunderstanding of Francis’ definition. 
Pope Francis describes the common good as:

157. Underlying the principle of the common good is respect for the 
human person as such, endowed with basic and inalienable rights ordered 
to his or her integral development. It has also to do with the overall 
welfare of society and the development of a variety of intermediate 
groups, applying the principle of subsidiarity. Outstanding among those 
groups is the family, as the basic cell of society.(Laudato Si)

The common good begins with respect for the human person and extends 
outward to the group. Key to understanding the common good in the eyes 
of Francis is the principle of Subsidiarity. Which gives precedence to 
the authority of the family over the authority of globalist institutions.

During the pandemic the basic right to refuse experimental medical 
treatment was denied to support what we now know to be a massive fraud 
by Big Pharma 
<https://www.globalresearch.ca/pfizer-failed-disclose-deaths-two-women-covid-vaccine-clinical-trials/5876534>. 
Other rights too were violated to enforce top-down authoritative 
pandemic measures around the world. This has enhanced a division among 
people of good will between those who resisted the narrative of the 
authorities and those who did not question that authority. This division 
continues to this day and has been politicized along party lines. .

It doesn’t have to be this way. We can choose to listen to the other. 
This is the remedy to the crisis proposed in Integral Theory. By 
listening and understanding the other we can begin to see the world from 
the perspective of the other in addition to our own and transcend this 
polarization. We progress to a new stage of consciousness.


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youtu.be

Quantum Information Panpsychism Explained | Federico Faggin <#>

CPU inventor and physicist Federico Faggin, together with Prof. Giacomo 
Mauro D'Ariano, proposes that consciousness is not an emergent property 
of the brain,...

🔗 https://youtu.be/0FUFewGHLLg?si=25XQy3jdYI86n7ny 
<https://youtu.be/0FUFewGHLLg?si=25XQy3jdYI86n7ny>












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