CONSCIOUSNESS and spirituality in
the new earth
corbin
jonathan darrall-rew
new earth institute director:consciousness & spirituality faculty
“I believe deeply that we must find, all of
us together, a new spirituality. This new
concept ought to be elaborated alongside the
religions in such a way that all people of
good will could adhere to it.”
- H. H. the Dalai Lama XIV
As the mystics of all times have attested,
the One Reality of Consciousness has both
an unchanging, ever-prefect, and originally
complete aspect, and an ever-unfolding,
dynamically expressing Life-force that is
always in the process of becoming. 13.7
billion years ago, within the unconditioned
brilliance of the One, this Life-force broke
forth as the universe from a mysterious
singularity. With incredible speed, through
the cooling of the rapidly expanding universal space, the first subatomic particles,
such as protons, neutrons and electrons,
emerged. The former of these combined
quickly to form the first atomic nuclei. Then
the combination of electrons with them
allowed the consequent production of the
first elements – hydrogen and helium –
which allowed the arising and formation
of the first structures of the universe: black
holes and the dark halos of early galaxies.
Within these there were then major bursts
of star formation. And from the cycles of
star birth and death, over billions of years