For an objective person in our times it is not easy, and can be simply another fantasy escape, to have a hopeful view of the world's future. I see in an article today where even the brilliant Stephen Hawking predicted the end of the universe shortly before his death.
It may be the genius mind of Teilhard De Chardin has left humanity with one of the most genuinely grounded statements for hope of any person in modern times. This is partly due to the fact that he was a man of extremely strong scientific conviction and at the same time a person of profoundly personal faith in both humankind and the universe . I think it is also significant that he had his share of life long human suffering brought on by following his deepest convictions.
It appears from this short article that now even the Church, not able to understand him in his own time, which exiled and censored him is now seeing that his mythopoetic/science enriched work looks like a jewel in the darkness of our overwhelming World problems. He expresses an assurance that the very heart of evolution is pointing to a far brighter future than most any other areas of human knowledge, 'belief' and research are offering.
He describes today's most depressing realities as actual signs that the universe is far from any dead end but that the human species is being prepared not only to survive; but has reason for genuine excitement about the underlying positive meaning of today's most somber tensions. He is saying that our human species is on the verge of turning a material/spiritual corner of yet unimagined increases in personal and collective consciousness; a consciousness that will produce a transformed view of reality and its potential constructive harmony. Where else will one get such a grounded and hope filled point of view today?
A Parallel Blog Post:
https://jhibbett.blogspot.com/2014/08/is-living-hope-in-humankinds-future.html?m=1
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