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Rubida: Quarterly Updates
This is an archive of the quarterly editorial articles from issues of the Centre Newsletter. Click on the links to see the full article.
Trevor Parton has now published a beautifully illustrated compendium of these articles and his poetry. This can be obtained from the Centre ($30 posted - Australia). Email: trevor_parton@ bigpond.com
The New Cosmology/Consciousness
You could fill a large box with books that talk about consciousness. Maybe you would think that most people would agree on what the term stood for, but on reading a lot of the literature on the subject you could easily imagine that writers each had a different window on the subject.
Soul of the Earth
Have you ever wept with joy or compassion for the beautiful world you find yourself in?
The Ecology of the Heart II
There is but one heart in the universe and all our hearts are attuned to it.
The Ecology of the Heart I
Spirituality is a matter of the heart rather than of the head.
Earth is Talking in a New Language
The catastrophic events of recent times constitutes a new relationship of experience with nature and the Universe
The Spiritual Dimension of Earth
The spirituality that appeals to many is known as eco-spirituality. I believe this can sit side by side with other spiritualities.
'Invited or not, the God Arrives'
A reflection on the difficulty of how to articulate the notion of God in our universe.
Rubida Spring 2010 No 42
Science/Religion and Myth
Both Science and Religion have a mythical dimension rooted in their history. Some of these are helpful, and some are not.
Rubida Winter 2010 No 41
We Have Been Touched by the Universe
The mystical thinking from Plato through St Nicholas of Cusa to Teilhard de Chardin and Alfred North Whitehead is expressed today in terms of the quantum theory of David Bohm.
Rubida Autumn 2010 No 40
What Does it Mean to be Human Pt.2
This Newsletter revisits Part One of the question undefined some editions earlier. It highlights the essential connection we have to the natural world, and the attitude we need to develop if we are to live in mutual enhancement with it.
Find Profound Joy in Life
In view of the disaster we are facing what shoud we do? Life as we know it is a one time event. How to be joyfully present in the midst of personal and global diminishment. An assertion of the value, joy and beauty of life.
Rubida Spring 2009 No 38
What Ultimately Matters?
Ecology tells us that we are involved in a network of relationships that provides us with an identity….. some say that God is code for the mystical reality we find in relationships. Interesting metaphysics? … Thomas Berry says that the practice of ecology is a practical spirituality.
Rubida Winter 2009 Issue No 37
Bushfire - Fire, Earth, Water
Clearly earth living systems that had watched over our fragile ecology are losing control……….The mechanism that supports life on each also supports our life…..Gaia Hypothesis…..Biosphere has been in constant conversation with planisphere………Earth-in-relationship with-life or Gaia……We need to enter into a more mutual relationship with the wider and deeper self……..Brian Swimme….we exist in a ‘river of grace that flows through our lives’.
Rubida Autumn 2009 Issue No 36
You are a Dimension of the Univers
We are all dimension of the Universe. The whole universe conspires to from each new creation. Each atom, molecule, organ and organism has an interiority…To be human is to be connected…….We are still part of the great flaring forth that took part 13.7 billion years ago……..the Nativity of Jesus takes its unique place along side our own……..
Rubida Summer 2009 Issue No 35 (714k PDF)
