Conscious Evolution
The Dance of Intuition and Intellect.
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As we swim now in the sea of evolving consciousness, we can reflect upon the task of the small creatures stranded in landlocked tide pools when ancient waters receded. Their task, in order to survive, was to internalize the supporting structure, the sea water, and so the circulatory system was developed. Now we too must internalize an intelligent distillation of the best values from our centuries of civilization. We must internalize the best from that supporting social structure. We must individualize and individuate. We must develop the radial energy, the heart energy, within each of us so that we can come together motivated from within rather than pushed together from without by exigencies of the state. Only through a coming together from the within can the optimum development of the individual, as well as the optimum development of the community become a reality. Only then will we see true freedom and true responsibility as humankind. TO A YOUNG POET For dragon’s teeth upon the altar You are received Into the great hall Where the words of poets echo And whisper from chamber to chamber, Hang from the horn of a stag, Ripple in the red pouring of wine… They lie liquid upon the stone, Gleam in the glance of a sword, Hide in the curve of a gown, And dance out into the green Green dalliance of spring, Stirring wild in the woods. Let your words fall full golden Into the body of the world, Then tread Truthfully in the furrowed field Until the song of the ruby in the marrow Shall call even the stones from slumber. --Barbara Smith Stoff
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With deep reading in myth and literature, one’s cognition becomes as a rich mother loam wherein spirit can dwell and build that interior castle, from which the indwelling spirit begins to speak through the imagination, the body, and the intellect of the individual. Over time, body, mind, and spirit become one. Then this ‘one’ can and often does experience the merging within the One.
Through the merging of intuition and intellect, we will comprehend the acceleration of consciousness that is overtaking us. Functioning within a state of universal awareness of our oneness will, in the long run, prove to be much easier than defining ourselves into small groupings of discordant persons and nations. The education and evolution of vibrant communities is our beginning task. The creation of a world with a universal consciousness of oneness is our ultimate realization.
To act in accord, to make a bridge to new ways of thinking, and in the belief that the reported experiences of individual journeys in our studies, and in our consciousness, can be of great significance now—at this point in time with the world in a general state of confrontation and conflict—we offer this report from our own research and from within this frame of reflection.
About the Author
DR. SHELDON STOFF is professor emeritus at Adelphi University. During his years as educator and spokesperson for humanistic education, he established the International Center for Studies in Dialogue.
BARBARA SMITH STOFF, poet, artist, and producer of Emmy Award–winning Poems of Wonder and Magic, has received multiple academic awards, taught English, comparative literature, and art at various academic levels.
They are currently writing a book on evolution and the Akashic Field.