INTRODUCTION
"We shall then see that a vast evolutionary process is in ceaseless operation around us, but... it is situated within the sphere of consciousness (and collective consciousness)."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Planetization is the polar opposite to globalization. It's our best hope - and the globalist’s worst nightmare. Planetization mobilizes and empowers us collectively in ways never before possible. It merges our political, ecological and spiritual energies and activism into one unified framework of thought and action. It also calls into question our most fundamental and entrenched assumptions, even how we position ourselves in Time and Space.
The great visionary, paleontologist and Jesuit priest, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, first came up with the concept of Planetization. In his writings, Teilhard de Chardin expressed his faith in the enormous potential Planetization held out for our future. The Planetization paradigm has tremendous heuristic value (it splits off into revolutionary new ways of thinking in many, many diverse areas).
"Let us look at things more closely to see whether even in those troubled regions of the heart, there may not be a gleam of light heralding the Planetization of Mankind."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Many people today are finding inspiration in Teilhard’s concept of Planetization, especially in his writings on the Noosphere - or Global Consciousness. Planetization radically re-defines the way we perceive 'The World'. It inspires a totally new sense of ourselves as a species and is a road to peace, a lasting peace at the planetary level and not just a temporary cessation of armed conflict in global 'hot spots'. Planetization starts at the grassroots level, from within each of us individually. It is not dependant on any one group or movement, but represents a gradual awakening of consciousness.
‘Progress’ no longer lies along the lines of greater and greater technological achievement. We're beginning to see that any more meaningful progress - and our very survival - now lies along different lines. We're beginning to see that in the future, significant progress will be measured by our ability to create a more peaceful, just, and ecologically sustainable world for all. It's slowly dawning on us that real progress will be achieved only when a ‘fair share’ for all replaces the extremes of blistering poverty for the many, and bloated wealth for a few; that now exists. Progress will be ours only when we finally come to accept the fact that there's only one way to ensure our security, and that way is by increasing the peace - not the military budget.
Planetization, and only Planetization, can take us down this more life-sustaining path of authentic evolutionary progress and lasting peace.
"The degree of consciousness may be related to the degree of long-range spatial and temporal comprehension and awareness."
Lawrence Domash
By awakening us to a greater realization of the Planetary/Cosmic dimension of our existence, Planetization expands our orientational referents within Space/Time. This evolutionary shift in perspective
represents not merely an abstract intellectualization, but rather, a growing realization, a higher order of magnitude knowing of just 'where we are' that alone marks the coming of age of our species. It's the next watershed mark on our evolutionary journey which alone can provide us with the empowerment and insight needed to overcome the gathering forces of war, greed, and ecological devastation which now threaten our survival.
Planetization has profound political, social, ecological and spiritual implications for our future as we begin to view reality from its much broader perspective. The worldview we now possess will come to take on more of the flavor of a dream, or a trance-state, once we grow accustomed to the higher order perspective of Planetization. It's this very process of awakening by which Planetization brings about not merely a revolution in our thinking - but a truly evolutionary transformation within our species.
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