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Time for Humanity to Awaken

Ervin is completely right about the transformation needed in humanity to bring about all other changes. Science has made quite spectacular advances, but has all too often allowed itself to be misused, or even abused. Two examples: the discovery of atomic energy, used most notoriously to create weapons with the horrifying capability to destroy Life; and quantum physics, where only a few elements of the mechanics have been used in the creation of designs to make objects for profit, with the rest ignored or discarded because of the change in paradigm it would require to accommodate it. There are many others, even in such fields as medicine and genetics. Egoic thinking has not solved any of the problems it has created, yet we still try to use it to do so. And this is true of science, where the beauty of questioning and discovery has made way for censure, secrecy, personal recognition and profitability. When there is an awakening to consciousness in humanity, there is inclusion and wholeness rather than separation, exclusion and ego gathering to and extending itself as 'more'. Then science will be used in the service of the entire planet, including humanity, rather than by individuals or groups of people with 'agendas'. Perhaps then, science will change the world, but for the benefit of all!
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