Abstract:
In this sweeping survey of cosmic developments in an
ever-changing universe, there is a focus on certain evolutionary developments that have engendered the endowments of human consciousness and spiritual awareness. In producing life, mind, and consciousness, the universe has created a means through which the beauty of its physical and spiritual content can be observed by and reflected in humanity. In so doing, the universe has implanted in us an evolutionary impulse to transcend the material inclinations of our being by replacing the domination of ego with awareness of soul.