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Whether you choose to be aware of it or not, we are living in an extremely unique time in human history. Many of the fundamental “systems” we take for granted are proving to be unsustainable, and there is a burgeoning movement of environmentalists, spiritualists, writers, speakers, activists, humanitarians and even bloggers who are at the forefront of bringing mass attention to the “un”sustainability of our deep-seated ways of doing things.

One of those people is Duane Elgin, creator and founder of Awakening Earth, who has agreed to share his thoughts on paradigm shift with the We The Change audience. For over thirty years Duane has been speaking and conducting workshops with business leaders, educators, students, and others about the extraordinary time of transition we are moving through as a human family, and we are happy to have him here today:

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If we are to see what unifies us, then we need a perspective large enough to transcend our many differences. What we are learning from modern science — particularly about our 13.7 billion year evolutionary journey — provides just such a perspective.

While wisdom traditions have long taught that all life is one interconnected and interdependent whole, it is only in the last few generations that science has provided the empirical validation of this crucial insight. For some of us, such validation may not be necessary — the wisdom of the ancients coupled with our personal experiences suffice. But for many others, the awe-inspiring story of the evolution of the cosmos and of life itself opens the door, perhaps for the first time, to an expanded and more integrated view of the world and our place within it…

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